6:55 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. The final day of the 2021-22 NHL regular season is exactly one month from today. There are many games to be played and playoff races to be run between now and then, but
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11:08 PM ET ESPN News Services WASHINGTON — Carolina Hurricanes center Jesperi Kotkaniemi was injured on a penalized hit with 1.8 seconds left, and put no weight on his left leg as he left the ice Monday night during a 6-1 victory over the Washington Capitals. With the game long decided, Kotkaniemi was hit by
10:44 PM ET ESPN News Services OTTAWA, Ontario — Ottawa Senators owner Eugene Melnyk has died from an illness, the team said Monday night. He was 62. The team announced Melnyk’s death with a statement from his family that mentioned “an illness he faced with determination and courage.” The statement did not explain what the
8:41 PM ET Associated Press MANALAPAN, Fla. — Sheldon Kennedy never envisioned a moment like this two decades ago. Kim Davis didn’t see it coming as recently as 2018. The pair led a discussion Monday with the NHL’s 32 general managers at their annual meeting — their first in-person gathering since March 2020 because of
5:47 PM ET ESPN News Services Noah Cates is going from Beijing to Broad Street after the Philadelphia Flyers signed the forward prospect to a two-year, entry-level contract. Cates signed a deal Monday for the rest of this season and 2022-23 and is expected to play in the NHL immediately. His college season ended when
7:00 AM ET Tim KavanaghESPN.com Close Tim Kavanagh is a senior NHL editor for ESPN. He’s a native of upstate New York. If the 2022 Stanley Cup playoffs began with teams in their current positions in the standings, the Carolina Hurricanes and Washington Capitals would not be matched up in the first round. But there
7:05 AM ET The Premier Hockey Federation hosts its Isobel Cup final on Monday (9 p.m. ET, ESPN2), pitting the reigning league champion Boston Pride against the Connecticut Whale in their first-ever final appearance. The entire playoffs were held at the AdventHealth Center Ice in Wesley Chapel, Florida. Each of the PHF’s six teams were
10:35 PM ET ESPN News Services PITTSBURGH — Mike Sullivan has spent the last five months praising his team’s resilience, so the longtime Pittsburgh Penguins coach expected a “spirited” response after watching his club get pushed around by the New York Rangers on Friday night. What Sullivan got Sunday against Detroit wasn’t resilience so much
8:16 PM ET Michigan, complete with a star-laden roster that includes four of the top five picks in the 2021 NHL draft, dispatched Quinnipiac, 7-4, on Sunday in the NCAA hockey tournament, securing the final bid to next month’s Frozen Four. The Wolverines, seeded No. 1 overall, flexed their muscle in the Allentown, Pennsylvania regional,
11:14 AM ET The Premier Hockey Federation’s 2022 Isobel Cup semifinals and finals will be played Sunday (1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. ET, ESPN+) and Monday (9 p.m.) at the AdventHealth Center Ice in Wesley Chapel, Florida. It will be the first time the women’s hockey league will play its championship game outside of its