2:23 PM ET Associated Press Andrew Brunette has a chance to be an NHL head coach now, taking over a Florida Panthers team that is off to the best start in franchise history. It should be a happy time. It is not. Brunette debuted as the replacement for Joel Quenneville as Florida’s coach Friday, running
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12:15 PM ET The NHL will not discipline Winnipeg Jets general manager Kevin Cheveldayoff with respect to the Chicago Blackhawks‘ handling of sexual assault allegations against former video coach Brad Aldrich in 2010. Following an in-person meeting between Cheveldayoff and NHL commissioner Gary Bettman on Friday, the league released a statement saying it has “concluded
10:29 AM ET Chicago Blackhawks owner Rocky Wirtz wrote a letter to the Hockey Hall of Fame asking for the name of former video coach Brad Aldrich to be removed from the Stanley Cup. In the letter, obtained by ESPN, Wirtz asks the Hall to “consider x-ing out” Aldrich’s name because “while nothing can undo
7:00 AM ET ESPN staff With the 2021-22 NHL season in full swing, we present our annual ranking of the league’s top 100 players. To create our list, we asked an ESPN panel of more than 50 hockey experts to rate players based on how good they will be in the 2021-22 season compared to
7:00 AM ET We released our NHL Rank top 100 for the 2021-22 season — a predictive list of the top 100 players for this coming season. A panel of ESPN NHL experts voted on who they thought would be the best players this season. But that doesn’t mean we got it all right, so
9:54 PM ET Joel Quenneville resigned Thursday as head coach of the Florida Panthers following a meeting with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman about his involvement in the Chicago Blackhawks‘ sexual abuse case. Assistant coach Andrew Brunette will take over on an interim basis, an NHL source told ESPN. Quenneville was in his third year as
5:15 PM ET Florida Panthers coach Joel Quenneville met with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman in New York for about two hours on Thursday concerning his involvement in the Chicago Blackhawks‘ sexual abuse case. Panthers team president Matt Caldwell and general manager Bill Zito also were at the meeting. Kyle Beach on Wednesday came forward as
3:12 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. — Washington Capitals winger T.J. Oshie has been listed as week-to-week with a lower-body injury. Oshie took a shot from Detroit‘s Danny DeKeyser off the outside of his right foot during the third period of the Red Wings’ 3-2 overtime win Wednesday night. Oshie limped to the bench
2:33 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — Minnesota Wild forwards Mats Zuccarello and Rem Pitlick have entered the NHL’s COVID-19 protocol, the team announced Thursday. Zuccarello is Minnesota’s leading scorer, with seven points, including three goals, through six games. Pitlick had an assist in his debut with the Wild on Tuesday, a 3-2 victory at
9:46 AM ET The NHL’s newest team is putting a Seattle spin on one of the league’s oldest traditions. The expansion Seattle Kraken won at home for the first time Tuesday night, thanks in part to goalie Philipp Grubauer‘s 23-save effort. He was named one of the “Three Stars of the Game,” a postgame honor