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The Montreal Canadiens signed goaltender Jake Allen to a two-year, $7.7 million US contract extension on Saturday. The deal has an average annual value of $3.85 million and runs through the end of the 2024-25 season. The 32-year-old from Fredericton, N.B., was 9-20-4 with a 3.30 goals-against average, .905 save percentage and two shutouts in

SEATTLE – Hands up if you had the Seattle Kraken dominating Pacific Division rivals or going undefeated in the NHL pre-season. The surprising Kraken posted their fourth consecutive win, and second in a row against Vancouver, by dumping the Canucks 4-0 at Climate Pledge Arena on Saturday. Yanni Gourde had two goals for Seattle, while

Friends, fans and family of the late Dale Hawerchuk gathered at True North Square on Saturday for the unveiling of a bronze statue of the former Winnipeg Jet and Hockey Hall of Famer, who died at age 57 in 2020 after a cancer diagnosis. “As you remember Dale today, our family will always remember you [the

SWIFT CURRENT, Sask. – Zach Benson landed the first and the final punch in a two-goal effort as the Winnipeg Ice remained undefeated with a 5-0 win over the Swift Current Broncos on Friday. Connor McClennon recorded a game-high four points behind one goal and three assists. Benson added an assist to his three-point total

Rasmus Sandin signed a two-year contract with the Toronto Maple Leafs, the club announced on Thursday. The deal will pay the 22-year-old Swedish defenceman, who was a restricted free agent and missed the start of training camp, an average of $1.4 million US per season. Sandin returns to the fold at a time when the Leafs

ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Ducks defenseman Urho Vaakanainen was taken off the Honda Center ice on a stretcher after he crashed into the end boards in the first period of Anaheim’s preseason game against the San Jose Sharks on Friday night. The Finnish defenseman was conscious and alert with full movement in his extremities at

The Tampa Bay Lightning and team owner Jeff Vinik are donating $2 million US toward Hurricane Ian relief efforts. The NHL team announced Friday that $1 million each will be donated by the Tampa Bay Lightning Foundation and the Vinik Family Foundation. “This is a tragic situation for many families and communities across the state

MONTREAL – When Jeff Gorton signed on to become the Montreal Canadiens’ new executive vice-president of hockey operations last fall, the two pillars he wanted to improve were hockey development and analytics. The Canadiens headed into the first training camp of Gorton’s and general manager Kent Hughes’s era with a retooled hockey development team. New

Russian players on two NHL teams opening the season in the Czech Republic will be allowed to participate in the two Global Series games in Prague after all. The Czech government has dropped its attempted ban of Russian players on the rosters for San Jose and Nashville, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Thursday. The move

VANCOUVER – Ryan Donato scored with 40.1 seconds left in overtime, powering the Seattle Kraken to a 4-3 comeback victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Thursday. John Hayden had a big night for the Kraken (3-0-0), evening the score at 3-3 midway through the third after fights in the first and second periods. Tye Kartye

WARNING: This story contains graphic details some readers may find disturbing. Sport Minister Pascale St-Onge says there’s a “systemic problem” of sexual violence and toxic masculinity in Canada’s hockey culture that Hockey Canada has failed to change. Her comment was a response to a Fifth Estate investigation that identified at least 15 group sexual assault

Serge Savard, a key Team Canada defenceman in the 1972 Summit Series, realizes the team that defeated the Soviet Union was ill-prepared physically when the first puck dropped. But Savard, now 76, says there were reasons for Canada’s apparent lack or preparedness, some of them hard to understand in today’s hockey world. “In our dressing

When hockey players in Newfoundland and Labrador hit the ice this season, they won’t be the only ones working on new skills: so will some of their coaches — who must take sexual violence prevention training, starting this season. Hockey N.L. announced a pilot program this week that will provide free and mandatory training for all coaching staff

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — With his ever-present smile, tireless approach and long list of accomplishments in the net, Marc-Andre Fleury has always embraced a heavy workload. The Minnesota Wild sure haven’t shied away from leaning hard on their new — and 37-year-old — goalie. After arriving in a deadline-day trade in March and re-signing

The Winnipeg Jets have hired its first First Nations woman from Treaty 6 territory in Saskatchewan.  Sydney Daniels, 27, is joining the National Hockey League team as a college scout, but the woman from the Mistawasis Nehiyawak First Nation has already enjoyed a long hockey career. Daniels grew up in the United States for most

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. (AP) — The Arizona Coyotes predictably labored during the first season of their rebuilding project, finishing near the bottom of the NHL standings. The focus of the second year will be about making progress, no matter how incremental. “I told the team, the odds are stacked against us,” Coyotes general manager Bill Armstrong

Canadians continue to play hockey for Kontinental Hockey League teams in Russia and Belarus despite the Canadian government’s warning to get out of those countries. The 48 Canadian players currently on KHL club rosters this season is the most from any country outside Russia. Forty-four are playing for clubs within Russian and Belarusian borders, with

SEATTLE – The Seattle Kraken promised to be much better this season and, while it’s really early, there are reasons for optimism. The Kraken, who finished with only 27 wins and 60 points last year — third worst in the NHL — have had an upbeat camp and promising start to their pre-season schedule. In