Sidney Crosby faces an indefinite layoff after suffering the latest in a series of concussions during Pittsburgh’s playoff defeat to the Washington Capitals, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan confirmed on Tuesday. Canadian icon Crosby was flattened by a brutal cross-check to the head from Washington defenseman Matt Niskanen in Monday’s 3-2 loss to the Capitals. Sullivan … Read more
Defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh’s hopes for a repeat crown suffered a major setback on Monday with a head injury to NHL goals leader Sidney Crosby in a 3-2 overtime loss to Washington. Penguins captain Crosby, named a finalist for the NHL’s Most Valuable Player trophy earlier in the day, was helped off the ice … Read more
Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby, Edmonton Oilers center Connor McDavid and Columbus goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky were named Monday as finalists for the National Hockey League’s Most Valuable Player award. The Hart Trophy, awarded to the NHL player judged most valuable to his team, was voted upon by a media panel after the regular season. The … Read more
Nashville Predators left wing Kevin Fiala will miss the remainder of the National Hockey League playoffs after suffering a broken left leg in Nashville’s 4-3 victory at St. Louis, the team announced Thursday. The 20-year-old Swiss standout, who scored 11 goals this season and has added two in the playoffs, sustained a broken left femur … Read more
The rivalry between two of the National Hockey League’s best players, Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby and Washington Capitals counterpart Alexander Ovechkin, is about to heat up the Stanley Cup playoffs. Reigning champion Pittsburgh will face season points leader Washington starting Thursday in a second-round showdown between the NHL’s two victory leaders of the campaign, … Read more
Clarke MacArthur scored a power-play goal 6:30 into overtime to give Ottawa a 3-2 victory Sunday at Boston that advanced the Senators into the second round of the National Hockey League playoffs. Ottawa won the first-round Eastern Conference playoff series 4-2 and booked a second-round showdown against the New York Rangers, who ousted Montreal in … Read more
John Stevens, an assistant coach on the Los Angeles Kings staff for the past seven seasons, has been promoted to head coach, the National Hockey League team announced Sunday. The 50-year-old Canadian had most recently served as the team’s associate coach, having joined the team after coaching the Philadlphia Flyers from 2006 to 2010. After … Read more
Mats Zuccarello scored two goals on Saturday to spark the New York Rangers over Montreal 3-1 and advance into the second round of the National Hockey League playoffs. The Rangers took the best-of-seven Eastern Conference series 4-2 over the Canadiens and will next face either the Boston Bruins or Ottawa Senators. In the Western Conference, … Read more
Goaltender John Gibson bounced back from a subpar performance as the Anaheim Ducks became the first team to reach the second round of the NHL playoffs with a four-game sweep of the Calgary Flames. Gibson made 36 saves as the Ducks scored two goals early then held on for a 3-1 win at the Saddledome … Read more
The Columbus Blue Jackets staved off elimination in the NHL’s Stanley Cup playoffs on Tuesday with a 5-4 victory over the defending champion Pittsburgh Penguins. Down 0-3 and facing elimination in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference first-round series, the Blue Jackets came out hard on their home ice in Columbus, Ohio. Jack Johnson, Josh Anderson, Markus … Read more
The Los Angeles Kings sacked coach Darryl Sutter and general manager Dean Lombardi on Monday, parting ways with a leadership team that brought them two Stanley Cup titles. “This was an extremely difficult decision and was made with an enormous amount of consideration for what we have accomplished in our past,” said Dan Beckerman, the … Read more
Connor McDavid reached the 100-point mark and Jordan Eberle delivered a hat trick as the Edmonton Oilers dumped the Vancouver Canucks 5-2 in the 2016-17 NHL season’s final regular-season game. McDavid recorded his 69th and 70th assists to go with 30 goals in 82 games as the 20-year-old Canadian forward becomes the sixth youngest player … Read more
Winter Olympics organisers said on Wednesday they hoped that ice hockey’s top names would still come to Pyeongchang in 2018 despite the National Hockey League (NHL) deciding to snub the Games. North America’s NHL announced on Monday that it would not suspend its season to accommodate the Olympics in February next year, effectively ruling out … Read more
The National Hockey League announced on Monday that it will not shut down it’s regular season to allow top players to compete at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea. The NHL had sent players to the past five Winter Olympics, starting with the Nagano Games in 1998, interrupting it’s regular season to do … Read more
Philadelphia Flyers goaltender Michal Neuvirth collapsed in his crease and was carried off in a stretcher on Saturday during his club’s NHL game against the New Jersey Devils. The Flyers said on Twitter that the 29-year-old Czech had been hospitalized for observation after the frightening incident 7:37 into the first period of the game. Neuvirth … Read more
Injury-plagued Czech forward Patrik Elias said Friday he was retiring from NHL hockey after more than two decades spent with the New Jersey Devils. “I’m immensely proud of the fact that I have spent my entire career in a single club,” the 40-year-old left wing told the isport.cz news site. Grappling with a knee injury, … Read more
The NHL will play its first-ever preseason games in China this autumn, its commissioner announced Thursday, as Beijing pushes winter sports ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics. The Los Angeles Kings and the Vancouver Canucks will square off on September 21 in Shanghai and on September 23 in Beijing, where the deal between the NHL … Read more
Carolina Hurricanes goaltender Eddie Lack was diagnosed on Tuesday with only a neck strain after being stretchered off the ice and hospitalized following a collision in a National Hockey League game. The team updated his condition after some tense moments following Detroit’s 4-3 overtime victory over the Hurricanes on Monday night. Red Wings center Andreas … Read more
Carolina Hurricanes goalie Eddie Lack was in hospital Monday night after being sent sprawling as the Detroit Red Wings’ Andreas Athanasiou scored a game-winning goal with 3:01 left in overtime. Athanasiou crashed into Lack on the play and the Swedish goalie, who missed significant stretches of the NHL season with concussions, was attended to on … Read more
NFL team owners granted conditional approval on Monday to allow the Oakland Raiders to move to Las Vegas, the league announced, setting up the third franchise relocation in 14 months. An NFL Twitter posting featured a Raiders helmet beneath the famous “Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas Nevada” sign with the caption “The Las Vegas Raiders”. … Read more