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Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterOct 30, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions SEATTLE — Growing up as a small-town kid with big dreams of reaching the NHL is a story that’s been told for more than a century — about men. Most girls never

ESPN News Services Oct 30, 2024, 12:33 AM ET Open Extended Reactions PITTSBURGH — Marc-Andre Fleury stopped 26 shots in what will likely be his final game in the Steel City as the Minnesota Wild defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-3 on Tuesday night. Frederick Gaudreau scored twice and Kirill Kaprizov added a goal and two

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comOct 29, 2024, 12:00 PM ET Close Sean Allen is a fantasy analyst for ESPN.com. He was the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hockey Writer of the Year. You can tweet him @seanard. Open Extended Reactions The amount of preparation, practice and pregame work that goes into a single

Open Extended Reactions With 20 days of the 2024-25 NHL season in the books, there has been no shortages of twists and turns. Mark Stone leading the league in scoring? Cale Makar (and other defensemen) on pace for over 100 points? The Winnipeg Jets off to a perfect start through eight games? To help digest

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNOct 29, 2024, 12:11 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Lightning coach Jon Cooper stared up at the jumbotron as an emotional tribute video highlighted Steven Stamkos‘s 16 years with the franchise. Near the opposing bench stood Stamkos, now a member

Oct 28, 2024, 02:00 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The sports equinox is here! This is the rare time when four of the major American sports leagues — the NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL — all play games on same day. The equinox represents a unique chance to sports fans to experience multiple games across

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterOct 28, 2024, 07:00 AM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. Open Extended Reactions Contract negotiations are a delicate thing. Some NHL players prefer tuning them out all together during the season. Others might want the process wrapped up quickly — but fairly — and listen

Associated Press Oct 27, 2024, 08:16 PM ET Open Extended Reactions PHILADELPHIA — Aleksei Kolosov became the first Belarusian-born goalie in NHL history Sunday night when he start for the Philadelphia Flyers against the Montreal Canadiens. The 22-year-old Kolosov was recalled by the Flyers on Saturday night and immediately inserted into the lineup against Montreal.

Field Level Media Oct 27, 2024, 02:03 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Philadelphia Flyers forward Garnet Hathaway was fined $5,000 by the NHL Department of Player Safety on Sunday for elbowing Joel Eriksson Ek of the Minnesota Wild. The incident occurred early in the second period of the Flyers’ 7-5 victory over the visiting Wild

Field Level Media Oct 26, 2024, 02:21 PM ET Open Extended Reactions Rugged free agent forward Matt Martin agreed to terms on a one-year contract with the New York Islanders on Saturday. Financial terms were not disclosed by the Islanders for Martin, who is the active hits leader in NHL history with 3,854. Martin, 35,

Oct 26, 2024, 02:07 PM ET Bill Hay, who helped the Chicago Blackhawks win a Stanley Cup in 1960-61 and was one of hockey’s great ambassadors, has died at the age of 88. Hay won the Calder Trophy as the NHL’s top rookie in 1959-60, finishing 13th in the league in scoring with 55 points

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNOct 25, 2024, 03:38 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions Alexis Lafreniere and the New York Rangers have agreed on a seven-year contract extension for the first overall pick in the 2020 NHL draft, a source confirmed to ESPN. The new contract for Lafrenière, 23, will

Open Extended Reactions We are just over two weeks into the NHL season. Frozen Frenzy is in the books, and in the distance is the triumphant return of best-on-best international hockey at the 4 Nations Face-off. There’s a lot of season left, but there is enough of a sample size to identify the biggest surprise

Associated Press Oct 25, 2024, 03:03 AM ET Open Extended Reactions LOS ANGELES — The San Jose Sharks made some unfavorable history Thursday night, having failed to win any of their first eight games in consecutive seasons after a 3-2 loss to the Los Angeles Kings. San Jose is the first team to hold that

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNOct 24, 2024, 11:11 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions The New York Rangers demoted fan favorite Matt Rempe to the Hartford Wolf Pack, their AHL affiliate, on Thursday. Rempe, 22, only appeared in two of the Rangers’ seven games this season and didn’t register a

Associated Press Oct 24, 2024, 11:24 PM ET Open Extended Reactions TAMPA, Fla. — Tampa Bay Lightning owner Jeff Vinik announced Thursday that he has sold a majority stake of the NHL team but will retain control of the franchise for the next three years. The team said the sale for an undisclosed price to

Associated Press Oct 24, 2024, 06:55 PM ET Open Extended Reactions The Pittsburgh Penguins have sent struggling goaltender Tristan Jarry home so he could get some individual work in hopes of breaking out of an early-season funk. Coach Mike Sullivan made the announcement Thursday. The Penguins are in the middle of a four-game road trip

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNOct 24, 2024, 05:26 PM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Open Extended Reactions The Vegas Golden Knights have signed defenseman Shea Theodore to a seven-year contract extension, solidifying one of the best defensive corps in the NHL. Theodore’s $51.9 million deal carries an average annual value of $7.425 million