EAST MEADOW, N.Y. – New York Islanders defenceman Johnny Boychuk has decided to retire as a result of an eye injury sustained last season. The Islanders on Wednesday announced Boychuk’s decision to end his 13-year NHL career after the player had numerous and extensive medical exams. The 36-year-old Boychuk required stitches and plastic surgery after
An NHL legend from Manitoba is honouring an NHL pioneer from Saskatchewan and the path he cleared for First Nations people dreaming of the big league. “It’s a sad day for the hockey world, especially the First Nations across the country. We’ll miss a great guy,” said Reggie Leach, whose name is inscribed on the Stanley Cup,
In an Edmonton Oilers news and rumors update, the team has inked one of their later-round draft picks with the hopes he can outvalue his selection number in a major way. Connor McDavid has an interesting new workout partner while he skates in Arizona, and Mike Smith has hired a new goaltending consultant to work
In today’s NHL rumor rundown, Phillip Danault of the Montreal Canadiens is talking for the first time in a long time about his role on the team and contract extension talks. In Colorado, there are more updates when it comes to Brandon Saad. Are the St. Louis facing major contract issues for certain pending free
The Florida Panthers have signed forward Juho Lammikko to a one-year, two-way contract. Lammikko, 24, spent the 2019-20 season with Karpat in the Finnish elite league, ranking second on the team with 51 points (22 goals, 29 assists) in 57 games. A third-round pick by the Panthers in the 2014 NHL Draft, Lammikko spent three
7:00 AM ET This Thursday is Thanksgiving, or as it’s known in the hockey community, “American Thanksgiving.” Which means it’s time for an annual tradition in this column: What we’re thankful for in hockey. As this is the 2020 edition of said tradition, I was a little concerned it would end up being slightly shorter
If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s to expect the unexpected, especially in the sports world. Tom Brady in a Tampa Bay Buccaneers jersey. Seven-inning MLB games. The Stanley Cup in Canada. And due to a pandemic that has overstayed its welcome, 2021 will continue to throw us curveballs. It seems the Vancouver Canucks will
Olivier Adam stopped 35 shots as the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada remained undefeated with a 2-1 victory over the Gatineau Olympiques on Tuesday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League play. Benjamin Corbeil beat goaltender Remi Poirier over the glove on a short-handed breakaway at 8:47 of the second period with the eventual winner, helping to extend Blainville-Boisbriand’s
A far cry from the standings at Thanksgiving serving as a barometer of which teams are most likely to make the playoffs, the NHL heads into the U.S. holiday without a firm plan announced for next season. The league and players are running out of time to start the season Jan. 1 as previously planned,
The 2021 World Junior Championship will be like no other. First, and maybe most obvious, is that the tournament will be conducted with no fans present, much like the NHL’s Stanley Cup Playoffs. It will remain in Edmonton as originally planned, but Red Deer will no longer split duties. Instead, the two cities will get
This past National Hockey League season was interrupted by COVID-19. With the virus continuing to limit travel and likely shortening the 2020-21 season as well, the Seattle Kraken will be faced with a problem they likely didn’t expect when the league’s board of governors originally granted them a franchise. Not only will they have difficulty
Joel Ward was named an assistant coach for the Vegas Golden Knights’ American Hockey League affiliate in Henderson, Nevada on Monday. The job launches the 39-year-old former forward, who played his last game in 2017-18 with the San Jose Sharks, on a desired path to become an NHL coach someday. “It’s a new start, new
12:51 PM ET ESPN News Services The Columbus Blue Jackets said Tuesday that several players recently tested positive for COVID-19 while preparing for the new season and went into quarantine. The club has closed off-ice facilities at its training center as a precautionary measure and will keep them off-limits through the Thanksgiving holiday. NHL facilities
After consecutive first-round exits, Calgary Flames general manager Brad Treliving made some tweaks to the forward group moving into the 2020-21 season. After rumors swirling about the possibility of moving Johnny Gaudreau or Sean Monahan, it looks like Calgary will stick with their core group. The additions of Dominik Simon, Josh Leivo, and Joakim Nordstrom
In this edition of Toronto Maple Leafs News & Rumors, I’ll look at an interesting player sighting, even if it’s only a practice, that brings together both Connor McDavid and Auston Matthews – that’s noteworthy. I’ll then review Jonas Siegel’s article in The Athletic about Auston Matthews’ ability to carry his own line and speculate
BRANDON, Man. – Don MacGillivray has been named the new head coach of the Brandon Wheat Kings. He replaces Dave Lowry, who left the Western Hockey League club to take a job as an assistant coach of the NHL’s Winnipeg Jets. MacGillivray was Brandon’s assistant coach for four seasons working with Lowry for one and
Hockey Canada announced Tuesday that two players at its national junior selection camp have tested positive for COVID-19. The organization said in a news release that the players, who were not named, are in quarantine at the team’s hotel in Red Deer, Alta. Hockey Canada said it is suspending all camp activities for the day,
As long as the NHL doesn’t realign their divisions and conferences before the upcoming 2020-21 season, we’re about to see if the Vancouver Canucks recent acquisition, Braden Holtby, can reclaim his dominance of the past en route to becoming the best goalie in the NHL’s Pacific Division. Within the division is one of last season’s
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