‘The Holdovers’: RMU hockey senior night takes on special meaning for players who stuck around to reboot the program
For three Robert Morris hockey players, this weekend, they will be getting the senior night send-off they never thought they’d receive. Saturday against Canisius (5 p.m.) marks the final regular-season home game for the Colonials in their return campaign after a two-year absence for the program. In May 2021, the...
MetLife Stadium to host 2 outdoor NHL games with playoff implications
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. — Two games in two days. A concert. Four Metropolitan Division rivals separated by about a 100-mile corridor that runs from New York to Philadelphia. Roughly 140,000 fans sitting in bone-chilling temperatures waiting to shout for a goal or great save. Hockey is coming back to the...
Blue Jackets fire GM Jarmo Kekalainen midway through his 11th full seasonVideo
The Columbus Blue Jackets fired general manager Jarmo Kekalainen on Thursday, ending his time on the job ahead of another crucial trade deadline for the struggling club. President of hockey operations John Davidson made the call midway through Kekalainen’s 11th full season on the job and with just over three...
3ICE 3-on-3 hockey league returns for 3rd season
3ICE, a hockey league that involves three-on-three play, will return for a third season this spring and summer. Using a format similar to a golf tour by playing on weekends, the league’s 2024 schedule begins on June 12 and lasts until Aug. 14. The penultimate date on the schedule will...
Maple Leafs’ Morgan Rielly suspended 5 games for cross check vs. Senators
Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly was suspended five games for cross-checking Ottawa Senators forward Ridly Greig in the final seconds of the teams’ game over the weekend. The NHL’s department of player safety announced the suspension Tuesday after a virtual hearing with Rielly and team and union representatives. It...
Maple Leafs’ Rielly set for in-person hearing with NHL after cross-check on Ottawa’s GreigVideo
TORONTO — Toronto Maple Leafs defenseman Morgan Rielly accepted an in-person hearing with the NHL’s Department of Safety, a day after decking Ottawa’s showboating Ridly Greig with a late cross-check. The NHL said Sunday that the hearing is set for Tuesday in New York. Greig scored with 5.1 seconds left...
First Call: Art Rooney II leaves door open to a QB trade; Oilers fail to match Penguins’ record win streak
Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney II is commenting on the team’s quarterback landscape. One national media pundit is projecting that Russell Wilson will land in Pittsburgh. Patrick Peterson is standing by his early season comments about the San Francisco 49ers in advance of the Super Bowl. The Edmonton Oilers come...
Edmonton’s winning streak ends in Vegas just short of Penguins’ NHL record 17-game run
LAS VEGAS — Chandler Stephenson scored the go-ahead goal, Adin Hill stopped 30 shots, and the Vegas Golden Knights brought an end to the Edmonton Oilers’ 16-game winning streak with a 3-1 victory on Tuesday night. Edmonton was looking to tie the 1992-93 Pittsburgh Penguins for the longest NHL win...
Capitals’ Evgeny Kuznetsov enters NHL/NHLPA player assistance program
Washington Capitals center Evgeny Kuznetsov is entering the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program, the league and union announced Monday. Kuznetsov will be away from the team indefinitely while he receives care. Under the terms of the program, he can return to the team for practice and then games when cleared by...
Police apologize to alleged victim of 2018 Hockey Canada sexual assault case
LONDON, Ontario — The police chief of London, Ontario, issued a public apology on Monday to a woman who says she was sexually assaulted by five hockey players on Canada’s 2018 world junior team — including four currently in the NHL — for the length of time it took to...
Trade deadline, MVP race and more outdoor hockey are on tap for the 2nd half of the NHL seasonVideo
TORONTO — Even during the All-Star break, Nathan MacKinnon kept thinking ahead to the second half of the NHL season. “You try not to eat too much,” MacKinnon said. “You’re looking in the mirror, and you look fat.” Maybe MacKinnon — and plenty of other players around the league —...
Auston Matthews, Mitch Marner shine in NHL All-Star tourney
TORONTO — Auston Matthews and Mitch Marner of the Maple Leafs shined in the NHL All-Star 3-on-3 tournament Saturday on home ice in Toronto. Matthews scored twice, including the winner, and had an assist, and Marner added a goal to beat reigning MVP Connor McDavid’s team 7-4 in the final....
