Nashville Predators in some serious trouble now. Adam Vingan of The Athletic (Mailbag): Again, it is getting more and more apparent that Peter Laviolette is wearing out his welcome in Nashville quickly. The first question focuses on line changes. Do coaches tend to shift lines more when things are not going well? That answer is yes in
2:49 PM ET St. Louis Blues defenseman Robert Bortuzzo has been suspended four games for his cross-check of Nashville Predators forward Viktor Arvidsson. The Predators announced that Arvidsson will miss four to six weeks with a lower-body injury as a result of the hit in the first period of Saturday night’s game. The 26-year-old Arvidsson
Chris Taylor is returning to the Rochester Americans and will resume his role as head coach next week, the Buffalo Sabres announced Saturday. Taylor has served as an assistant coach under Sabres head coach Ralph Krueger since the start of the 2019-20 season, filling in for Don Granato as Granato recovered from illness. Amerks assistant
June 29, 2016, was a dream come true for hockey fans alike. There wasn’t just one blockbuster trade for hockey fans to go crazy on Twitter about, but two. The Montreal Canadiens sent P.K. Subban packing while acquiring Shea Weber from the Nashville Predators, and then the New Jersey Devils finessed a move that seemed
By The Canadian Press November 24th, 2019 NASHVILLE — The Nashville Predators say forward Viktor Arvidsson will miss four to six weeks after hurting his lower body when cross-checked during the first period of Saturday night’s 4-2 win over St. Louis. The Predators provided the update on Arvidsson’s injury Sunday. Nashville Predators right wing Viktor
The Nashville Predators say forward Viktor Arvidsson will miss four to six weeks after hurting his lower body when cross-checked during the first period of Saturday night’s 4-2 win over St. Louis. The Predators provided the update on Arvidsson’s injury Sunday. Arvidsson was cross-checked by Robert Bortuzzo at 6:08 of the first period with the
No major changes coming for the Flames Eric Francis of Sportsnet: Calgary Flames GM Brad Treliving takes the blame for their recent struggles, saying it starts with the manager and that he has been “horse**t” Treliving has been asked about potential changes over the past few days. “The coaches aren’t going anywhere. Our top players
Nov 22, 2019 On Brendan Smith‘s 29th birthday, he thought his time with the New York Rangers was over. And maybe his NHL career, too. On Feb. 8, 2018, Rangers management sent a letter out to fans signaling a rebuild. Then they put Smith on waivers. Smith was less than eight months into a four-year,
“The words we’ve been waiting to say for so long … for the first time in franchise history, the Charlotte Checkers are Calder Cup champions!” Jason Shaya’s radio play-by-play call was raw and emotional as celebratory pandemonium ensued on the ice in Rosemont, Ill., on June 8. The Checkers were kings of the American Hockey
WINNIPEG — Andrew Copp scored with 1:54 left in the third period to lift the Winnipeg Jets to a 4-3 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets on Saturday. Columbus goalie Elvis Merzlikins tried to clear the puck up the middle of the ice and Copp knocked it down and scored. He also picked up an
SAN JOSE, Calif. — Logan Couture scored in overtime for the second straight game, giving the San Jose Sharks a 2-1 win over the streaking New York Islanders on Saturday night. Logan Couture, San Jose Sharks (John Hefti-USA TODAY Sports) Couture scored at 2:30 of the extra period to lead the Sharks to their eighth
Don Cherry says Sportsnet “made it impossible” for him to address a controversy that eventually led to his firing last week. In his first “Grapevine” podcast, Cherry says he wasn’t willing to accept Sportsnet’s conditions to have him return following his “Coach’s Corner” segment on “Hockey Night in Canada” on Nov. 9. Cherry says “two
Jennifer Belak Liang remembers her car phone ringing as she was picking up her daughters Alex and Andie from school one day in August 2011. It was the agent for her husband, hockey player Wade Belak. On speaker phone, the agent asked her if she had spoken to her husband that day. She hadn’t. It was
Senators looking for a defenseman Bruce Garrioch of the Ottawa Senators: Ottawa Senators GM Pierre Dorion has been looking for a defenseman for at least the past month. This was before they lost three defensemen, Cody Goloubef and Erik Brannstrom to injury and Nikita Zaitsev for personal reasons. Leafs may let things play out for
5:44 PM ET Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — New Toronto Maple Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe spent a decent chunk of a 30-minute morning skate on Thursday teaching instead of running drills. There’s a lot for his new team to learn and not much time to do it. The 39-year-old Keefe is now in charge of
Nov 21, 2019 By Steve Brown/SanDiegoGulls.com Ashley Keenberg’s fight is different than any fight she’s witnessed on the ice at a Gulls game. Hockey Fights Cancer is a campaign uniting the hockey community and supporting people with cancer and their families. It’s also the sport’s greatest platform to raise awareness and highlight the risks of
Just a few years ago, Petr Mrazek was the answer to the Detroit Red Wings’ long-term problems in net. Fast-forward to the present and he’s regressed. He’s not even a question mark at this stage. Oh, to be clear, the Carolina Hurricanes should know by now what they have in Mrazek. As far as any
PHILADELPHIA — Matthew Tkachuk scored the only goal in the shootout, and the Calgary Flames beat the Philadelphia Flyers 3-2 on Saturday to stop a six-game slide. Calgary’s Elias Lindholm tied it at 2 when he scored with 1:23 left in regulation. Andrew Mangiapane also scored for the Flames, who were shut out in their