Hockey Page 96 - Sports News, Headlines & Highlights
Sidney Crosby to compete at world championship for first time since ‘15
Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby will compete for Canada at the IIHF World Championship this month, the Penguins announced Sunday.,This will be Crosby's third turn at the Worlds, and first since 2015. Crosby, 37, also competed for Team Canada in 2006.,Overall, this will be the ninth time Cr...
Josh Morrissey injured by check in Jet-Blues Game 7
Winnipeg Jets defenseman Josh Morrissey was injured midway through the first period of his team's Game 7 clash against the St. Louis Blues.,Morrissey was on the receiving end of a hard check from Oskar Sundqvist at the five-minute mark of the clash, and slowly made his way to the bench where he conf...
Special teams strength vs. strength as Leafs, Panthers open series
The Toronto Maple Leafs have one of the NHL's best power plays. The Florida Panthers boast one the league's top penalty kills. ,The strength of those special teams will be put to the test beginning Monday, when the Maple Leafs host the Panthers in Game 1 of their Stanley Cup playoffs second-round se...
Stars' Jason Robertson, Miro Heiskanen to return next round
Stars coach Pete DeBoer expects to have leading goal-scorer Jason Robertson and standout defenseman Miro Heiskanen available in the Western Conference semifinals after both missed Dallas' first-round series win over the Colorado Avalanche.,Following their thrilling Game 7 comeback victory over the A...
Jets' Mark Scheifele to miss Game 7 vs. Blues
Center Mark Scheifele will miss Game 7 of the Winnipeg Jets' first-round playoff series on Sunday night against the St. Louis Blues, Jets coach Scott Arniel confirmed.,Scheifele was listed Saturday as a game-time decision. He sustained an undisclosed injury in Game 5 on Wednesday and missed Game 6 o...
Mikko Rantanen's third-period hat trick propels Stars past Avs in Game 7
Mikko Rantanen had a hat trick and an assist to help the Dallas Stars rally for a 4-2 win against the visiting Colorado Avalanche in Game 7 of their first-round series Saturday.,Dallas advanced to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs and will face the winner of the Winnipeg Jets-St. Louis Bl...
Hurricanes sign G Frederik Andersen to 1-year, $2.75M contract for 2025-26
The Carolina Hurricanes on Saturday signed goaltender Frederik Andersen to a one-year, $2.75 million contract for next season.,Andersen, 35, is in the final season of a two-year, $6.8 million deal and could have become an unrestricted free agent on July 1.,He was 13-8-1 with a 2.50 goals-against ave...
It's Jets-Blues Game 7: Will team with home ice win yet again?
The last time the Winnipeg Jets hosted a Game 7, their opposition was the San Diego Mariners. In 1977. In the now-defunct World Hockey Association.,The Jets won that clash en route to the league final. They hope history repeats itself Sunday when they play host to the St. Louis Blues in a winner-tak...
Favorites on Thin Ice as NHL Semifinals Set to Explode
Division champs are in danger as the NHL semifinals begin. Can the favorites survive the chaos of Round 2 of the Stanley Cup Playoffs?...
Blues ride 4-goal second period to Game 6 win over Jets
Philip Broberg and Alexey Toropchenko each had a goal and an assist to help the St. Louis Blues stay alive in their Western Conference first-round series with a 5-2 victory over the visiting Winnipeg Jets in Game 6 on Friday night.,Game 7 is on Sunday evening in Winnipeg.,Nathan Walker, Brayden Sche...
Game 7 not a surprise for Avalanche, host Stars
It's been a back-and-forth series so far between the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche. That's sent the first-round matchup to the limit, with each team looking to advance in the Stanley Cup playoffs when they square off in Game 7 in Dallas on Saturday.,The Stars had a chance to close out the seri...
Marc-Andre Fleury, Gabriel Landeskog, Sean Monahan finalists for Masterton
Minnesota goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, Colorado forward Gabriel Landeskog and Columbus forward Sean Monahan are the finalists for the 2024-25 Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy, the NHL announced on Friday.,The award is given to the NHL player who "best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sports...
Kings' Anze Kopitar tabbed as finalist for Lady Byng Trophy
Los Angeles Kings captain Anze Kopitar will vie for his third Lady Byng Trophy after being named a finalist for the award on Friday.,Kopitar, who won the award in 2016 and 2023, was joined by Vegas Golden Knights forward Jack Eichel and Tampa Bay Lightning forward Brayden Point as finalists.,The Lad...
Jets F Nikolaj Ehlers ready to return for Game 6
Jets forward Nikolaj Ehlers is in the lineup for Game 6 on Friday night as Winnipeg attempts to close out its series with the Blues in St. Louis.,Ehlers missed the last two games of the regular season and the first five of this Western Conference first-round series with a foot injury.,Ehlers, who ta...
Jets' Scott Arniel among first-time finalists for Jack Adams Award
Winnipeg Jets coach Scott Arniel, Washington Capitals bench boss Spencer Carbery and Montreal Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis were named first-time finalists for the Jack Adams Award on Friday.,The award is presented annually to the head coach who has "contributed the most to his team's success.",A...
Lightning's Jon Cooper: 'It's hard to see myself anywhere else'
Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper quieted rumors about his future, with the two-time Stanley Cup winner saying Friday that he can't envision himself leading another team.,He told reporters not to believe the chatter about possibilities he won't be back, instead saying only he and general man...
Panthers' Aleksander Barkov bids to repeat as Selke winner
Florida Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov, teammate Sam Reinhart and Anthony Cirelli of the Tampa Bay Lightning were named the finalists for the Frank J. Selke Trophy on Friday.,The award is presented annually to the NHL's top defensive forward as voted by the Professional Hockey Writers Associatio...
Rangers reel in two-time Cup winner Mike Sullivan
Mike Sullivan is the new head coach of the New York Rangers.,Sullivan, who led the Pittsburgh Penguins to back-to-back Stanley Cup titles in the 2015-16 and 2016-17 seasons, becomes the 38th head coach for the Original Six franchise.,"Mike Sullivan has established himself as one of the premier head ...
NHL roundup: Oilers win 4th straight over Kings to close series
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Zach Hyman, Darnell Nurse and Trent Frederic all collected one goal and one assist for the Oilers, who closed out the Kings in the best-of-seven Western Conference first-round series.,Adam Henrique also scored and goaltender Calvin Pickard made 23 saves for the Oilers, who will ...
Oilers knock Kings out of playoffs for 4th straight year
Connor Brown scored once in a three-point game and the Edmonton Oilers advanced to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs, again at the expense of the Los Angeles Kings, thanks to a 6-4 home-ice victory in Game 6 on Thursday.,Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, Zach Hyman, Darnell Nurse and Trent Frederic al...