2:43 PM ET Hall of Famer Red Kelly has died at age 91. Kelly played 20 seasons in the NHL between the Detroit Red Wings and Toronto Maple Leafs as both a defenseman and forward. Kelly was an eight-time Stanley Cup winner split evenly between Detroit and Toronto. The NHL mourns the passing of Leonard
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8:56 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN SAN JOSE, Calif. — San Jose Sharks center Joe Thornton cradled the head of his captain Joe Pavelski in a towel that soaked up a disturbing amount of blood. He spoke to him, reassured him, before handing him off to a trainer who would walk Pavelski off the ice for
12:36 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN The Vegas Golden Knights have promoted Kelly McCrimmon to general manager, while George McPhee will remain in his role as as president of hockey operations, it was announced Thursday. McCrimmon, who previously served as assistant general manager, was one of the hottest GM candidates in the league. He drew interest
11:25 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN More than 200 women’s hockey players — including Team USA stars Hilary Knight, Kendall Coyne Schofield and Canada’s Marie Philip-Poulin — have announced they will not be playing in a professional league next season. “We cannot make a sustainable living playing in the current state of the professional game,” said
10:43 AM ET NHL InsidersESPN The 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs have been an unrelentingly wild ride thus far, so much so that it feels like ages ago that the Columbus Blue Jackets swept the juggernaut Tampa Bay Lightning out in the first round. We gathered our roundtable of scribes to break down their favorite storylines
7:02 AM ET Emily KaplanESPN Uh oh, could we be seeing a second-round sweep? After taking care of Barry Trotz’s old team in the first round in seven games, the Carolina Hurricanes are now up 3-0 on his current team, the New York Islanders. Here’s a recap of last night’s action (check out replays of
8:32 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN San Jose Sharks coach Peter DeBoer wouldn’t rule out star captain Joe Pavelski returning to his lineup during their series against the Colorado Avalanche. Pavelski has missed the first three games of the series, which San Jose leads 2-1, following a gruesome injury he suffered when he head slammed to
6:15 PM ET Associated Press OTTAWA, Ontario — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman told the Parliament of Canada on Wednesday that it would be impossible to ban all hits to the head and maintain hockey as a physical game. Bettman said in testimony that larger players would inevitably land blows on smaller players’ heads in the
4:08 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN COLUMBUS — Boston Bruins winger Brad Marchand doesn’t regret punching Blue Jackets defenseman Scott Harrington in the back of the head at the end of Game 3, though he did say Wednesday his actions were “unnecessary.” Bruins coach Bruce Cassidy plans on having a chat with Marchand about the winger’s
2:08 PM ET Jack Hughes, the likely No. 1 pick in the 2019 NHL draft, has committed to play for Team USA at the upcoming IIHF Men’s World Championship, a source confirmed to ESPN. He will join a roster that already includes Patrick Kane, Johnny Gaudreau, Jack Eichel, Ryan Suter and Hughes’s older brother Quinn,