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2 weeks, 2 days ago

Gayle scores late to give Michigan 85-83 win over Iowa for Wolverines’ 7th straight victory

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! ANN ARBOR, Mich. — Vladislav Goldin and Danny Wolf had double-doubles and Roddy Gayle Jr. scored with 4.6 seconds remaining to give Michigan an 85-83 win over Iowa on Saturday for its seventh straight win. Gayle drove to the hoop and was credited with a …

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3 weeks, 3 days ago

Avalanche acquire Scott Wedgewood from Predators for Justus Annunen in backup goalie swap

New York Times

Central Division rivals Colorado and Nashville swapped backup goalies Saturday in a trade that speaks to where both franchises feel they are right now. In acquiring Justus Annunen, 24, plus a sixth-round pick next June from the Avalanche in exchange for veteran Scott Wedgewood, the Predators, 7-12-5, have an eye past this season. The fact that Annunen is eight years …

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4 weeks ago

Brady Tkachuk helps Senators snap 5-game skid with 4-3 win over Flames

Associated Press

OTTAWA, Ontario — Brady Tkachuk’s power-play goal early in the third period stood as the winner as the Ottawa Senators held on for a 4-3 win over the Calgary Flames on Monday night. Batherson’s power-play goal and Reinhardt’s first career goal gave the Senators a 3-1 lead. Sharangovich brought the Flames within one when Nick Jensen’s clearing attempt landed right …

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1 month ago

NHL coaching hot seat: With Jim Montgomery out, who is next?

New York Times

A bit ago on “The Athletic Hockey Show,” Sean McIndoe and I made a grave error. Lalonde’s Red Wings outkicked their coverage a bit last season, finishing with 91 points but also falling short of the playoffs — and that’s not a great combination. Why he shouldn’t be: Barely two weeks ago, Blackhawks general manager Kyle Davidson dismissed calls for …

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‘One game at a time': Winnipeg Jets have NHL-best 15-1 start

Associated Press

NEW YORK — The Winnipeg Jets are the first NHL team to earn 15 wins in their first 16 games as their focused group continues to preach a “one game at a time” mantra. There’s still a lot of season left.” Connor and Mark Scheifele each scored twice Tuesday as the Jets also won their seventh consecutive road game. Certainly …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

What we learned about the NHL in October: Goaltending highs and lows, Bruins’ slow start

New York Times

Goaltending can be the great equalizer in hockey. Checking in on last year’s surprise 50-plus goal scorers Everyone predicted Sam Reinhart and Zach Hyman finishing second and third in goal-scoring last season, right? He is still without a goal but after a sluggish first couple of games, Hyman looks a lot more like the scoring chance generator of last season; …

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4 months ago

The Sharks acquire prized goaltending prospect Yaroslav Askarov from the Predators

Associated Press

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Sharks acquired prized goaltending prospect Yaroslav Askarov from Nashville in a deal Friday that sends a 2025 first-round pick to the Predators. The Sharks will send Vegas’ first-round pick acquired in the deal that sent Tomas Hertl to the Golden Knights, along with forward David Edstrom and goalie Magnus Chrona to Nashville for …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Jessica Campbell will be the first woman on an NHL bench as assistant coach with the Seattle Kraken

Associated Press

SEATTLE — Once her playing career ended, Jessica Campbell found a new passion in coaching. “And I think with that inner belief, whatever it is in sport and life, you can create whatever you believe in.” Campbell was hired as an assistant coach for the Seattle Kraken on Wednesday, becoming the first woman to hold an on-the-bench role as an …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

Oilers, GM Ken Holland part ways after 5 seasons following their trip to the Stanley Cup Final

Associated Press

EDMONTON, Alberta — The Edmonton Oilers said Thursday general manager Ken Holland will not have his contract renewed, calling it a mutual decision between the veteran executive and the NHL club. Holland spent the past five seasons as the Oilers’ GM and built a team that advanced to Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final before losing to the Florida …

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6 months ago

Kings acquire goaltender Darcy Kuemper from Capitals for forward Pierre-Luc Dubois

Associated Press

LOS ANGELES — Rob Blake solved his goaltending problem and shipped away one of the worst moves of his seven-year tenure as the Los Angeles Kings vice president and general manager on Wednesday. Blake and the Kings acquired goaltender Darcy Kuemper from the Washington Capitals for forward Pierre-Luc Dubois in a trade of high-priced, underachieving players. Los Angeles didn’t have …

