10:27 PM ET Mark Pavelich, who won a gold medal as a member of the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” U.S. hockey team, has been committed to a secure treatment facility by a Minnesota district judge. Pavelich, 61, had been charged with beating a friend with a metal pole in August, leaving the man with severe
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7:00 AM ET The holiday shopping season is upon us, which means you’re undoubtedly searching for the perfect toy for the young ones in your life. The one they’ll lose their minds over for one day, play with occasionally for the next month and then will be shuffled under the bed with the rest of
1:47 PM ET The Minnesota Wild will be without defenseman Jared Spurgeon for about two weeks, while team captain Mikko Koivu is considered day-to-day after both players were injured during Tuesday’s win over the Florida Panthers. The team said Spurgeon suffered an upper-body injury in the first period of the 4-2 win. Spurgeon, 30, has
7:00 AM ET Bill Peters resigned as coach of the Calgary Flames on Nov. 29 after it was revealed he used racial slurs toward one of his minor league players a decade ago. The resignation was the culmination of a tense week for the NHL, though things haven’t exactly eased up. Peters isn’t the only
11:49 AM ET San Jose Sharks forward Evander Kane was fined $5,000, the maximum allowable under the CBA, for elbowing Capitals defenseman Radko Gudas, the league announced Wednesday. With just over five minutes left in Tuesday night’s game in San Jose, Kane and Gudas were skating to a loose puck. Kane raised his right glove,
9:09 AM ET Associated Press VANCOUVER, British Columbia — Mark Borowiecki fights crime on his days off from hockey. The Ottawa Senators defenseman stopped an attempted robbery Sunday while out for a walk, Vancouver police said. He saw someone breaking into a parked car and confronted the person before wrestling away what was taken. The
2:16 AM ET SAN JOSE — Capitals coach Todd Reirden said that Sharks forward Evander Kane‘s hit to the head of defenseman Radko Gudas on Tuesday night is something the league will have to “deal with.” With just over five minutes left in the game, Kane and Gudas were skating to a loose puck. Kane
1:01 AM ET ESPN News Services The Montreal Canadiens placed goaltender Keith Kinkaid on waivers Tuesday, prior to their 4-2 victory over the New York Islanders. Kinkaid, 30, entered the season as the primary backup to Carey Price but struggled in five starts. Kinkaid, who helped lead the New Jersey Devils to the postseason in
10:00 PM ET The Philadelphia Flyers say forward Michael Raffl broke his finger during Tuesday night’s 6-1 win against the visiting Toronto Maple Leafs and will miss about four weeks. Raffl appeared to suffer the injury late in the second period and didn’t return. The 31-year-old Raffl has three goals and six assists this season,
8:38 PM ET Former NHL player Akim Aliu met with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman and other league executives on Tuesday in Toronto after his allegations of racist language led to the resignation of Calgary Flames coach Bill Peters. “It was a tough week, but we had some great discussion,” Aliu said in a brief statement