2:17 PM ET Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — Former NHL player and Minnesota Wild assistant general manager Tom Kurvers died Monday from lung cancer, the team and University of Minnesota Duluth said. He was 58. Kurvers served as Minnesota’s assistant general manager since 2018. Minnesota Duluth athletics spokesperson Brian Nystrom said the hockey program
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1:00 PM ET J.T. Brown is retiring from professional hockey and joining the expansion Seattle Kraken as a television analyst, the team confirmed on Monday. Brown, 30, played seven years in the NHL from 2011 to 2019 with the Tampa Bay Lightning, Anaheim Ducks and Minnesota Wild, for a total of 365 games. He played
1:07 PM ET Associated Press FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Stars are bringing back veteran forward Blake Comeau on a $1 million, one-year contract. The 35-year-old Comeau led Dallas forwards with 106 hits while scoring 14 points (four goals, 10 assists) last season. Comeau has spent three of his 15 seasons with the Stars. “Blake’s
7:31 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — In the midst of the New York Islanders‘ second straight trip to the semifinal round of the Stanley Cup playoffs and nearly 4½ months before the opening of their new arena, season tickets for the first season in their new home are sold out. UBS Arena, under
6:44 AM ET The New York Islanders and Tampa Bay Lightning are deadlocked at 2-2. Who takes control of this series in a pivotal Game 5? Meanwhile, Vegas Golden Knights coach Peter DeBoer made a gutsy decision switching goalies in Game 4, and it paid off in a big way, as they knotted up their
1:02 AM ET Robin Lehner knew the Vegas Golden Knights‘ decision to start him in Game 4 against the Montreal Canadiens would be viewed by some as controversial. So he decided to relish in the moment. “Not many people know, I come to the game four hours early, I get my own bus,” Lehner said.
7:02 PM ET Vegas Golden Knights general manager Kelly McCrimmon is isolating after testing positive for COVID-19, the team announced on Sunday. McCrimmon is currently with the team in Montreal, with Game 4 of the semifinal series being played at the Bell Center on Sunday night. “Kelly is self-isolating and will follow the protocols and
2:54 PM ET The Vegas Golden Knights are turning to Robin Lehner as their Game 4 starter, multiple sources confirmed to ESPN. Lehner was the first goalie off the ice at Sunday’s morning skate, which is typically an indicator of who will start that night’s game. According to sources, the goalies were notified of the
1:24 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Canadiens interim coach Dominique Ducharme on Sunday said he remained symptom-free two days after testing positive for COVID-19, and he hoped to be back behind the bench during Montreal’s Stanley Cup semifinal series against Vegas. Wearing a dark-blue, collared Canadiens shirt, with his white hair spiked and a
7:16 AM ET The Vegas Golden Knights had Game 3 in their hands until one bad mistake from goalie Marc-Andre Fleury opened the door for the Montreal Canadiens to win in overtime. As their goalie moves past that gaffe, the Knights are wondering how to get pucks past the opposing goalie to avoid a huge