Chicago forward Patrick Kane scored his 400th NHL goal Sunday during the Blackhawks' 7-2 rout of the Detroit Red Wings, becoming the 100th player to reach the milestone. Kane has scored 11 goals in 23 games this season and is the eighth active NHL player ...
The NHL had a difficult Wednesday, with 40 players landing on the list of absences caused by COVID-19. On Thursday, the league announced a series of additional coronavirus protocols. The league statement includes comments from commissioner Gary Bettman, who said, of the 100 players on ...
The NBA postponed three more games and the NHL pushed back the Dallas Stars' season opener again amid a surge of COVID-19 cases that has put professional sports on notice in North America Two games between the Cleveland Cavaliers and Washington Wizards, set for Sunday ...
An NHL season that has already been disrupted by COVID-19 even before the first puck drops will start Wednesday with the defending champion Tampa Bay Lightning among the contenders for this season's title. The campaign has been shortened from 82 games to 56 and is ...
The National Hockey League, which took a revenue hit last year due to the COVID-19 outbreak, said on Tuesday it has sold the naming rights to its divisions for the first time. The move to sell naming rights to divisions that were once named after ...
The NHL anticipates the league's Canadian teams will be able to play games in their home venues when the season starts on Jan. 13. "On the basis of our discussions (with provincial health authorities) in the past week, as well as our exchange of correspondence ...
Black Girl Hockey Club aims to diversify NHL stands and boardrooms
When the idea to create the Black Girl Hockey Club hit Renee Hess almost two years ago, she couldn’t have foreseen the degree to which it has insinuated itself into hockey culture in the United States and Canada. From the first handful of respondents to ...
The Las Vegas Golden Knights and Philadelphia Flyers continued their unbeaten NHL postseason runs Thursday, each booking a spot in Saturday showdowns for seeds in the Stanley Cup playoffs. Three unanswered third-period goals rallied Las Vegas 6-4 over the defending champion St. Louis Blues while ...
White NHL players finding their voice on racism, in and outside the sport
Players in the predominantly white NHL are speaking out against racism.
The NHL is zeroing in on a return to action with neutral-site games. Commissioner Gary Bettman said Monday that the league is eyeing "probably eight or nine different places" that each would play host to approximately 12 teams. Multiple media outlets have indicated that Las Vegas ...
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman doesn't know how, and he doesn't know when, but he remains confident this season, which has been, halted by the COVID-19 pandemic will resume. "I believe that if the right time comes, and the right circumstances, based on all of the ...
NHL fielding offers from cities interested in hosting playoff games
The NHL is listening to offers from venues around North America that are volunteering to host neutral-site playoff games. NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly discussed the proposals with ESPN on Friday. The NHL season, like those of all other major North American sports leagues, was halted ...
