1:40 PM ET ESPN News Services The NHL is weighing a number of options, including closing locker room access to the media, as the concern over the coronavirus escalates, commissioner Gary Bettman said Saturday. “We’re focused on the fact that the tightness, the crowdedness and the intimacy of postgame availability may need to be adjusted
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8:50 AM ET It appears that the Pacific Division title is going to come down to the final games of the season. The top three teams are now within three points of one another after the Calgary Flames dispatched the Arizona Coyotes in a 3-2 win on Friday night. The Flames are behind the Vegas
8:05 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — The NHL has sent a memo to teams urging players to limit contact with fans because of the coronavirus outbreak. NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly confirmed the league issued the memo in an email to The Canadian Press on Friday. The move follows a similar directive this month
11:04 AM ET Hall of Fame center Henri Richard, whose 11 Stanley Cups with the Montreal Canadiens are the most won by any NHL player, has died at age 84. Richard spent his entire 20-year career with the Canadiens and played in 10 All-Star Games. He followed in the footsteps of his brother Maurice “Rocket”
10:05 AM ET When the Minnesota Wild fired coach Bruce Boudreau and traded Jason Zucker shortly thereafter, some surmised that this was more of a rebuilding season for the club than a contending one. But a 3-2 victory over the San Jose Sharks on Thursday night gave the Wild seven wins in their last nine
11:06 AM ET It has been nearly a year since the Canadian Women’s Hockey League announced that it was folding and sent the women’s hockey landscape into a tizzy. Although there have been significant strides in the sport since then, the future of professional women’s hockey is as murky as ever. The National Women’s Hockey
10:33 PM ET ESPN News Services NEW YORK — Mika Zibanejad scored five goals to match the New York Rangers‘ record, capping the scoring spree 33 seconds into overtime in a wild 6-5 victory over the Washington Capitals on Thursday night. Zibanejad is the second player in NHL history to score his fifth goal in
7:00 AM ET Now that the NHL trade deadline has passed, there are only so many ways teams in the playoff mix can improve their rosters between now and the postseason. Aside from a magical late-season call-up of a young impact player, which comes once in a blue moon, most clubs will instead have to
7:49 PM ET The San Jose Sharks are playing their home game against the Minnesota Wild on Thursday night despite a recommendation from Santa Clara County to “cancel mass gatherings” as the coronavirus spreads in the region. County officials said the number of known coronavirus cases in Santa Clara has risen to 20 people. As
7:27 PM ET Carolina Hurricanes goaltending prospect Jeremy Helvig was detained by police on Thursday in Orange County, Florida on suspicion of battery. The public record specified that the case involves dating violence. “We are aware of the situation regarding Jeremy Helvig that took place on Thursday morning in Orlando,” Hurricanes general manager Don Waddell