EDMONTON — This time feels different — for a lot of reasons. Stuart Skinner isn’t stepping into the Edmonton Oilers net on Saturday night as the local kid who is getting an NHL shot with his childhood team, the way he did a year ago in that sloppy, 8-5 Canadian Division win over the Ottawa
MONTREAL – The Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has pushed bask its return to play to Feb. 1 due to ongoing challenges around the COVID-19 pandemic. The league had originally planned to restart on Monday. The QMJHL said in a statement that the change to the restart was made because there is no clear timeline
Aisha Visram is believed to have become the first woman to work on the bench of an NHL regular-season game in any capacity when she served as athletic trainer for the Los Angeles Kings in their 6-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday night. According to the Professional Hockey Athletic Trainers Society and Society
If the Winnipeg Jets want to be successful through their next stretch of games, they’ll need their youngsters and depth players to step up. COVID Outbreak Sidelines Regulars The Jets are currently dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak as the ultra-contagious Omicron variant sweeps through North America. Nikolaj Ehlers went into protocol Monday, and a number
When life is uncertain, we try to cherish every opportunity. That’s the approach the Windsor Spitfires are taking into 2022 as the COVID-19 pandemic is still doing a number on the Ontario Hockey League (OHL). As games continue to be postponed and rescheduled, the club is doing everything they can to earn the points when
10:00 AM ET For a hockey player, representing your country in a Winter Olympic tournament is an unparalleled honor. “To be known as an Olympian is a big-time thing for everybody,” said John Vanbiesbrouck, the general manager of the U.S. men’s Olympic team. “That’s why the NHL players wanted to go in the first place.”
📝 by Patrick Williams Utica Comets head coach Kevin Dineen has seen enough in his nearly 40 years of pro hockey to have anticipated that his team would face turbulence at some point. The Comets, who set an American Hockey League record with 13 consecutive wins to open this season, have suffered back-to-back regulation losses
CALGARY – Nick Paul scored twice in the first period and Matt Murray made 27 saves for his first win of the season as the Ottawa Senators defeated the Calgary Flames 4-1 on Thursday. The Senators were playing their first game since New Year’s Day and just their second in 26 days, but they didn’t
Philipp Kurashev scored 2:24 into overtime and Chicago beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 Thursday night. Montreal, a defending Stanley Cup finalist, has dropped five straight and is 1-9-3 in its past 13 games. The Canadiens are 7-24-5 overall and fell behind Arizona for the worst record in hockey when the Coyotes beat Toronto on Wednesday. Dominik Kubalik
The St. Louis Blues have a plethora of players who are playing their best hockey this season, and some who aren’t. But I’m going to focus on the players who are having career-best years for them, taking a small page out of our Colorado Avalanche team here at The Hockey Writers. They’ve needed a rare
When the Nicklas Lidstrom news about returning home broke Tuesday morning, the Detroit Red Wings were amidst the finishing up of a west coast trip. While taking on the Los Angeles Kings (L 4-0), Anaheim Ducks (SOL 4-3) and San Jose Sharks (OTL 3-2), the Red Wings finished 0-1-2 on the trip. That brings their
7:05 PM ET ESPN staff The rosters for the 2022 NHL All-Star Game were announced Thursday, captained by Auston Matthews (Atlantic), Alex Ovechkin (Metropolitan), Nathan MacKinnon (Central) and Connor McDavid (Pacific). There’s no shortage of star power — on the 10-man rosters and the “last man in” voting group for each division — but a
Jan 13, 2022 By Suzie Cool After 35 games in the American Hockey League over the span of two seasons, it finally happened for Rochester Americans rookie forward Jack Quinn. On Tuesday night as the Buffalo Sabres took on the Tampa Bay Lightning at the KeyBank Center, Quinn became the 101st AHL player to make
Anaheim Ducks (19-13-7, second in the Pacific) vs. Minnesota Wild (21-10-2, fourth in the Central) St. Paul, Minnesota; Friday, 8 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Kirill Kaprizov and Minnesota take on Anaheim. is eighth in the NHL with 40 points, scoring 14 goals and recording 26 assists. The Wild are 12-9-0 in Western Conference games. Minnesota
Ryan Dzingel scored two goals, Karel Vejmelka stopped 45 shots and the Arizona Coyotes defeated the Toronto Maple Leafs 2-1 Wednesday night in Glendale, Arizona. Dzingel, playing his first game since Dec. 10, matched his previous season output of two goals. Auston Matthews scored 14 seconds into the third period (24th) from Jake Muzzin and
We’ve made it to double-digits, welcome to the 10th edition of the Weekly Lost & Found. However, it would be more of a celebration if the state of the league, let alone the world, was in a better place entering the climax of the holiday season. This edition will feature three teams, one lost and two
In today’s NHL rumors rundown, there is still a ton of talk that Evander Kane is going to become an Edmonton Oilers forward, but there is a delay in that signing potentially happening. In fact, Kane might be facing more legal issues and an investigation into the player’s travel history is underway. Meanwhile, the Tampa
7:00 AM ET Patrik Laine is a winger for the Columbus Blue Jackets. Depending on what he’s wearing to the game, he is also a James Bond villain, an extra from “The Matrix” or the DJ at a club that’s strictly for vampires. These were some of the reactions to Laine’s pregame fits, from the