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6 months, 3 weeks ago

Nashville Predators bring back goalie guru Mitch Korn as director of goaltending

Associated Press

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Longtime goalie guru Mitch Korn is back with the Nashville Predators to oversee their operation at the most important position in hockey. The team named Korn director of goaltending on Wednesday, reuniting him with now-general manager Barry Trotz for whom he worked at several coaching stops around the NHL, including 15 seasons with the Predators from 1998-2014. …

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7 months ago

Carolina Hurricanes re-sign coach Rod Brind’Amour and staff to multiyear deals

Associated Press

RALEIGH, N.C. — The Carolina Hurricanes have re-signed coach Rod Brind’Amour and his staff to multiyear contracts, keeping one of the best in the NHL behind the bench around for the long term. The team announced the re-signings Sunday for Brind’Amour, assistants Jeff Daniels and Tim Gleason, goaltending coach Paul Schonfelder and video coach Chris Huffine. His status had become …

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7 months, 2 weeks ago

Ducks goalies coach Sudarshan Maharaj is cancer-free, a year after given low chance of survival

LA Times

Ducks goaltender coach Sudarshan “Sudsie” Maharaj celebrates being cancer-free with his wife Yvonne, left, and daughters Katherine and Alexandra. Ducks goaltender coach Sudarshan “Sudsie” Maharaj threw a party for family and friends near his home in Toronto over the weekend. pic.twitter.com/qi35dAglgm — Anaheim Ducks May 6, 2024 Even louder cheers followed, while Maharaj’s wife Yvonne picked up the bell and …

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8 months, 1 week ago

Slavin scores go-ahead goal to lift Hurricanes to 5-2 win over Blues

Associated Press

ST. LOUIS — Jaccob Slavin scored the winning goal 7:53 into the third period and Jake Guentzel added a pair of empty-netters, lifting the Carolina Hurricanes to a 5-2 victory over the St. Louis Blues on Friday night. “I thought we had some real good individual efforts and our goaltending was great,” Carolina coach Rod Brind’Amour said. We certainly created …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

The puck stops here with elite goaltending dominating the first half of the PWHL season

Associated Press

U.S. national team member Nicole Hensley couldn’t contain her enthusiasm when the topic of conversation shifted to how stingy the goaltending has been through the first half of the Professional Women’s Hockey League’s inaugural season. “I think this proves why we needed this professional league because there’s so much talent out there outside of who people know are on the …

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9 months, 3 weeks ago

Stanley Cup Checklist: Analyzing the East contenders ahead of the trade deadline

New York Times

There is no single blueprint for success in the NHL. Stanley Cup Checklist Legend Red X: Falls below the range entirely Gray checkmark: Passable, but below the average champion Black checkmark: Above average relative to the average Cup winner Gold checkmark: Exceeds the range entirely New York Rangers The deadline can’t come soon enough for the Rangers. But the team’s …

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11 months ago

Are NHL goalie unicorns gone forever? The changing nature of a once-premier position

New York Times

Once upon a time, NHL goaltenders were among the singular stars of the game, and you could tell who they were with just a glance. Former Dallas Stars goalie coach Mike Valley, who now instructs at Elite Goalies — a training program that works with amateur and professional netminders — believes a major hurdle for today’s generation of goaltenders is …

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1 year ago

Macklin Celebrini ejected in Canada’s world juniors pre-tournament win over Switzerland

New York Times

In Canada’s second pre-tournament game, and first against a U20 team after playing a Denmark U25 squad two days ago, they defeated Switzerland 6-3. Celebrini’s performance and ejection Prior to the ejection, the 17-year-old Celebrini looked like Canada’s best player. They could be more than a fourth trio energy line, as they look like a combo that Canada will use …

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1 year ago

NHL trade board 2.0: Jake Guentzel, John Gibson and other new targets join Chris Johnston’s list

New York Times

The NHL’s marketplace was unseasonably frothy before the holiday roster freeze officially took effect Tuesday night. Market value $1.7 million Player type Offensive defenseman Net rating D 8 Sean Monahan Profile Position F Shoots Left Age 29 Contract term 2024 UFA AAV $1.985 million There were teams at last year’s trade deadline with interest in adding Monahan before it was …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Hot starts by Vegas and Boston and a historically bad start for San Jose are among early NHL trends

