7:00 AM ET LAS VEGAS — NHL commissioner Gary Bettman was standing in the back of the recently opened Esports Arena inside of the Luxor Hotel & Casino with his 11-year-old grandson, Matthew, watching the first NHL Gaming World Championship. It was perhaps the first time in his tenure as commissioner that Bettman might have
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3:37 PM ET Associated Press ANAHEIM, Calif. — The Anaheim Ducks will retire the numbers of Paul Kariya and Scott Niedermayer during the upcoming season. The Ducks announced the honors for their Hall of Famers on Monday. Kariya’s No. 9 will go into the Honda Center rafters on Oct. 21, and Niedermayer’s No. 27 will
2:19 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres have signed top draft pick Rasmus Dahlin to a three-year, entry-level contract. Buffalo selected the 18-year-old defenseman from Sweden with the first pick in last month’s draft. The signing was announced by the team Monday. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. The maximum
7:12 PM ET Associated Press SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Sharks have re-signed defenseman Dylan DeMelo to a two-year, $1.8 million deal. The 25-year old had a career-best 20 points — all on assists — in a career-high 63 games. He also had an assist in 10 playoff games. “Dylan proved last season
5:53 PM ET Associated Press LAS VEGAS — The Vegas Golden Knights have signed defenseman Colin Miller to a four-year contract. The deal announced Saturday runs through the 2021-22 season and pays an average salary of $3.87 million. The 25-year-old Miller led all defensemen on the Golden Knights with a career-high 41 points (10 goals,
10:50 AM ET ESPN News Services MOSCOW — Alex Ovechkin has brought the Stanley Cup to the World Cup. Elite pic.twitter.com/6E07hrMjCv — Washington Capitals (@Capitals) July 7, 2018 The captain of the Washington Capitals brought the NHL trophy to a Moscow fan zone where World Cup games are screened. Ovechkin lifted the Cup above his
8:43 PM ET Associated Press DENVER — The Colorado Avalanche have agreed on a two-year deal with forward Matt Nieto. Nieto is coming off a season in which he scored a career-high 15 goals for the Avalanche. He also had his first career NHL hat trick on Oct. 24 against Dallas. In the postseason, Nieto
7:32 PM ET Emily KaplanESPN The driver of the semitruck that crashed into the Humboldt Broncos team bus was arrested on Friday in Calgary by the Royal Canadian Mountain Police. Jaskirat Sidhu faces 16 counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing death, 13 counts of dangerous operation of a motor vehicle causing bodily
1:51 PM ET Associated Press SUNRISE, Fla. — The Florida Panthers have agreed to terms with defenseman Alexander Petrovic on a $1.95 million, one-year deal. General manager Dale Tallon announced the contract Friday. Tallon called Petrovic a dependable young defenseman who “plays the game with an edge and has grown into a strong shutdown defender.”
1:04 PM ET Associated Press Free-agent forward Tyler Ennis has signed a one-year, $650,000 deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs a week after having the final year of his contract bought out by the Minnesota Wild. Ennis signed on Friday and returns to the Atlantic Division, where he spent his first eight seasons playing for