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ESPN News Services Jun 23, 2023, 12:58 PM ET The New Jersey Devils have re-signed Erik Haula to a three-year, $9.45 million contract, the team announced Friday. A veteran left winger who can also double as a center, Haula found an instant fit with the Devils. Though he was on an expiring contract when they

Jun 23, 2023, 01:28 PM ET The San Jose Sharks are bringing back franchise great Patrick Marleau to serve as a player development coach and hockey operations adviser. The Sharks announced Marleau’s return Friday, saying he will work with players on the Sharks and the AHL’s San Jose Barracuda while also serving as an adviser

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterJun 22, 2023, 06:38 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said Thursday that teams will no longer wear specialty sweaters during warmups because “it’s become a distraction.” The decision to move away from specialty warmup sweaters for events such as Pride

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterJun 22, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Selling the Ottawa Senators generated more drama than an episode of Netflix’s “Selling Sunset.” For months the Senators’ saga played out like a reality series cliché: billionaire bidding wars, high-stakes negotiations, celebrity cameos and, in

Associated Press Jun 22, 2023, 01:50 AM ET PALM DESERT, Calif. — Michael Vecchione scored off a rebound at 16:19 of overtime to give the Hershey Bears their 12th American Hockey League title, 3-2 over the expansion Coachella Valley Firebirds in Game 7 of the Calder Cup final Wednesday night. Connor McMichael and Hendrix Lapierre

The NHL’s trade deadline season always features the highest volume of deals in the sport. But some of the trades with the biggest impact happen over the summer. Furthermore, a lot of those swaps occur leading into the NHL draft. With the 2023 edition of the draft set for June 28 and 29, it’s time

Associated Press Jun 20, 2023, 05:30 PM ET BUFFALO, N.Y. — Forward Zemgus Girgensons is returning to the Buffalo Sabres for a 10th season after signing a one-year, $2.5 million contract on Tuesday. Girgensons is the team’s longest-serving active player and was eligible to become an unrestricted free agent next month. The 29-year-old’s decision to

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJun 20, 2023, 07:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. In the NHL, one thing always leads to another. Trades, signings and draft picks are never made in a vacuum. One move has reverberations leading to others, like a stone tossed in the water or dominoes tumbling into each

Jun 19, 2023, 11:05 AM ET Forward Connor Bedard, the projected top pick in the upcoming NHL draft, was named the inaugural winner of the IIHF Male Player of the Year Award Monday. “This is such a huge honour,” Bedard said, per the International Ice Hockey Federation. “I’m not sure how to compare it to

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJun 15, 2023, 01:55 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Forward Jesper Bratt has signed an eight-year, $63 million contract extension with the New Jersey Devils ahead of restricted free agency this summer, the team announced Thursday. The contract has an average annual value of $7.875 million against the

ESPN News Services Jun 15, 2023, 10:01 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Less than four hours before Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final was set to begin Tuesday on the Las Vegas Strip, authorities in Nevada arrested a man they say threatened to carry out a mass shooting at T-Mobile Arena, the venue where

Associated Press Jun 18, 2023, 02:00 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Thousands of Golden Knights fans lined the Strip on Saturday for a Stanley Cup victory parade and rally in front of the team’s home arena to mark the city’s first NHL championship. For the team that played its first game as an expansion franchise

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterJun 16, 2023, 05:46 PM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. The Vancouver Canucks are expected to buy out the contract of defenseman Oliver Ekman-Larsson, sources confirmed to ESPN on Friday, making him an unrestricted free agent. Ekman-Larsson has four years remaining on an eight-year, $66

Associated Press Jun 16, 2023, 07:04 PM ET LAS VEGAS — Vegas Golden Knights coach Bruce Cassidy played and coached in three established professional sports cities before arriving in Las Vegas. After the Golden Knights hoisted the Stanley Cup in the team’s sixth NHL season – and Cassidy’s first as their coach – Sin City

Jun 15, 2023, 11:36 AM ET Florida Panthers defenseman Aaron Ekblad needs shoulder surgery and will miss the start of training camp. Ekblad, who also played most of the Stanley Cup playoffs with a broken foot, confirmed the news Thursday. “We’re going to get it fixed,” he said. “So no, I won’t be ready for

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJun 15, 2023, 06:55 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Winning a hockey championship requires sacrifice from the players. But the Coachella Valley Firebirds are asking their fans for an unusual sacrifice of their own during the team’s push for the American Hockey League’s championship round: Giving up all

The Vegas Golden Knights are the 2023 Stanley Cup champions, joining the distinguished list of the NHL’s best. And now, their title defense begins. As we await the 2023 NHL draft, along with free agency and trade season, it’s time for the Way-Too-Early edition of the 2023-24 NHL Power Rankings, voted on by the extended

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJun 13, 2023, 08:21 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. LAS VEGAS — Florida star forward Matthew Tkachuk, injured earlier in the series, will not play in Tuesday’s Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final at T-Mobile Arena, where the Panthers will look to avoid elimination in a series