7:00 AM ET It’s Halloween. We’re not only thinking about pucks and sticks, but ghouls and ghosts. So for this October finale edition of the ESPN NHL Power Rankings, we’re assigning every team its corresponding movie monster (or, in some cases, monster movie). Warning: Don’t read this spooky list alone … How we rank: The
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11:30 AM ET Rick DiPietroESPN.com Close Rick DiPietro played goaltender for 11 seasons in the NHL for the New York Islanders, and is currently an analyst for ESPN Radio 98.7 in New York. After seven games, Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick — a two-time Stanley Cup champion and former All-Star — has a 2-5
6:19 AM ET Kelly CohenESPN Athletes are seriously bringing it for Halloween 2019. First, DeAndre Hopkins nailed it as Aladdin: Then Olympic gold-winning skier Lindsey Vonn set the bar for inside jokes, jabbing back at Philadelphia Flyers mascot Gritty. During an October game against the New Jersey Devils, Gritty had held up a sign that
6:19 AM ET Kelly CohenESPN Athletes are seriously bringing it for Halloween 2019. Some are doing traditional monster costumes. Others are looking to movies for inspiration, showing off as superheroes, villains or memorable comedic roles. A surprising number are dressing up as other athletes entirely. One thing’s for certain: These costumes would be contenders at
1:40 PM ET Associated Press Hockey Hall of Famer and popular longtime NHL executive Jim Gregory, best known for being one of the first to start bringing European players to North America, has died at the age of 83. The league said Gregory died Wednesday at his home in Toronto. A cause of death was
2:19 PM ET D’Arcy MaineESPNW Writer The spookiest time of the year is officially upon us. You may think of sports as an escape from the scariness — but you would be wrong. The sports world has more than its fair share of haunts, and locations such as the Hockey Hall of Fame and the
4:14 PM ET The Pittsburgh Penguins have activated forward Alex Galchenyuk and defenseman Brian Dumoulin. Galchenyuk was acquired from the Coyotes in the Phil Kessel trade this offseason but was limited in the preseason with an undisclosed injury. He was put on IR Oct. 9. Dumoulin has been dealing with a lower-body injury. He has
3:30 PM ET Three-time Stanley Cup champion Brent Seabrook will be a healthy scratch for the second straight game, and the Chicago Blackhawks‘ alternate captain isn’t happy about it. “I think I’ve been playing good,” Seabrook told reporters Tuesday from Nashville. “I’ve obviously been on for some goals against. Tough situation, but I feel like
7:00 AM ET We’re close to one month into the 2019-20 NHL season, and it’s time to look at the rookie class. It remains an exciting one — even if several of the bigger-name prospects haven’t necessarily made a massive immediate impact. There’s an awfully long way to go. At this point, there are a
12:09 PM ET Nathan MacKinnon has now lost all his linemates. The Colorado Avalanche announced Tuesday that forward Gabriel Landeskog is out indefinitely with a lower-body injury. The news comes after star winger Mikko Rantanen was ruled week-to-week with a lower-body injury last week. It’s not clear when Landeskog, the Avs’ captain, was injured. The