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Jan 30, 2025, 09:30 AM ET Open Extended Reactions The men’s college hockey season is hitting high gear, with conference races heating up and the selection of the NCAA tournament field less than two months away. While there’s some separation at the top, with Boston College and Michigan State posting key wins of late, the

Greg WyshynskiJan 29, 2025, 05:30 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions Utah Hockey Club will not be moving forward with “Yeti” or “Yetis” as its team nickname and will hold an in-arena fan vote to pick a new one. The team expects to announce a permanent name and

Open Extended Reactions The St. Louis Blues and Brandon Saad are mutually terminating his contract after he was put on waivers on Wednesday. Saad will need to go on waivers again before the move can be made official on Thursday. Saad, 32, will be walking away from $5.425 million in cash owed to him, per

Field Level Media Jan 29, 2025, 03:14 PM ET Montreal Canadiens defenseman Kaiden Guhle will be out indefinitely after undergoing surgery to repair a lacerated quadricep muscle, the team announced on Wednesday. Guhle was released from the hospital on Wednesday, one day after sustaining the injury while getting his legs tangled and falling into the

Ryan S. ClarkJan 29, 2025, 03:02 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions The Seattle Kraken have placed goaltender Philipp Grubauer, one of the team’s highest earners, on waivers with the purpose of being assigned to the AHL, the team announced Wednesday. Demoting Grubauer comes a day

Kristen ShiltonJan 29, 2025, 01:47 PM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Philadelphia Flyers‘ goaltender Samuel Ersson will replace the injured Jacob Markstrom on Team Sweden for the upcoming 4 Nations tournament. Tuesday’s announcement came days after New Jersey Devils‘ netminder Markstrom was placed on injured reserve

ESPN News Services Jan 29, 2025, 12:56 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Defenseman Drew Doughty has been activated from injured reserve by the Los Angeles Kings ahead of his season debut against the Florida Panthers. Doughty missed the first 47 games of the season after breaking his ankle in a preseason game. He will return

ESPN News Services Jan 29, 2025, 01:01 PM ET Open Extended Reactions New Jersey Devils captain Nico Hischier is week-to-week with an upper-body injury, coach Sheldon Keefe announced Wednesday. Hischier was injured after taking a cross check up high by Montreal captain Nick Suzuki during the second period of the Devils’ 4-3 overtime win Saturday.

Associated Press Jan 29, 2025, 02:24 AM ET LAS VEGAS — Defenseman Miro Heiskanen was injured in the third period of the Dallas Stars‘ 4-3 overtime victory over Vegas on Tuesday night after taking a big hit from Golden Knights captain Mark Stone. Stone fell toward Heiskanen’s left knee and thigh after getting tripped. Dallas

ESPN News Services Jan 28, 2025, 10:46 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TAMPA, Fla. — Connor Bedard scored from a seemingly impossible angle, Arvid Soderblom stopped 34 shots and the Chicago Blackhawks defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-1 on Tuesday night. Landon Slaggert, Ryan Donato and Teuvo Teravainen also scored for Chicago, which won for