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7:00 AM ET After Charlie McAvoy finished his sophomore finals at Boston University in 2017, he decided to become a professional hockey player. The teenager signed an amateur tryout agreement and drove to Providence, Rhode Island. “The Bruins were looking to do a model that Zach Werenski did a year before,” McAvoy says. “Which is

6:37 PM ET Associated Press The San Jose Sharks finally know when they are returning home. The team said Wednesday that it will return to the Shark Tank in San Jose for home games against the Anaheim Ducks on Feb. 13 and 15 and play the remainder of the home schedule there without fans. The

7:00 AM ET With two weeks of games in the book in the 2021 NHL season, some teams are pulling away from the pack, while others need to jump-start their season fast; such is the unforgiving nature of a condensed season. We’re also getting a sense of which players are going to make a impact

7:15 AM ET Despite a 3-3 start, the Colorado Avalanche are one of the favorites to win the Stanley Cup this season. But how did they get here? How did a team that finished dead last in the NHL in 2016-17 become the toast of the league in four years? And how did they do

7:00 AM ET It’s impossible not to see Torey Krug as Alex Pietrangelo‘s replacement with the St. Louis Blues. He took Pietrangelo’s spot in the team’s defense corps when he signed as a free agent. Krug’s contract was funded with the money that had been earmarked for Pietrangelo, if he and the Blues could have

9:31 PM ET The NHL has suspended former Arizona Coyotes general manager John Chayka through Dec. 31, 2021, a source confirmed to ESPN. Commissioner Gary Bettman made the ruling Monday and circulated a memo to all teams that stated Chayka engaged in “conduct detrimental to the league and game.” Bettman’s ruling also said Chayka “breached

7:00 AM ET Dylan Larkin has a hard time sugar-coating it — last season sucked for him and the Detroit Red Wings. It’s tough to finish with a minus-122 goal differential and 23 fewer points than any other team. Larkin called it “embarrassing” to be on the first Red Wings team to finish dead last

Jan 22, 2021 Fantasy hockey leagues that score by points, as is now the default here at ESPN.com, don’t have to wait to start drilling down on value trends. With rotisserie, it takes a decent sample size before we can start to find baselines for replacement value and start to assign individual player value. With

4:38 PM ET Associated Press FRISCO, Texas — Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn didn’t practice Saturday, a day after his right leg buckled awkwardly during a collision in the season opener. Coach Rick Bowness provided no update after practice on Benn’s condition or his status for Sunday’s game, when the Stars play Nashville again. The

1:48 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Follow on Twitter Facebook Twitter Facebook Messenger Pinterest Email We’ve got our first blockbuster trade of the 2021 NHL season, as the Columbus Blue Jackets have sent disgruntled center Pierre-Luc Dubois along with a 2022 third-round pick to the Winnipeg Jets, in

11:25 AM ET The Blue Jackets and Jets have completed a blockbuster trade to swap disgruntled stars as winger Patrik Laine is headed to Columbus while center Pierre-Luc Dubois has landed in Winnipeg. Forward Jack Roslovic, a Columbus native, is also headed to the Blue Jackets as part of the deal. Columbus is sending Winnipeg

7:00 AM ET The National Hockey League’s 2021 season is just over a week old, and the Dallas Stars are undefeated. In fact, they’ve yet to surrender a single goal to an opponent. Of course, they haven’t scored any goals either. Or won any games, for that matter, because they haven’t actually played any opponents.

7:00 AM ET The NHL’s abridged 56-game 2021 season is up and running. But there have been a few COVID-19 related speed bumps along the way, particularly with the Dallas Stars, Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals. Here’s everything you need to know about how the virus is impacting the hockey season, and what comes next.

11:07 PM ET Columbus Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella benched center Pierre-Luc Dubois in their 3-2 overtime loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday, and the disgruntled star didn’t see the ice again after the first period. Dubois went to the bench with 4:36 remaining in the opening period, following a lackadaisical shift that

9:15 AM ET I wish I loved anything in life as much as Canadians love their (We The) North Division this NHL season. “In our small little hockey world, this is an unbelievably cool event and I’m really glad I’m in Canada when it happened,” said Winnipeg Jets coach Paul Maurice, when asked about the

9:00 AM ET Last February, St. Louis Blues defenseman Jay Bouwmeester collapsed on the bench during a game against the Anaheim Ducks at the Honda Center. Bouwmeester’s teammates waved for help, and a team of trainers and doctors sprung into choreographed action. Bouwmeester had suffered a cardiac episode, but within 60 seconds of his collapse,

7:00 AM ET We’re already one week into the 2021 NHL season, and it has felt like seven straight days of excitement, including some unexpected results. For this week’s NHL Power Rankings, we identified the biggest surprise for each team. How we rank: The ESPN hockey editorial staff submits selections ranking teams 1 to 31

6:41 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — Colorado and Minnesota swapped veteran defensemen on Tuesday, with the Avalanche acquiring Greg Pateryn and the Wild receiving Ian Cole. The trade represents a significant salary-cap savings for Colorado from Cole’s $4.25 million hit to Pateryn’s $2.25 million. It also frees up a spot on the left side