Toronto's Spooner is out for the rest of the PWHL playoffs with a knee injury

TORONTO (AP) — Toronto’s Natalie Spooner will miss the rest of the Professional Women’s Hockey League playoffs because of a knee injury. The team put the league's regular-season leading scorer on long-term injured reserve Wednesday after Spooner was injured during a collision...

Susanna Tapani scores her second OT winner of the series to help Boston advance to the PWHL finals

LOWELL, Mass. (AP) — Susanna Tapani scored her second overtime winner of the series to help Boston rally past Montreal 3-2 on Tuesday night and advance to the Professional Women’s Hockey League championship series. Boston, which swept Montreal in the best-of-five series, will...

Rooney posts an 18-save shutout and Minnesota beats Toronto 2-0 in Game 3 of PWHL semifinal series

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Maggie Flaherty and Denisa Krizova each scored in the second period and Minnesota beat Toronto 2-0 on Monday night in Game 3 of the Professional Women’s Hockey League semifinal series. Minnesota, which trails the best-of-five series 2-1, hosts Game 4 on...

Avalanche forward Valeri Nichushkin suspended 6 months, placed in player assistance program an hour before playoff game

Finland shuts out newcomer Britain, Slovakia tops Kazakhstan at hockey worlds

PRAGUE (AP) — Finland shut out newcomer Britain 8-0 for its first victory at the ice hockey world championship on Sunday. Oliver Kapanen scored a hat trick and Mikael Granlund had four assists for the Finns who recovered from a 1-0 shootout loss to the host Czech Republic in the...

Taylor Wenczkowski scores in 3rd OT, Boston beats Montreal 2-1 in Game 2 of PWHL semifinal series

LAVAL, Quebec (AP) — Taylor Wenczkowski scored at 11:44 of the third overtime to give Boston a 2-1 victory over Montreal on Saturday night in Game 2 of the Professional Women's Hockey League semifinal series. Boston also won 2-1 in overtime in Game 1 on Thursday night. Game 3 of...

PWHL New York changing coaches with mutual agreement with Draper to step down and return to Alberta

PWHL New York is changing coaches after reaching a mutual agreement with Howie Draper, who decided to step down and return to his former job coaching the University of Alberta women’s hockey program, the league announced on Saturday. The move comes a week after the Professional...

US routs Germany and Bedard scores twice as Canada wins opener at ice hockey worlds

PRAGUE (AP) — The United States rebounded from a 5-2 loss to Sweden by routing last year’s runner-up Germany 6-1 at the ice hockey world championship on Saturday. Johnny Gaudreau and Michael Kesselring each had a goal and an assist, and captain Brady Tkatchuk, Luke Hughes, Trevor...

Compher scores late, Campbell makes 21 saves for 2nd straight shutout as Toronto beats Minnesota 2-0

TORONTO (AP) — Jesse Compher scored the go-ahead goal with 1:25 left in the game and Toronto beat Minnesota 2-0 on Friday night to take 2-0 lead in the best-of-five Professional Women’s Hockey League playoff semifinal series. Hannah Miller added an empty-netter with 10 seconds to...

Lyndsey Fry is pushing to keep Arizona youth hockey moving forward following the Coyotes' departure

MESA, Ariz. (AP) — Audrey Ju met some of her best friends through hockey, knows someone at every rink she goes to and has become close with numerous families in the tight-knit community. The Arizona Coyotes' move to Utah raised questions about the future. The...