2:26 PM ET Mikko Koivu announced his retirement Tuesday, following a 16-year career in the NHL. Koivu, the longtime Minnesota Wild captain, had signed a one-year, $1.5 million deal with the Columbus Blue Jackets this offseason. He played in seven games for Columbus, tallying one goal and one assist. “This was not an easy decision
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11:35 AM ET Tuesday’s Washington Capitals–Philadelphia Flyers game has been postponed because of COVID-19 issues on the Flyers, a source confirmed to ESPN. The Flyers are now the fifth NHL team on pause. The Buffalo Sabres, Colorado Avalanche, Minnesota Wild and New Jersey Devils have all had games postponed this week thanks to clusters of
8:56 AM ET Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson and Monique Lamoureux-Mordano, veterans of the U.S. women’s national hockey team, announced their retirement on Tuesday. ”We’ve always prioritized hockey; we missed funerals, birthdays, weddings,” Lamoureux-Mordano told ESPN. “Last year we had a shift in perspective, and we felt like we we were missing life events because of hockey. …
7:00 AM ET Jocelyne Lamoureux-Davidson‘s winning shootout goal in the 2018 Olympic women’s hockey gold-medal game — using the move she and her coach dubbed Oops, I Did It Again, a nod to Britney Spears — was one of the most iconic moments in U.S. women’s hockey history, helping the American women win their first
7:00 AM ET James van Riemsdyk had heard the horror stories. About the blowouts. About how revolting the situation can get. About how one mistake could leave you with an absolute mess on your hands. But to his surprise, he’s actually pretty good at changing a diaper. “I thought it was going to be terrible.
11:14 PM ET Columbus Blue Jackets coach John Tortorella benched newly acquired winger Patrik Laine during Monday night’s game against Carolina, acknowledging afterward that although sitting a player is “the last thing I want to do,” it was something he felt was needed. The Blue Jackets acquired Laine two weeks ago in a trade for
4:33 PM ET The NHL is extending the postponements for the Buffalo Sabres, Minnesota Wild and New Jersey Devils as those teams recover from COVID-19 outbreaks among players. The league announced Monday that two additional Sabres games (Feb. 11 and Feb. 13 against the Capitals); three more Devils games (Feb. 11 and Feb. 13 against
4:16 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The Maple Leafs will be without Wayne Simmonds until mid-March. The team announced Monday that the bruising winger is set to miss six weeks after suffering a broken wrist in Saturday’s 5-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks. Simmonds, 32, scored twice in the game but took a clearing
3:06 PM ET Associated Press FRISCO, Texas — Anton Khudobin was back at practice with the Dallas Stars on Monday, a day after their starting goaltender wasn’t in uniform for a game as discipline for being late to a weekend practice. Khudobin said he was late to practice Saturday after not sleeping well throughout the
7:00 AM ET On Feb. 28, Maddie Rooney will play at Madison Square Garden as part of the Professional Women’s Hockey Players Association Dream Gap Tour. For the 23-year-old goalie, it’s “an incredible opportunity” to play in New York City at the world’s most famous arena. Unfortunately, her preparation for the game hasn’t exactly been