7:00 AM ET Welcome to the dead of the offseason. The NHL awarded a Stanley Cup in September after a most unusual 2019-20 season, and the league is hoping to get back on track in January. While GMs have been faced with several challenges — including managing a flat salary cap, preparing for next season’s
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7:00 AM ET It’s hard not being the Colorado Avalanche these days. They’re a Stanley Cup favorite, with only six of the 20 players under contract over the age of 30. They have Nathan MacKinnon, considered by many to be the best all-around hockey player in the world. They have defenseman Cale Makar, the 22-year-old
7:15 AM ET As Brett Riley paced the streets of his girlfriend’s Vermont neighborhood in early June, cell phone to ear, stretching the definition of what an unlimited minutes plan is supposed to look like, he was selling a dream. It was a dream of which he had no inkling just months prior, and one
7:29 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Howie Meeker, who won four Stanley Cups with the Toronto Maple Leafs, served in Parliament during his playing days, and went on to become a Canadian icon as a respected and colorful television hockey analyst, has died. He was 97. A spokesman for the Maple Leafs confirmed Wednesday
7:00 AM ET For Ben Stafford, it was the kind of hockey moment that young players dream about: scoring the game-winning goal in Game 4 of the 2005 Calder Cup Final, which clinched the championship for the AHL’s Philadelphia Phantoms. But even at the height of his hockey career, Stafford knew his dream was over.
7:15 AM ET The 2020-21 men’s college hockey season is going to happen. On Friday night in South Bend, Indiana, Wisconsin will face Notre Dame in the first official game of the season — only about a month after the season would normally start. Amid the coronavirus pandemic, this did not always seem possible. Players
9:04 PM ET Associated Press SEATTLE — The expansion Seattle Kraken expect to have the main portion of their training facility open in plenty of time for the team’s first NHL season. The primary NHL rink, locker rooms, training areas and front office space are on target to be finished by mid-July, Kraken senior vice
8:01 PM ET The NHL is considering a temporary realignment of its teams for the 2020-21 season due to COVID-19 travel restrictions, according to commissioner Gary Bettman. Bettman said that restrictions on travel through the Canadian border, as well as “limitations in terms of quarantining when you go from certain states to other states” within
5:03 PM ET ESPN News Services FRISCO, Texas — The Dallas Stars have signed restricted free agent forward Roope Hintz to a three-year, $9.45 million contract. Hintz had 19 goals and 14 assists in 60 games during the regular season for the Western Conference champions, including five game-winning goals. He had two goals and 11
Nov 1, 2020 Jeremy WillisESPN.com Alex Trebek, the longtime host of “Jeopardy!”, has died after a battle with pancreatic cancer. Trebek, who was 80, hosted the quintessential quiz show for 37 years and nearly 8,000 episodes, and won 35 Emmy Awards and a Peabody. The Sudbury, Ontario, Canada native was also a sports fan. In