12:29 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN While NHL participation in the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics has yet to be determined, one of its biggest stars of all-time has committed to be the face of ice hockey at that event: Jaromir Jagr. The 46-year-old legend, who is second to Wayne Gretzky in NHL career points (1,921), has
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12:35 PM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The Wysh List publishes every Friday. Chi-Chi-Chi-Chiarelli The most surprising aspect of Edmonton Oilers general manager Peter Chiarelli’s decision to fire Todd McLellan and hire Ken Hitchcock was that Chiarelli was allowed to make that decision. I thought there was a better-than-good chance that the Oilers would keep McLellan after
11:32 AM ET Vic Morren It was November 24, 1968, a Sunday evening, when Dad took me to my first hockey game at Madison Square Garden between the New York Rangers and the Oakland Seals. I had expressed some cursory interest in the sport from the spring before, when I would ask Dad how the
7:17 PM ET Associated Press PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins placed goaltender Matt Murray on injured reserve Thursday because of a lower-body injury. Coach Mike Sullivan said Murray had been dealing with the injury “for a couple weeks.” Team doctors decided rest was the best course of action for the 24-year-old Murray, who helped the
5:43 PM ET The Edmonton Oilers announced Thursday they have have acquired defenseman Chris Wideman from the Ottawa Senators for a 2020 conditional sixth-round draft pick. Wideman, 28, has two goals and three assists in 19 games for the Senators this season. He was in his fourth season with the Senators, who drafted Wideman in
1:44 PM ET Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Matt Murray has been placed on injured reserve with a lower-body injury and the team has called up Tristan Jarry from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. The Penguins, who play Friday night in Boston, said the injury is expected to keep him out long term. Jarry, 23, who played 26 games last season
2:04 PM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — The NHL has fined Colorado Avalanche forward Mikko Rantanen for embellishment . Rantanen was docked $2,000 under the league’s program designed to discourage diving and embellishment. He was warned for a play on Oct. 16 at the New York Rangers. His second offense occurred late in the
11:19 AM ET ESPN News Services The Pittsburgh Penguins received some much-needed good news with the announcement that captain Sidney Crosby will return to the lineup Wednesday after missing nearly a week with an upper-body injury. Crosby was injured Nov. 14 in a loss to the Devils. Since that time the Penguins have gone 0-2-1
11:07 AM ET ESPN News Services Florida Panthers center Vincent Trocheck is out indefinitely after undergoing surgery to repair his ankle which was fractured in a gruesome fall Monday. Trocheck chased a puck behind the net against the Senators but appeared to lose balance and his leg bent awkwardly beneath him. Play was stopped for
10:18 AM ET The Carolina Hurricanes activated center Victor Rask Wednesday after a stint on injured reserve from a kitchen accident. Rask, 25, sliced the fourth and fifth fingers on his right hand while slicing food and underwent surgery Sept. 13. Rask had 14 goals and 17 assists in 71 games last season. His 2017-18