Arizona Coyotes arena situation remains a concern with no long-term plan for where they will playVideo
TORONTO — Past the midway point of their second season in a 5,000-seat arena, the Arizona Coyotes still do not have a concrete plan for a long-term home. While NHL commissioner Gary Bettman voiced optimism about owner Alex Meruelo getting something done to keep the team in the Phoenix area,...
NHL announces plans to send players back to the Olympics in 2026 and 2030 for 1st time since 2014
TORONTO — NHL players are returning to the Olympics for the first time in more than a decade. The world’s top hockey league will allow its players to participate in the Games in 2026 in Milan and in 2030 under an agreement announced Friday by the NHL, the NHL Players’...
All-Star notes: Elias Lindholm found out mid-flight he was traded from Calgary to Vancouver
TORONTO — Elias Lindholm was on his way back to Calgary from a trip to Mexico when he learned he had been traded to NHL-leading Vancouver. When he arrived at All-Star Weekend on Thursday, a new Canucks jersey with his name and No. 23 on the back was waiting for...
NHL All-Star Weekend has new look thanks to Connor McDavid
TORONTO — In the aftermath of last year’s NHL All-Star skills competition that was confusing, disjointed and went off poorly in the arena and on television, Gary Bettman asked Connor McDavid for his thoughts. The long-serving commissioner wanted to know what the reigning MVP, face of the league, Edmonton captain...
ESPN looks at NHL All-Star weekend in Toronto as chance to experiment with more coverage
The NHL isn’t the only one who uses the All-Star Game as a lab to test different things that could find its way into the game in the future. This weekend’s events in Toronto are also a chance for ESPN and Sportsnet to experiment with coverage ideas that could be...
Blue Jackets rookie C Adam Fantilli expected to miss 8 weeks after being cut with skateVideo
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Columbus Blue Jackets rookie center Adam Fantilli is expected to miss eight weeks after being cut on the left calf with a skate blade in Sunday’s game at Seattle. The injury to the 19-year-old Fantilli, announced by the team on Wednesday, is the latest blow for the...
4 NHL players charged with sexual assault in a 2018 case in Canada, their lawyers sayVideo
NHL players Carter Hart of the Philadelphia Flyers, Michael McLeod and Cal Foote of the New Jersey Devils and Dillon Dube of the Calgary Flames have been charged with sexual assault in connection with an alleged assault by several members of Canada’s 2018 world junior team. Attorneys representing Hart, McLeod,...
Rangers’ Filip Chytil is out for season after injury setback
New York Rangers forward Filip Chytil will miss the rest of the season after experiencing an injury setback. Chytil, 24, has not played since early November because of suspected concussion issues that led him to go home to his native Czechia and skate with Jaromir Jagr, among others, in an...
Columbus forward Patrik Laine enters NHL/NHLPA player assistance program
Columbus Blue Jackets forward Patrik Laine is entering the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program, the league and union announced Sunday. Laine will be away from the team indefinitely while he receives care from the joint program. Under the terms of the program, he can return to the team for practice and...
Flyers sign Owen Tippett to 8-year, $49.6M million extension
PHILADELPHIA — Forward Owen Tippett and the Philadelphia Flyers agreed to terms Friday on a $49.6 million, eight-year contract, according to a person with knowledge of the deal. The person spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity because the contract had not yet been announced. The extension carries...
Utah Jazz owners say they have the immediate ability to bring an NHL team to Salt Lake City
The owners of the NBA’s Utah Jazz said Wednesday they have the immediate ability to bring an NHL team to Salt Lake City and requested the initiation of an expansion process. The Smith Entertainment Group said in a news release it would use the Jazz’s arena as an interim home...
5 players from 2018 Canada world junior team take leave of absence from their clubs
Five players from Canada’s 2018 world junior team have taken a leave of absence from their current clubs in recent days amid a report that five members of that team have been asked to surrender to police to face sexual assault charges. NHL players Michael McLeod and Cal Foote of...
Flyers goaltender Carter Hart is taking an indefinite leave of absence for personal reasonsVideo
Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Carter Hart is taking an indefinite leave of absence for personal reasons. General manager Daniel Briere announced Tuesday that Hart had requested and been granted time away from the team. He added that the Flyers will have no further comment. Messages sent to Hart’s agent, Judd Moldaver,...
