10:48 AM ET The International Ice Hockey Federation Council has stripped Russia of hosting rights for the 2023 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship. The news was announced following the most recent IIHF Council meeting Tuesday. The tournament had been scheduled to take place next May 5-21 in Saint Petersburg, where a new arena was constructed
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8:00 AM ET Reagan Carey has been named the new commissioner of the Premier Hockey Federation, the professional women’s hockey league announced Tuesday. Carey previously served as USA Hockey’s director of women’s ice hockey from 2010 to ’18, overseeing the U.S. women’s national teams that won Olympic silver in Sochi and gold in PyeongChang. Carey
7:00 AM ET NEWARK, N.J. — While the Buffalo Sabres were playing the New Jersey Devils, their digital avatars were mimicking each move in virtual reality. Strap on the VR goggles. Touch a button, and you’re watching the game through the eyes of a skater heading in for a shot. Touch it again, and your
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff There are 13 games on the NHL schedule tonight, including five being waged between teams that are currently in playoff position. But perhaps the most consequential matchup of the bunch features the Dallas Stars hosting the Vegas Golden Knights (8:30 ET, streaming live on ESPN+ for out-of-market customers). The Knights
5:43 PM ET Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Robin Lehner will undergo season-ending shoulder surgery, the team announced on Monday. Vegas, battling with the Dallas Stars for the second and final wild-card berth in the Western Conference, has three games remaining, and will play out the schedule with 25-year-old Logan Thompson in net. The Golden Knights
3:58 PM ET Associated Press WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden joked that Steven Stamkos was getting old after playing in the NHL for 14 seasons, praised the Tampa Bay Lightning‘s vaccine efforts and otherwise avoided politics while honoring the team for winning the Stanley Cup in each of the past two seasons. In a rare
3:42 PM ET The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed Dryden McKay, the Minnesota State goaltender who won this year’s Hobey Baker Award as the NCAA’s top player, and then accepted a six-month ban for an anti-doping rule violation. McKay, 24, agreed to a two-year contract with the Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League. McKay
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff We interrupt your regularly scheduled NHL playoff watch today on the occasion of the final week of the 2021-22 regular season to bring you a roundtable discussion on what our panel will be watching most closely these final few days. We’re highlighting the most critical games this week and potential
7:05 AM ET The 2021-22 NHL season included a great deal of highlights, from the dominance of the Colorado Avalanche and Florida Panthers, to the goal-scoring prowess of Auston Matthews and Chris Kreider, to spectacular goaltending from Igor Shesterkin, Frederik Andersen and Jacob Markstrom. But there can be only one team that gets to raise
9:35 PM ET ESPN News Services MONTREAL — Canadiens fans chanted the late Guy Lafleur’s name Sunday night before the team took the ice to play the Boston Bruins. The Canadiens played tribute to the Hall of Famer, who died Friday at age 70, with a ceremony. Guy Lafleur, the Hall of Famer who played