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The NHL is "nowhere near a resolution" on whether or not players will compete in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics but the league is looking at preseason games in China ...
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Hurricanes re-sign GM Don Waddell to multi-year contract extension
The Carolina Hurricanes have re-signed team president and general manager Don Waddell to a contract extension. Owner Tom Dundon announced the signing of the multi-year deal Monday, but team officials did ...
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Lightning give goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy eight-year, $76 million extension
Goaltender Andrei Vasilevskiy has signed an eight-year, $76 million contract extension with the Tampa Bay Lightning. The team announced the deal — worth an average of $9.5 million per season — ...
More Sports / Ice Hockey Jul 30, 2019
Hockey Hall of Famer Denis Potvin on Monday announced his retirement as a television broadcaster for the Florida Panthers. Potvin, a former captain for the New York Islanders, was part of the Panthers' first broadcast team in 1993-94 and spent 21 seasons as their TV ...
More Sports / Ice Hockey Jul 25, 2019
The Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues hired Marc Savard as an assistant coach Wednesday. The 42-year-old Savard spent 13 years playing in the NHL, splitting time among the Rangers, Flames, Thrashers and Bruins. The two-time All-Star was part of Boston's 2011 Stanley Cup title ...
More Sports / Ice Hockey Jul 11, 2019
Matt Cullen, who was the oldest player in the NHL last season, retired Wednesday at the age of 42. The forward played 21 seasons in the NHL, including last season with the Pittsburgh Penguins, when he had 20 points (seven goals, 13 assists) in 71 ...
More Sports / Ice Hockey Jul 2, 2019
Mixed emotions for Sharks as Timo Meier re-signs, Joe Pavelski leaves
For San Jose Sharks general manager Doug Wilson, the start of free agency was a day of mixed emotions. The joy of locking up forward Timo Meier with a four-year, $24 million contract Monday was tempered by the loss of Joe Pavelski to Dallas because ...
More Sports / Ice Hockey Jun 8, 2019
NHL hands Blues forward Ivan Barbashev one-game ban for illegal hit
The NHL has suspended St. Louis Blues forward Ivan Barbashev for one game for an illegal check to the head of Boston Bruins forward Marcus Johansson during Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final, it was announced on Friday. The check occurred 5:24 into the ...
More Sports / Ice Hockey Jun 7, 2019
Down and nearly out, the Boston Bruins are angry, too. An emotional return by their injured captain and a frenzied start weren't enough for the Bruins, who must win to avoid elimination in the Stanley Cup Final. Boston coach Bruce Cassidy was livid following the ...
More Sports / Ice Hockey May 31, 2019
Yushiro Hirano follows nomadic path in bid for NHL
by Ed Odeven
Yushiro Hirano's offseason isn't filled with lazy, idyllic days in the sun. The Pittsburgh Penguins prospect is staying busy. He laced up his skates for the Japan national team at the recent IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Estonia, where Japan won two of its five ...
More Sports / Ice Hockey May 28, 2019
Torey Krug flew down the ice with his helmet off, like his big, bad predecessors on the Boston defense from the days of Eddie Shore and Bobby Orr. He lined up St. Louis center Robert Thomas and knocked him off his skates, delighting the crowd ...
More Sports / Ice Hockey May 22, 2019
The St. Louis Blues are marching into the Stanley Cup Final for the first time in decades. Pretty sweet moment for Vladimir Tarasenko and Co. David Perron had a goal and an assist, Jordan Binnington picked up his franchise-record 12th playoff win and the Blues eliminated ...