Associated Press

Nearly a month into the NHL season, Wayne Gretzky’s career goals record looks safer than Edmonton’s playoff chances, there might be a challenger for the worst team in league history and the Stanley Cup hangover is nowhere to be seen in Las Vegas. Alex Ovechkin off to an uncharacteristically slow start, the Oilers’ terrible goaltending and the San Jose Sharks …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Oilers waive goalie Jack Campbell amid disappointing start to season

New York Times

The Edmonton Oilers waived goaltender Jack Campbell on Tuesday in a sizable shakeup to a roster that was in desperate need of one. Campbell has a.681 save percentage on those types of opportunities, per Natural Stat Trick — the third-worst mark in the NHL for goalies who’ve appeared in more than one game. GO DEEPER The Oilers are running out …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Assessing the Avalanche through 9 games, from goaltending to depth forward ups and downs

New York Times

DENVER — When Ross Colton’s shot beat Jordan Binnington and snuck inside the right post Wednesday, the Colorado Avalanche center dropped to a knee and uppercut the air in excitement. “He was jazzed up.” Added Colton: “I’d be lying if I said we weren’t putting a little bit of pressure on ourselves.” Powered by Colton’s goal and goalie Ivan Prosvetov’s …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Flames concern-o-metre: Rating Calgary’s issues with speed, goaltending and more

New York Times

Do you remember how you felt about the Calgary Flames last season when they started the year at 5-1-0? The Flames’ biggest issue after six games last year was trying to play a full 60-minute effort. “When we don’t play with pace, we look like a slow team.” The thing is, you can’t just write off a team completely after …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Wild lose composure after bad goaltending and disputed call in first period

New York Times

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Pierre-Luc Dubois’ go-ahead goal Thursday night wasn’t without controversy, with the Minnesota Wild adamant the Los Angeles Kings star kicked in the puck without it hitting his stick after. Perhaps this is one of the many areas where the Wild miss captain Jared Spurgeon, who has been known to calm the bench at the right moments, …

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Gayle scores late to give Michigan 85-83 win over Iowa for Wolverines’ 7th straight victory

Avalanche acquire Scott Wedgewood from Predators for Justus Annunen in backup goalie swap

Brady Tkachuk helps Senators snap 5-game skid with 4-3 win over Flames

NHL coaching hot seat: With Jim Montgomery out, who is next?

‘One game at a time': Winnipeg Jets have NHL-best 15-1 start

What we learned about the NHL in October: Goaltending highs and lows, Bruins’ slow start

The Sharks acquire prized goaltending prospect Yaroslav Askarov from the Predators

Jessica Campbell will be the first woman on an NHL bench as assistant coach with the Seattle Kraken

Oilers, GM Ken Holland part ways after 5 seasons following their trip to the Stanley Cup Final

Kings acquire goaltender Darcy Kuemper from Capitals for forward Pierre-Luc Dubois

Nashville Predators bring back goalie guru Mitch Korn as director of goaltending

Carolina Hurricanes re-sign coach Rod Brind’Amour and staff to multiyear deals

Ducks goalies coach Sudarshan Maharaj is cancer-free, a year after given low chance of survival

Slavin scores go-ahead goal to lift Hurricanes to 5-2 win over Blues

The puck stops here with elite goaltending dominating the first half of the PWHL season

Stanley Cup Checklist: Analyzing the East contenders ahead of the trade deadline

Are NHL goalie unicorns gone forever? The changing nature of a once-premier position

Macklin Celebrini ejected in Canada’s world juniors pre-tournament win over Switzerland

NHL trade board 2.0: Jake Guentzel, John Gibson and other new targets join Chris Johnston’s list

Hot starts by Vegas and Boston and a historically bad start for San Jose are among early NHL trends

Oilers waive goalie Jack Campbell amid disappointing start to season

Assessing the Avalanche through 9 games, from goaltending to depth forward ups and downs

Flames concern-o-metre: Rating Calgary’s issues with speed, goaltending and more

Wild lose composure after bad goaltending and disputed call in first period