Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJun 15, 2023, 06:55 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Winning a hockey championship requires sacrifice from the players. But the Coachella Valley Firebirds are asking their fans for an unusual sacrifice of their own during the team’s push for the American Hockey League’s championship round: Giving up all
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Associated Press Jun 14, 2023, 02:44 PM ET ST. LOUIS — The St. Louis Blues have hired Mike Babcock’s son, Michael, as a skills coach. Babcock and former defenseman Mike Weber are joining Craig Berube’s staff, general manager Doug Armstrong announced Wednesday. Berube oversaw the search for replacements for Craig MacTavish and Mike Van Ryn,
Associated Press Jun 14, 2023, 12:27 PM ET PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins have hired two-time NHL All-Star Jason Spezza as assistant general manager. President of hockey operations Kyle Dubas announced the move on Wednesday. Spezza spent the 2022-23 season working as a special assistant to Dubas when Dubas served as the general manager in
Jun 14, 2023, 11:44 AM ET Hockey Hall of Fame member Henri Richard had stage 3 chronic traumatic encephalopathy at the time of his death in 2020, the Concussion Legacy Foundation Canada announced Wednesday. Denis Richard, Henri’s son, publicly released the findings of the posthumous brain study through the foundation in an effort to help
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJun 13, 2023, 10:53 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. LAS VEGAS — When the Vegas Golden Knights entered the NHL in 2017 as an expansion team, their owner Bill Foley said his plan was to win the Stanley Cup in six years. That prophesy was emphatically fulfilled on
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJun 14, 2023, 03:30 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. LAS VEGAS — Jack Eichel admitted there were times he had lost hope. The Vegas Golden Knights star didn’t make the playoffs for the first seven years of his career. He was often injured and maligned during his time
Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterJun 14, 2023, 02:40 AM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. LAS VEGAS — Even after a blowout loss in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final, the Florida Panthers still maintain they are on the verge of something big. That sentiment was shared by several
Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterJun 13, 2023, 11:16 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. LAS VEGAS — Aside from being one of the Vegas Golden Knights‘ “Original Misfits,” Jonathan Marchessault can now add another title to his name: Conn Smythe Trophy winner. Marchessault was named the most valuable player
Jun 8, 2023, 10:03 PM ET When Vegas Golden Knights owner Bill Foley said his plan for his new team was to win a Stanley Cup within six years, he likely didn’t expect to be this spot on. On Tuesday night, at the conclusion of the team’s fifth season of NHL play, the Golden Knights
Greg Wyshynski, ESPNJun 13, 2023, 11:08 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. The first time Brayden McNabb thought about the Vegas Golden Knights winning the Stanley Cup was when owner Bill Foley spoke it into existence in Year 1. “Playoffs in three. Cup in six,” the defenseman said with a grin,