10:16 AM ET The Chicago Blackhawks are embarking on a rebuild, and they want their young coach to be a part of it. The team announced Tuesday that Jeremy Colliton has received a two-year extension that runs through the 2022-23 season. Colliton is starting his third season with the Blackhawks after replacing legend Joel Quenneville.
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9:40 AM ET It’s challenging to keep up with the news during a typical NHL offseason. It’s doubly challenging to do so when that offseason begins in late September, ends in mid-January and every day in between presents another focus-devouring distraction from pressing issues like which team signed Radko Gudas. (Spoiler: It was the Florida
9:00 AM ET The Arizona Coyotes named Lyndsey Fry as their new radio analyst. She will become the third woman to fill that role for an NHL team. Fry, who played for Harvard and the 2014 U.S. Olympic women’s hockey team, grew up in Arizona. While the 28-year-old said the radio job was “completely unexpected,”
10:20 PM ET ESPN News Services The Dallas Stars will resume practicing on Tuesday, four days after six players and two staff members tested positive for COVID-19. Dallas had its first three games — at Florida on Thursday and Friday, and at Tampa Bay on Sunday — postponed. The defending Western Conference champions are now
6:05 PM ET NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said the league and its clubs will lose billions of dollars to stage an abridged 2021 season largely without fans, but he felt it was critical to play through the pandemic anyway. “Let me make something really clear: We’re coming back to play this season because we think
1:41 PM ET Associated Press GLENDALE, Ariz. — Shane Doan is returning to the Arizona Coyotes. The Coyotes announced Monday that the longtime former captain has been hired as chief hockey development officer. Doan will serve as a strategic advisor to owner Alex Meruelo and general manager Bill Armstrong, supporting the business and hockey operations
1:07 PM ET Hayley Moore has been hired as VP of hockey operations of the AHL, making her one of the highest-ranking female hockey executives in North America. Moore will oversee officiating and league discipline for the AHL, which is the top development league for all 31 NHL teams. The 34-year-old, who is the GM
11:09 AM ET Analyst Mike Milbury is out at NBC after 14 years with the network. The news came on Monday as NBC unveiled its game and studio commentary lineup for the 2021 NHL season, and Milbury was conspicuously absent. “We are grateful to Mike for all of his contributions to our coverage for 14
9:24 AM ET Associated Press Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko defended his country’s ability to host this year’s hockey world championships on Monday by ridiculing the United States following the violent attack at the Capitol. The authoritarian leader met with International Ice Hockey Federation president Rene Fasel for talks amid calls to move the world championships
9:00 AM ET NHL Insiders The 2021 NHL season is set to start on Wednesday, with the Tampa Bay Lightning beginning their Stanley Cup defense. Senior NHL writer Greg Wyshynski, NHL writer Emily Kaplan and ESPN’s Arda Ocal are here with their best futures bets before the pucks drop. Odds courtesy of Caesars Sportsbook by