Associated Press Oct 5, 2023, 11:22 PM ET WENATCHEE, Wash. — Former NHL coach Kevin Constantine was fired as coach of the Wenatchee Wild on Thursday, a day after he was suspended indefinitely by the Western Hockey League for making “derogatory comments of a discriminatory nature.” In its first season in Washington after moving from
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Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterOct 5, 2023, 09:37 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. The NHL sent an updated memo to all teams Thursday clarifying previous guidance about what players and franchises could do this season as it relates to special initiatives such as Pride Night, a league source
Associated Press Oct 5, 2023, 09:37 PM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — The Arizona Coyotes have reached a four-year deal with Scripps Sports and will become the second NHL team to broadcast games over the air. Scripps will broadcast all non-national Coyotes games to roughly 3 million people in Arizona and Utah in the deal announced
Oct 5, 2023, 08:44 PM ET Ten days before the 40th anniversary of the Saddledome opening, the Calgary Flames announced on Thursday that they have finalized an agreement with the City of Calgary, the Calgary Stampede and the Alberta provincial government to build a new arena. Construction is slated to begin next year on the
The Chicago Blackhawks have nearly doubled their season-ticket base thanks to the arrival of rookie phenom Connor Bedard. Bedard, 18, was the first overall pick in the 2023 draft and is one of the most-hyped prospects in years. When the Blackhawks won the draft lottery in May, the team sold $5.2 million in new season-ticket
Associated Press Oct 5, 2023, 03:16 PM ET LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles right winger Arthur Kaliyev was suspended for four games – two preseason and two regular season – without pay Thursday for kneeing Anaheim‘s Chase De Leo. The incident occurred early in the second period during Tuesday’s preseason game in Los Angeles. Kaliyev
Associated Press Oct 5, 2023, 03:54 PM ET ANAHEIM, Calif. — Defenseman Jamie Drysdale has agreed to a three-year, $6.9 million contract with the Anaheim Ducks, ending his lengthy absence from the team. The Ducks announced the deal Thursday before their penultimate preseason game against Arizona. Drysdale is signed through the 2025-26 season. Drysdale was
NHL Insiders Oct 5, 2023, 07:00 AM ET We are just days away from opening night of the 2023-24 NHL season on Oct. 10, featuring a tripleheader on ESPN and ESPN+: Nashville Predators–Tampa Bay Lightning (5:30 p.m. ET), Chicago Blackhawks–Pittsburgh Penguins (8 p.m. ET) and Seattle Kraken–Vegas Golden Knights (10:30 p.m. ET), the latter of
Associated Press Oct 4, 2023, 09:43 PM ET CALGARY, Alberta — Former NHL coach Kevin Constantine was suspended indefinitely by the Western Hockey League on Wednesday as coach of the Wenatchee Wild. The major junior league said an independent investigation determined Constantine violated WHL regulations and policies by making what it called “derogatory comments of
The Edmonton Oilers are going to win the 2024 Stanley Cup. Granted, I predicted that the Oilers would win the 2023 Stanley Cup, which they very much did not. In fact, my preseason championship prognostications have become something of a curse. As is tradition, I reached out to the general manager of my Stanley Cup