9:44 PM ET Edmonton Oilers forward Zack Kassian was suspended for seven games by the NHL Department of Player Safety on Friday, after kicking Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Erik Cernak with his skate blade in Thursday night’s loss. Kassian is a repeat offender, having been suspended two games on Jan. 13 after a one-sided fight
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5:30 PM ET Associated Press Former Columbus Blue Jackets general manager Scott Howson will be the American Hockey League’s next president and CEO. The AHL’s board of governors Friday unanimously elected Howson as Dave Andrews’ successor. Andrews served in that role for the past 26 years. Howson, who has a law degree from Canada’s York
1:55 PM ET Bruce Boudreau’s tenure with the Minnesota Wild has come to an end. GM Bill Guerin fired Boudreau on Friday, ending the coach’s four-season tenure with the organization. The coach went 158-110-35 with the Wild, making the playoffs in his first two seasons but losing in five games both times. In 13 seasons
1:21 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Sabres placed Zach Bogosian on waivers Friday in a move that could give the injury-plagued defenseman a new home and open a spot on Buffalo’s crowded blue line. Bogosian goes on waivers just over a week before the NHL trade deadline. He asked for a trade
11:17 AM ET Bruce Boudreau’s wild tenure in Minnesota has come to an end. GM Bill Guerin fired Boudreau on Friday, ending his four-season stint with the organization. Dean Evason, who was an assistant coach for Boudreau in Washington and then in Minnesota, will be named interim coach. The timing of the firing this late
11:52 AM ET ESPN News Services St. Louis Blues defenseman Jay Bouwmeester has undergone an implantable cardioverter-defibrillator procedure and his status will be updated next week, the team said in a statement Friday. The procedure restores the heart’s normal rhythm and was done after Bouwmeester suffered a cardiac episode while on the bench during Tuesday
7:10 AM ET “What we have at hand is the rarest of sporting events, an event that needs no buildup, no superfluous adjectives. In a political or nationalistic sense, I’m sure this game is being viewed with different perspectives, but manifestly, it is a hockey game.” Al Michaels’ “Do you believe in miracles?” call in
7:00 AM ET NHL experts The Pittsburgh Penguins took one of the big names off of the 2020 NHL trade deadline board this week with their acquisition of Jason Zucker, but a number of interesting players remain on the menu of available options. As the Feb. 24 deadline approaches, there are also playoff races to
1:32 PM ET Maple Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersen returned Thursday against the Dallas Stars after missing Toronto’s past four games with a neck injury, allowing three goals on 19 shots in a 3-2 loss. Andersen had not played since suffering the injury on Feb. 3 against the Florida Panthers. He initially was checked for a
1:32 PM ET Maple Leafs goaltender Frederik Andersen will return Thursday against the Dallas Stars after missing Toronto’s past four games with a neck injury. Andersen has not played since suffering the injury on Feb. 3 against the Florida Panthers. He initially was checked for a concussion before ultimately being diagnosed with the neck injury.