7:30 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN There’s a moment for athletes when a potential professional career goes from aspiration to possibility. Maybe it’s a championship or an on-field achievement. Maybe it’s simply finding the right place at the right time. For Dennis Cholowski, it was a grade — which is only appropriate for someone who prides
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1:05 PM ET ESPN News Services Jeremy Colliton begins his Chicago Blackhawks coaching tenure Thursday night, and he’s got support from an unlikely source. He received a congratulatory text from the man he replaced, Joel Quenneville. “It means a lot,” Colliton said, according to The Athletic. “He’s a Hall of Fame coach and I’m succeeding
1:00 PM ET Vancouver Canucks winger Brock Boeser is leaving the team’s road trip to head back to Vancouver to see a specialist. Boeser, 21, has been dealing with a groin injury. “He’s gotten better, but he isn’t over the hump yet,” coach Travis Green said, adding that Boeser may rejoin the team on the
1:13 PM ET As we take a look around the fantasy landscape this week, we bring you the “Team Zero” edition. All of the following players have been on the radar for fantasy managers this season — though some by mistake, as you’ll see. Some of these guys have been hurt, some are in contract
7:00 AM ET Note: Some names have been changed by personal request. RICHMOND, British Columbia — It was a typical, late October day in this suburb of Vancouver. The temperature was getting colder but still pretty bearable (especially compared to most of the rest of the country), with a chance of rain (spoiler alert: It
3:28 PM ET Associated Press ST. PAUL, Minn. — Bob Naegele Jr., the founding owner of the Minnesota Wild, has died of complications from cancer. He was 78. The Wild said Naegele died on Wednesday night with his family by his side. Players will wear a jersey patch with his initials for the remainder of
11:47 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN The NHL Department of Player Safety will not bring supplemental discipline against Pittsburgh Penguins star Evgeni Malkin, who was ejected from his team’s 2-1 loss to the Washington Capitals on Wednesday night for an illegal check to the head of forward T.J. Oshie. At 3:27 of the third period, Malkin
10:33 AM ET Tampa Bay Lightning forward Ondrej Palat will be shut down for four weeks as he recovers from a lower-body injury. He suffered the injury in late October. The 27-year-old has no goals and five assists in nine games this season. He had 35 points in 56 games last season. His best campaign
10:54 AM ET Every season there are teams who get things turned around after a rough start. On November 8, 2017, the Anaheim Ducks and Minnesota Wild were 12th and 13th, respectively, in the Western Conference and the St. Louis Blues were 12-3-1. By the end of the season, the Ducks and Wild were in
9:30 AM ET Greg WyshynskiESPN Youth continues to be served in the NHL, as almost every team has a first-year player making an impact. For this week’s ESPN NHL Power Rankings — voted on as always by ESPN’s panel of experts — we take a look at some of its best freshmen (or, in some