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Jack Hughes scores in overtime as U.S. beats Canada for gold at the Olympics

MILAN — The United States is on top of the hockey world for the first time in nearly a half-century. No miracle needed. Jack Hughes scored less than 2 minutes into overtime and the U.S. beat Canada, 2-1, in the gold medal final at the Milan Cortina Olympics on Sunday,...
U.S. beats Germany to stay unbeaten at the Olympics, but Canada is the top seed

MILAN — Matthew Tkachuk insists he and his U.S. teammates were only focused on beating Germany in their preliminary round finale and never worried about scoring enough goals to pass Canada for the top seed at the Olympics. “We never talked once about the top seed at all,” Tkachuk said....
Tom Wilson fights in Canada’s game vs. France at the Olympics

MILAN — Who says there’s no fighting in hockey at the Olympics? Tom Wilson clearly does not care that it’s shunned in international play. Wilson dropped the gloves late in Canada’s 10-2 rout of France on Sunday, going after the player who delivered a forearm to the head of teammate...
Russia’s Olympic team sports ban leaves some of the NHL’s best players out of Milan

MILAN — Before he became teammates in the NHL and won the Stanley Cup with Alex Ovechkin on the Washington Capitals, T.J. Oshie shined on the global stage with his shootout heroics that helped the U.S. beat Russia on home ice at the Sochi Olympics in 2014. A dozen years...
Tkachuk and Hughes brothers make U.S. Olympic men’s hockey team a family affair

MILAN — Charlie McAvoy doesn’t have any brothers. In his family, there were only sisters, so he can’t truly understand what it would be like to play on a global stage with a brother as a teammate. He does know this much: He’s a little envious right now of U.S....
Olympics are here for many NHL stars who waited half their careers or more for this

MILAN — Nathan MacKinnon knew he wouldn’t make Canada’s 2014 Olympic team as an 18-year-old NHL rookie, whereas Germany’s Leon Draisaitl and Czechia’s David Pastrnak were still a year away from being drafted. Canadian Connor McDavid and American Jack Eichel were just 17 and Auston Matthews 16 when the best...
NHL players arrive in Milan, returning to the Winter Olympics after a 12-year absence

MILAN — Lukas Dostal was in a rush to get to the Olympics. Earlier this week, the Czech goaltender became the first NHL player to take the ice for practice with his national team. “What would I do in Anaheim, shoot the puck to the boards and try to stop...
Mark Madden: The Miracle on Ice remains an unmatched moment in sports history

“Miracle: The Boys of ’80” is a Netflix documentary about the U.S. hockey team conquering impossible odds to win gold at the 1980 Lake Placid Winter Olympics. It brought surviving members of that team back to Lake Placid to watch highlights, talk and relive the moment. It’s strong and heartfelt....
For RMU hockey coach Derek Schooley, watching his daughters play each other on home ice will be a ‘full-circle moment’

Hopefully, Robert Morris University hockey defenseman Kaitlyn Schooley of Moon has plenty of meals on her university dining card. Maybe she can just pick up a pizza on the way back to her apartment, or grab a sandwich at the rink. But if she had any notion of swinging by...
Lightning’s historic 4-goal comeback stuns Bruins in NHL Stadium Series

TAMPA, Fla. — Nikita Kucherov scored the tying goal in the third period, Jake Guentzel scored the only goal in the shootout, and the Tampa Bay Lightning rallied from a four-goal deficit to beat the Boston Bruins, 6-5, in front of 64,617 fans at an NHL Stadium Series game at...
Patrick Kane passes Mike Modano for most NHL points by American

DETROIT — Patrick Kane smiled. The wait was over. Kane became the highest-scoring United States-born player in NHL history, passing Mike Modano with an assist for his 1,375th point Thursday night for the Detroit Red Wings against the Washington Capitals. “It’s nice to have it over with in some ways...
Devils trade Ondrej Palat and picks to the Islanders for Maxim Tsyplakov

NEWARK, N.J. — The New Jersey Devils traded Ondrej Palat to the division-rival New York Islanders on Tuesday night, moving on from the veteran winger they had been trying to deal for quite some time. The Devils sent a third-round pick in the draft this year and 2027 sixth-rounder with...
Rangers trade Carson Soucy to Islanders in surprise move

NEW YORK — The New York Rangers’ sell-off that general manger Chris Drury warned fans would be coming as part of a retooling process is now underway. They traded defenseman Carson Soucy to the crosstown-rival New York Islanders on Monday in exchange for a third-round pick in this year’s draft....
Red Wings retire Sergei Fedorov’s No. 91 jersey and he says leaving Detroit was a huge mistake

DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings retired Sergei Fedorov’s No. 91 jersey, honoring the Russian great more than a decade after he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. “Detroit is home, always been — no matter where I was,” he said Monday night. Fedorov left the city in...
With Gavin McKenna as the top prospect, NHL chooses Buffalo Sabres to host draft in June, AP source says

BUFFALO, N.Y. — With highly prized prospect Gavin McKenna as the centerpiece, the NHL has selected the Buffalo Sabres to host its annual draft in June, a person with knowledge of the decision told The Associated Press. The person spoke late last week on condition of anonymity because the league...
Glenn Hall, whose NHL goalie starts streak may never be broken, dies at age 94

Glenn Hall, a Hockey Hall of Famer whose ironman streak of 502 starts as a goaltender remains an NHL record, has died. He was 94. Nicknamed “Mr. Goalie,” Hall worked to stop pucks at a time when players at his position were bare-faced, before masks of any kind became commonplace....

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