NHL News

10:18 AM ET Associated Press The Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association enters its second season with plans to regionalize its structure by basing players in five hub cities, while also continuing its Dream Gap Tour series of barnstorming stops across North America. Groups of 25 players will practice in rinks in New Hampshire, Minnesota, Toronto,

3:22 PM ET Florida’s Ron DeSantis became the second governor to announce that his state is open to professional sports teams that want to resume activity amid the coronavirus pandemic. “All professional sports are welcome here for practicing and for playing,” DeSantis said at a news conference Wednesday in Tallahassee. “What I would tell commissioners

4:27 PM ET Forward Dominik Simon is recovering from shoulder surgery and will be sidelined for six to seven months, the Pittsburgh Penguins announced Thursday. He had a torn labrum repaired in his left shoulder during the surgery that took place on April 29, the team said. Simon, 25, suffered the injury against the San

7:03 PM ET Montreal Canadiens center Max Domi isn’t sure when he’ll play again and he isn’t sure for whom he’ll play next season. But amid a global pandemic, he says none of that matters much at the moment. Domi, 25, is a restricted free agent after this season after his two-year, $6.3 million contract

7:00 AM ET Now that Vancouver Canucks and Anaheim Ducks defenseman (and fan favorite) Kevin Bieksa has retired, he is getting started on a career in media, which has included working for Sportsnet in Canada and — while in quarantine during the coronavirus pandemic — doing TikTok videos with his daughter. In an appearance on

8:48 AM ET Washington Capitals owner Ted Leonsis believes sports are a “communal resource.” Even as the coronavirus pandemic shutters arenas and postpones games and creates a murky uncertainty about the future of sports, Leonsis believes the community will have access to that resource again. “I’m not buying, in any way, that we won’t be

7:00 AM ET Hockey fans can be a passionate bunch — which means a lot of them hold grudges. Some are petty, some are major, but the one truth is that fans of each of the 31 NHL teams have one thing they’re hung up on, and simply can’t get over. Whether it’s a perceived

6:05 PM ET American Hockey League president David Andrews wouldn’t rule out the 2020-21 season having less than 31 teams participating if fans aren’t cleared to return to arenas. “I would say there’s a chance … you know, anything can happen. There’s so much uncertainty. But we’re hoping that isn’t the case,” Andrews told the

7:30 AM ET The 2020 NHL draft will certainly be different. Team scouts didn’t have a full season of evaluation, and there won’t be a combine. Player interviews will be done over video chats. And we still don’t even know exactly when the draft will be held. But this much we do know: The top

8:50 AM ET With the 2019-20 NHL season on pause due to the coronavirus pandemic (here’s the latest update on where things stand), we’ve started the NHL Viewers Club, highlighting some of the most rewatchable games from this season — such as when EBUG David Ayres beat the Maple Leafs — along with some cool

7:00 AM ET The American Hockey League canceled the remainder of its 2019-20 season on Monday — including the Calder Cup Playoffs — due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. Like the NHL, the 31-team minor league had paused its season on March 12. AHL president and CEO David Andrews said that the league is “looking

9:19 AM ET The NHWL announced last month it was expanding to Toronto next season, but the league really shook feathers in the women’s hockey world when it announced that Digit Murphy would be the president of the unnamed franchise. Murphy, the longtime coach at Brown University, has also founded a women’s lacrosse league and

9:07 AM ET It has been 60 days since the NHL hit the pause button on the 2019-20 season because of the coronavirus pandemic. As the cancellations and postponements around the world of sports continue, there have also been continuous nuggets of new information being provided regarding the potential resumption of the season, the draft,

4:29 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Ducks have signed defenseman Brendan Guhle to a two-year, $1.6 million contract extension. The Ducks also signed forward Sam Carrick to a one-year extension worth $700,000 on Sunday. Guhle, 22, has 14 points in 59 career NHL games with the Ducks and Buffalo Sabres, who traded

9:46 AM ET The NHL has postponed its international games in 2020, the league and players’ union announced on Friday. “The NHLPA and the NHL remain committed to maintaining and growing our international presence,” the sides said in a joint statement. “We hope that our fans overseas understand the need to postpone the 2020 games,

6:51 PM ET The New York Rangers agreed to terms with goaltender Tyler Wall on an entry-level contract Friday, the team announced. Wall’s pro contract begins at the start of the 2020-21 season, so he would not be eligible for the Rangers if this season resumes. Wall, 22, was a sixth-round choice of the Rangers

12:29 PM ET Associated Press The NFL’s successful virtual draft and uncertainty surrounding the resumption of hockey this season have raised the possibility of an NHL draft held before the Stanley Cup Final. After postponing its draft scheduled for June 26-27 in light of the coronavirus pandemic, the NHL is considering having it earlier in

11:32 AM ET The Washington Capitals placed forward Brendan Leipsic on waivers for the purpose of terminating his contract. The team made the announcement on Friday, two days after the NHL condemned “misogynistic and reprehensible remarks” made by Leipsic and Panthers prospect Jack Rodewald in a private Instagram group chat, which was leaked on Twitter