1:55 PM ET U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh will become the new executive director of the National Hockey League Players Association, sources told ESPN on Tuesday. Walsh, 55, succeeds Donald Fehr, who led the NHLPA from 2010 and negotiated on the players’ behalf through two collective bargaining agreements with NHL owners. The formal announcement
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1:53 PM ET The Buffalo Sabres locked up another key member of their core on Tuesday, signing forward Dylan Cozens to a seven-year, $49.7 million extension. Cozens was set to be a restricted free agent this summer. His new deal comes on the heels of Buffalo inking Tage Thompson to a seven-year, $50 million contract
8:00 AM ET Norm Hall/NHLI via Getty Images Of all the conversations I had at All-Star weekend in Florida, one with Sidney Crosby stuck out. He told me, multiple times, that the league feels more competitive than it has ever been. In 18 years in the NHL, Crosby said he has never seen anything like
11:49 PM ET Marek Hejduk scored two goals, including the game winner with 1.5 seconds left in overtime, and Harvard outlasted Boston College, 4-3, in one of the Beanpot’s semifinal games Monday night at Boston’s TD Garden. The annual college hockey tournament, featuring four Boston-area schools, did not disappoint on Day 1 this year. Hejduk,
11:02 PM ET ESPN News Services SUNRISE, Fla. — Two days removed from the NHL All-Star Game that his team hosted, Matthew Tkachuk made sure the fun continued in Florida Monday. Tkachuk, named MVP of the NHL All-Star Game on home ice on Saturday, had a five-point night with two goals as the Panthers defeated
10:35 PM ET ESPN News Services PHILADELPHIA — Bo Horvat had a new look in his first game with his new team. Yes, of course, the Islanders jersey took some getting used to — Horvat said he was “really nervous” ahead of his debut — but so did New York’s ban on facial hair. So
6:51 PM ET Chicago Blackhawks star Patrick Kane said he has had discussions with his agent about teams interested in trading for him but has yet to decide whether he’ll waive his no-movement clause before the NHL trade deadline. Kane, 34, is in the final season of an eight-year contract that carries a $10.5 million
3:40 PM ET Philadelphia Flyers coach John Tortorella sent a letter to season-ticket holders on Monday saying while he’s pleased by the team’s effort, the organization has work to do to fulfill his vision. “I’m not going to lie to you — and I want to be clear about this — we’re not there yet,”
10:02 AM ET Associated Press PRAGUE — Jaromír Jágr celebrated his 51st birthday about a week early by scoring his 1,099th goal to overtake Wayne Gretzky at the top of the chart. Jágr, who will turn 51 on Feb. 15, scored for the Kladno Knights on Sunday in a 5-4 loss at Trinec in the
7:13 AM ET FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The NHL All-Star Game brought together 44 of hockey’s greatest players, offering an ideal chance to gather their opinions on a variety of topics on and off the ice. Here are 13 All-Stars on whether they’d change NHL rules or the Stanley Cup Playoff format; where they’d add