The Ottawa Senators sign one of their second-round picks from the 2020 NHL Entry Draft, a San Jose Sharks’ second-round selection from the 2020 Draft excels in his first NCAA season and two top prospects from the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) are seeking loans to Switzerland. Senators Sign Sokolov The Senators announced on Monday that
QUEBEC – Vasily Ponomarev broke a 3-3 tie at 16:46 of the third period, and the Shawinigan Cataractes held on to defeat the Victoriaville Tigres 4-3 on Monday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action. Antoine Coulombe kicked out 37-of-40 shots including all 18 his way in the third to help Shawinigan halt a three-game
Chicago’s NHL team on Monday hired Kendall Coyne Schofield as a player development coach, making her the first woman to hold that position in the organization’s 94-year history. Coyne Schofield, 28, will work with the coaching staff of Chicago’s top minor league affiliate in Rockford, Illinois, and serve as youth hockey growth specialist. The former
The Boston Bruins and restricted free agent Jake DeBrusk have agreed to terms on a two-year contract worth $7.35 million, the team announced Monday. The deal carries an annual cap hit of $3.675 million. This deal closes the book one of the biggest questions of the offseason for the Bruins. With Torey Krug signing with
5:38 PM ET The Boston Bruins have signed forward Jake DeBrusk to a two-year extension worth $3.675 annually, the team announced Monday. DeBrusk, who was a restricted free agent, has been a big part of the Bruins’ secondary scoring on a team that boasts David Pastrnak, Brad Marchand and Patrice Bergeron at the top. He
The Chicago Blackhawks have hired Erik Condra as player development coach for the organization. Condra will assist the Rockford IceHogs coaching staff in the skills development of current players, while also evaluating, assessing and scouting potential prospects. Condra, 34, joins the Blackhawks following an 11-year professional playing career that included 362 regular-season games in the
The Los Angeles Kings’ Reverse Retros are widely regarded by the hockey world as being amazing looking jerseys. A classic Los Angeles sports colour scheme, along with a classic Kings logo, highlights two different eras of Kings hockey. As per the press release from NHL and Adidas, the crest is an homage to the ‘90s
Hockey fans, the news is good. Let NHLers, minor-leaguers, kids of both genders (and their parents), beer leaguers of both genders (and their spouses) and just about anybody who plays the game indoors in an organized league rejoice. It looks like we’ll be getting back to normal next fall. By then, we’ll have lost a
The development of two potential COVID-19 vaccines could be a major assist in the battle against the coronavirus, but they might not be a game changer when it comes to NHL fans being able to return to arenas in the near future. Dr. Susy Hota, medical director of infection prevention and control and infectious diseases
If you ask any long-time Calgary Flames fan when the most difficult time was to support their team, they’ll likely tell you that from the 1996-97 season until the 2003-04 season, it was anything but smooth sailing. Long-time fans were displeased with the product on the ice as the club was in a major rebuilding
Week two of the official regular season for college hockey featured a lot more action than the first. Some members of the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) and Hockey East Association joined the Big Ten to begin their 2020-21 season. The pandemic played its hand, once again, in altering the schedule for multiple teams in
For the second time in as many days, the top Canadian junior players hit the ice in the second of three intrasquad games. The tail end of the weekend doubleheader saw Team White double up Team Red once again, this time by a 6-3 margin. In what seemed to be an even more energetic matchup,
Team Canada had themselves a very eventful Saturday. After revealing that a staff member had tested positive for COVID-19, its stacked roster took to the ice for a scrimmage during their World Junior Championship selection camp. Also, the United States Hockey League (USHL) has finally kicked off its season and a recent draft pick of
BAIE-COMEAU, Que. – Brandon Frattaroli scored twice while Nathael Roy scored the shootout-winning goal as the Baie-Comeau Drakkar vanquished the Val-d’Or Foreurs 3-2 in Baie-Comeau on Sunday afternoon. Frattaroli scored his first of the game in the second period, before scoring the game-tying goal with 10:01 to play in the third. Jacob Gaucher and Marshall
A “non-core member” of Hockey Canada’s National Junior Team staff has tested positive for COVID-19. Hockey Canada’s senior vice-president of national teams Scott Salmond says the team learned of the positive test Saturday morning. The individual and their close contacts have been placed in quarantine at the team’s hotel in Red Deer, Alta. Team Canada’s
Team Canada’s selection camp kicked into high gear on Saturday night, as Team White took on Team Red in the first of three intrasquad scrimmages from the oddly quiet Westerner Park Centrium in Red Deer, Alberta. In an event that usually draws in dozens of journalists and media personnel, the best junior players from across
The World Junior Hockey Championship (WJC) is right around the corner and while this tournament is always a big deal, even more importance will be placed on it this time around. Each team is entering with some kind of hope — from the Canadians hoping to repeat as gold medalists to Austria looking to show
The Montreal Canadiens have been a franchise for over 100 years, with many players passing through their system — some becoming Hall of Famers (HOFer), some have just been a footnote in Habs lore. Here is a look at five goalies who you might not have known were members of the Canadiens who had careers