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F Pierre-Edouard Bellemare retires after 700 games
Forward Pierre-Edouard Bellemare officially has retired after 700 NHL games over 10 seasons with five teams.,Bellemare, who last suited up for the Seattle Kraken in 2023-24, played the most games by a French-born player in league history.,He recorded 138 points (64 goals, 74 assists) and a plus-22 r...
Sharks acquire Michael Kesselring, swap 1st-round picks with Sabres
The San Jose Sharks acquired defenseman Michael Kesselring and the No. 27 overall pick in the 2026 NHL Draft from the Buffalo Sabres in exchange for the No. 20 selection.,San Jose has eight selections in the upcoming draft on June 26-27 in Buffalo, including the No. 2 overall pick.,Kesselring, who i...
Capitals coach Spencer Carbery signs multi-year extension
Washington Capitals head coach Spencer Carbery signed a multi-year contract extension on Thursday.,Terms of the deal were not disclosed.,Carbery, 44, just completed his third season in the nation's capital and has compiled a 134-83-29 record.,The Capitals made the playoffs in each of his first two s...
Bruins retiring Patrice Bergeron's No. 37 next season
The Boston Bruins will honor former captain Patrice Bergeron by retiring the forward's No. 37 next season.,The date and time of the number retirement ceremony will be shared at a later date, the team said Thursday.,Bergeron, 40, played his entire 19-season career with Boston (2003-04, 2005-23), winn...
Ryan Craig, 44, tabbed as head coach of Golden Knights
The Vegas Golden Knights named Ryan Craig as the team's fifth head coach in franchise history on Wednesday.,The news came one day after Vegas announced that John Tortorella would not return as the bench boss. The Golden Knights' season ended Sunday with a Game 6 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes in th...
Maple Leafs tab former Kings bench boss Jim Hiller as next head coach
The Toronto Maple Leafs named former assistant Jim Hiller as the 41st head coach in franchise history on Wednesday morning.,Hiller, 57, returns to Toronto after serving four seasons as an assistant coach under Mike Babcock from 2015-19. He spent parts of the past three campaigns as the head coach of...
Stanley Cup Final draws highest TV ratings in 7 years
The high-scoring Stanley Cup Final turned into a ratings win for ABC, which drew the highest viewership for the NHL's championship round in seven years, the network announced Tuesday.,The Carolina Hurricanes' six-game win over the Vegas Golden Knights attracted an average of 5.2 million viewers. The...
Avalanche send C Ross Colton to Predators
The Nashville Predators acquired veteran center Ross Colton from the Colorado Avalanche on Tuesday in a trade that featured three players and two draft picks changing hands.,The Predators added Colton and minor league goaltender Isak Posch in exchange for goaltender Magnus Chrona, Nashville's third-...
John Tortorella out as Golden Knights' head coach
John Tortorella will not return as the head coach of the Vegas Golden Knights, the team announced Tuesday.,The news comes two days after the Golden Knights fell to the Carolina Hurricanes in six games in the Stanley Cup Final.,Tortorella was hired on March 29 after Vegas abruptly fired head coach Br...
Flyers, Maple Leafs swap goaltenders and defensemen
The Toronto Maple Leafs acquired goaltender Samuel Ersson, defenseman Emil Andrae and a third-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft from the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday.,In exchange, the Flyers received goaltender Joseph Woll and defenseman Simon Benoit.,Ersson, 26, was 14-11-5 with a 3.12 goals-again...
Former Blackhawks F Kyle Calder dies at 47
Kyle Calder, a forward who played 10 seasons in the NHL for five different teams, died Monday. He was 47.,The National Hockey League's Alumni Association announced the news Tuesday but did not disclose a cause of death.,"(Calder) earned the respect of teammates, opponents and fans alike through his ...
Reports: Flyers nearing extension with G Daniel Vladar
The Philadelphia Flyers are finalizing a long-term extension with goaltender Daniel Vladar, multiple outlets reported.,The deal, which cannot become official until July 1, will be for five or six years with an average annual value between $5 million and $6 million, per the reports.,Vladar, 28, went ...
Forget 2026 ... Hurricanes favored to win it all in 2027
After completing one of the most dominant runs in Stanley Cup playoff history in Las Vegas on Sunday, the Carolina Hurricanes found themselves atop another list synonymous with Sin City.,The betting odds.,Shortly after the Hurricanes defeated the host Vegas Golden Knights 3-0 to win the Stanley Cup ...
Hurricanes’ Jordan Staal wins 2026 Conn Smythe Trophy
Carolina captain Jordan Staal was voted the 2026 Conn Smythe Trophy winner as the most valuable player in the playoffs following the Hurricanes' Stanley Cup-clinching 3-0 Game 6 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights Sunday evening in Las Vegas.,Staal, 37, had scored goals in five straight games comi...
Hurricanes storm past Golden Knights in Game 6 to grab Stanley Cup
LAS VEGAS -- Rod Brind'Amour captained the Carolina Hurricanes to their first Stanley Cup in 2006.,Now 20 years later, he'll get his name on the trophy again as head coach of the Hurricanes.,Rookie goaltender Brandon Bussi, a waiver-wire pickup from Florida in October, made 22 saves to win his third...
Knights trust in Carter Hart with Canes on cusp of taking Stanley Cup
LAS VEGAS -- For the third time in their brief nine-year history, the Vegas Golden Knights will have the Stanley Cup in T-Mobile Arena for an elimination game on Sunday night.,John Tortorella's squad, which trails the Carolina Hurricanes 3-2 in the best-of seven Stanley Cup Final, has one simple goa...
Golden Knights C William Karlsson ruled out for Game 6
Vegas Golden Knights center William Karlsson has been ruled out of Sunday's Game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals due to a left arm injury.,Karlsson sustained the injury Thursday during a 4-2 loss in Game 5 to the host Carolina Hurricanes.,Karlsson was injured in the second period when he took a hard hit...
Penguins acquire Oliver Okuliar from Panthers for Emil Pieniniemi
The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired forward Oliver Okuliar from the Florida Panthers in exchange for defenseman Emil Pieniniemi.,Okuliar played for Skelleftea AIK in the Swedish Hockey League last season, posting 15 goals and 14 assists in 46 games. During the postseason, the 26-year-old was tied for t...
Lightning duo leads NHL's First All-Star Team
Hart Trophy winner Nikita Kucherov and Vezina winner Andrei Vasilevskiy of the Tampa Bay Lightning are among six players voted to the NHL First All-Star Team, the league announced Friday.,The Columbus Blue Jackets' Zach Werenski, winner of the Norris Trophy as the NHL's top defenseman, also was name...
Jordan Staal, Hurricanes take Game 5, close in on Stanley Cup title
Jordan Staal scored his sixth goal of the Stanley Cup Final, sparking the Carolina Hurricanes to a 4-2 win over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 5 on Thursday in Raleigh, N.C.,The Hurricanes own a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven series and will try to clinch the second Stanley Cup title in team histor...