6:35 PM ET If it seems to you like the 2020-21 NHL season just ended, you’re not incorrect: the Stanley Cup was awarded on July 7 to the Tampa Bay Lightning. But the league has spun forward to the offseason and preparations for 2021-22 quickly: The expansion draft was held Wednesday, in which the Seattle
The Colorado Avalanche have re-signed forward Kiefer Sherwood to a one-year contract for the 2021-22 season. Sherwood, 26, appeared in just 10 games with the AHL’s Colorado Eagles in 2020-21 but led the team with 10 goals and tied for second on the club with 16 points. He also played 16 games with the Avalanche,
The schedule for the upcoming NHL season leaves room for an Olympic break, but the league says no final decision has been made on whether players will compete in the 2022 Beijing Games. The NHL said in a statement Thursday that it has agreed to pause play between Feb. 7 to 22, 2022, for the
The schedule for the upcoming NHL season leaves room for an Olympic break, but the league says no final decision has been made on whether players will compete in the 2022 Beijing Games. The NHL said in a statement Thursday that it has agreed to pause play between Feb. 7 to 22, 2022, for the
It was a busy Wednesday that ended with the New York Islanders losing Jordan Eberle in the expansion draft to the Seattle Kraken. Despite the live results on the ESPN telecast, rumors trickled out earlier in the day that Eberle was headed to Seattle. Leaving both Eberle and Josh Bailey exposed came as a surprise,
For the first time in two years, the Vancouver Canucks will have a first-round pick and for the sixth time in eight years, they will have a top-ten pick. From those first rounds, they have come away with Bo Horvat (2013), Jake Virtanen (2014), Olli Juolevi (2016), Elias Pettersson (2017), Quinn Hughes (2018), and Vasily
11:43 PM ET The Seattle Kraken selected their first group of players in the expansion draft on Wednesday night. Some arrived in person, the first to wear the newest NHL jerseys. Some had their names announced by flying fish and an octopus in the local aquarium, and some by Seattle SuperSonics legends Gary Payton and
The Seattle Kraken selected 30 players in the NHL Expansion Draft on Wednesday, 29 of whom are graduates of the American Hockey League. Among the players selected forward Morgan Geekie and defenseman Haydn Fleury, both members of the Charlotte Checkers’ 2019 Calder Cup championship team, as well as 2014 Calder Cup champion and 2013 AHL
Between online classes and strict COVID-19 restriction, Owen Power’s freshman season wasn’t exactly what he expected. Now the No. 1-ranked North American skater is set to miss out on a normal NHL entry draft experience, too. Power, a six-foot-six, 213-pound defenceman from Mississauga, Ont., is expected to be the top pick when the league’s draft
The Montreal Canadiens have named Trevor Letowski as a new assistant coach. Letowski, 44, has been the head coach of the Ontario Hockey League’s Windsor Spitfires since 2018, and previously worked with the Sarnia Sting. He’s also represented Canada at three world junior championships as an assistant coach, helping the team take home the bronze
The Seattle Kraken have selected right winger Nathan Bastian from the New Jersey Devils. Hearing that #SeaKraken will select Nathan Bastian from New Jersey. About Bastian Nathan Bastian was selected by the New Jersey Devils in the 2016 NHL Entry Draft with the 41st-overall pick in the second round. He originates from Kitchener, Ontario, Canada,
The Seattle Kraken select forward Kole Lind from the Vancouver Canucks at the 2021 NHL Expansion Draft. #Canucks will lose forward prospect Kole Lind in the Expansion Draft to #SeaKraken. @DFOHockey After acquiring center Jason Dickinson in a trade with the Dallas Stars on Saturday, the Canucks had no more protection slots leaving Kole Lind
8:41 PM ET The NHL’s newest expansion team, the Seattle Kraken, continues to take shape on Wednesday night with the 2021 expansion draft. Prior to the draft, 30 of the NHL’s other 31 teams had to set their lists of protected and available players; the Vegas Golden Knights, having just entered the league in 2017,
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … The American Hockey League today announced the dates and opponents for all 31 teams’ home openers for the 2021-22 season: Abbotsford Canucks – Fri., Oct. 22 vs. Henderson Bakersfield Condors – Sat., Oct. 16 vs. Abbotsford Belleville Senators – Sat., Oct. 16 vs. Laval Bridgeport Islanders – Sat., Oct. 23 vs. Springfield Charlotte Checkers – Fri.,
Oshawa Generals owner Roger Hunt says the Ontario Hockey League’s new mandatory vaccination policy for players, staff, family and billets will only make the game safer against the spread of COVID-19. “The league has shown their top concern in all of their directives — whether they be rule changes or this mandate — is for
The first roster for the Seattle Kraken won’t include Carey Price. The Montreal Canadiens goaltender was not selected by the Kraken in the NHL expansion draft, according to a person with direct knowledge of the decision. The person spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the team was not announcing details until
In the 2021 Expansion Draft, the Seattle Kraken have selected defenseman Gavin Bayreuther from the Columbus Blue Jackets. Mild surprise from #CBJ. The pick is not Max Domi. #SeaKraken will be selecting D Gavin Bayreuther from Columbus. @DFOHockey About Bayreuther Hailing from Concord, New Hampshire, the 27-year-old blueliner stands at 6-foot-1 and 195 pounds. He
It’s not hard to make a first-round pick. Sure, there’s pressure to select the right player, but there are only a handful of names to choose from, and all of them are usually safe options; players that have been on everyone’s radar since the beginning of the season who have been scouted thoroughly. They are