Pausing the Stanley Cup celebration and with his voice still hoarse from partying, Alex Killorn acknowledged the back-to-back champion Tampa Bay Lightning will not be back together on the ice when the NHL returns in the fall. “We’re all grown men, and we understand that in a salary-cap system, the team is definitely going to
Marc Bergevin never questioned his grand plan. The Montreal Canadiens general manager was, however, left searching for answers throughout long stretches of an improbable, roller-coaster 2021. Bergevin’s team, the one he’s built over nine years in his hockey-mad hometown and province, owned the NHL’s best record through 10 games of the league’s pandemic-shortened schedule. Montreal
News of Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks’ tragic passing broke the airwaves on Monday and left the NHL community shocked and deeply saddened. Kivlenieks, at just 24, was killed on Sunday night after a fireworks accident. The tragedy ripped a hole through Columbus’ hockey community. However, through the grief and shock, Columbus did what
Numbers, stats, and figures are an integral part of the hockey viewing experience. The game is rife with scoring slumps, hot streaks, losing skids, and dynastic stretches of winning. The thing is, not all streaks are created equal. Sometimes remarkable individual accolades take center stage as one particular player lights the league on fire. During
The Anaheim Ducks have named Joël Bouchard head coach of the San Diego Gulls, Anaheim’s primary development affiliate in the American Hockey League. Bouchard, 47, joins the Ducks organization after spending the past three seasons as head coach of the Laval Rocket. He guided the Montreal Canadiens’ top affiliate to a record of 83-67-14-10, including
9:00 AM ET An announced crowd of 18,110 fans watched the Tampa Bay Lightning win the Stanley Cup on Wednesday night. That’s 18,110 more fans than attended their home opener on Jan. 13 against the Chicago Blackhawks at Amalie Arena, and 18,110 more fans than saw them raise last season’s Stanley Cup in the Edmonton,
Face masks were as prevalent as pucks throughout the NHL this past season, but documents show Canadian health officials wanted the league to take additional steps to prevent the spread of COVID-19. The league introduced a number of protocols in a bid to get back on the ice, including the daily testing of players and
Vladimir Tarasenko has asked the St. Louis Blues for a trade, a person with knowledge of the situation told The Associated Press on Thursday. The Blues declined comment when asked about Tarasenko’s trade request, which was first reported by The Athletic. The person spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the request was
The Carolina Hurricanes are closing in on a Stanley Cup contention window. Led by young, rising stars such as Sebastian Aho, Andrei Svechnikov, Jaccob Slavin, and Alex Nedeljkovic, at all three levels of the roster the future is bright. However, the series against the Tampa Bay Lightning displayed that the team certainly has areas for
Hockey has historically been a sport dominated by Canadian players, though in recent years it has become an increasingly international affair. But American players have always had a major role in the game, particularly in the National Hockey League. We’ll be taking a look at the 10 greatest American players of all time, along with
The Tampa Bay Lightning captured their second consecutive Stanley Cup championship on Wednesday night, with American Hockey League graduates leading the way again. Ross Colton, who began the season with the Syracuse Crunch, scored the only goal in the Lightning’s Cup-clinching 1-0 victory, while Conn Smythe Trophy winner Andrei Vasilevskiy made 22 saves for his
12:41 AM ET TAMPA, Fla. — Brendan Gallagher wore the Montreal Canadiens‘ Stanley Cup Final loss on his face. There were the red welts on his cheeks, battle scars from intense confrontations with the Tampa Bay Lightning through five games. There were his red and puffy eyes, still visible under a pulled-down hat. “Sorry,” said
To set the tone for the championship news conference that possibly redeemed a pandemic’s worth of mundane NHL Zoom calls, Nikita Kucherov showed up shirtless and overserved. Often a quiet off-ice presence for the Tampa Bay Lightning, Kucherov, in the moments after his team defeated the Montreal Canadiens 1-0 to win its second straight Stanley
This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. The Tampa Bay Lightning repeated as Stanley Cup champs last night with a 1-0 Game 5 win over Montreal in front of a packed home crowd. The underdog Canadiens made a spirited
Toronto Maple Leafs general manager Kyle Dubas has some tough decisions to make this offseason. Perhaps there’s none bigger than the contract status of forward Zach Hyman, who is set to hit the open market on July 28. While there’s been a ton of speculation brewing regarding the contract talks and perhaps other teams getting
The first few drafts of the 2010s were not particularly kind to the Vancouver Canucks when it came to first-round picks. Though, once Jim Benning took over as general manager, their luck seemed to change. Since 2014, they have made seven first-round selections, and only three of them are not on the roster right now.
The Washington Capitals have re-signed forward Beck Malenstyn to a one-year, two-way contract. Malenstyn, 23, missed the entire 2020-21 season after undergoing surgery to repair an Achilles tendon. In 2019-20, Malenstyn recorded seven goals and eight assists in 46 games with the AHL’s Hershey Bears. He also made his NHL debut with the Capitals, skating
12:17 PM ET Jeremy WillisESPN.com Tampa Bay Buccaneers QB Tom Brady is no stranger to celebrating championships. The city of Tampa is getting pretty used to it as well, since the Tampa Bay Lightning have won consecutive Stanley Cups, sandwiched around Brady and the Bucs winning the Super Bowl. The Lightning finished off the Montreal