8:58 AM ET Associated Press MOSCOW — A projected first-round pick in this year’s NHL draft is experiencing “serious health problems” that could mean he isn’t able to play for more than a year, the Russian Hockey Federation said Thursday. Ivan Miroshnichenko, an 18-year-old left winger, was on the Russian team that finished runner-up to
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8:30 AM ET Andrei Svechnikov has two locations listed in his Instagram bio. One is Raleigh, North Carolina, where the Carolina Hurricanes star has played for the past four seasons. The other is Kazan, the Russian city where his family lived after stops in Moscow and Siberia. Svechnikov is Russian, a designation that’s taken on
6:55 AM ET Brock Boeser has been on a journey this season. One that started poorly. The Vancouver Canucks top-line winger kicked off his contract year by scoring just nine points in 21 games, looking a long way off from the near point-per-game player he was eight months earlier. It was barely mid-November, Vancouver was
11:58 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Sharks acquired goalie Alex Stalock from the Edmonton Oilers on Wednesday for future considerations. The Sharks made the deal a day after starting goalie James Reimer left a loss to Vegas after one period with a lower-body injury. Backup goaltender Adin Hill has
4:37 PM ET Former NHL player Dmitri Khristich remains at home in Ukraine, where he vows to fight for his country, which is currently experiencing an invasion from Russian troops. “The last week for me, it’s been a lot of stressed out, a lot of worrying,” Khristich told ESPN in a phone interview on Wednesday.
1:13 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. — Washington Capitals winger Carl Hagelin is expected to miss an extended period of time because of an eye injury. Hagelin, 33, was struck in the left eye with an errant stick during practice Tuesday. It was not immediately clear if he will need surgery. “Any time you
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff The NHL’s 2022 trade deadline is March 21, but the deals started well before that date. On Nov. 4, the Buffalo Sabres traded franchise center Jack Eichel to the Vegas Golden Knights for Peyton Krebs, Alex Tuch and a pair of draft picks. Then, on Feb. 14, the Calgary Flames
7:00 AM ET Now that we’re into March, many eyes are on the NHL’s transaction wire as the 2022 trade deadline approaches on March 21. But, February was no slouch for excitement either, with a wild All-Star Weekend and a number of individual performances that highlighted both superstars and under-the-radar contributors around the league. For
10:32 PM ET ESPN News Services PHILADELPHIA — Edmonton Oilers center Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, out with an upper-body injury, left the team to return home before the end of an American road trip and is considered week-to-week, coach Jay Woodcroft announced. With Edmonton in a tight battle for one of the final postseason spots in the
6:30 PM ET Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin‘s popular commercial with MassMutual has been pulled after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, a company spokesperson confirmed to ESPN on Tuesday. The advertisement featured Ovechkin and Capitals teammate Nicklas Backstrom sitting on a coach eating cereal, explaining why they’re an effective duo to Ovechkin’s wife, Anastasia Shubskaya. It