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Connor Bedard sweeps Canadian Hockey League awards
KAMLOOPS, British Columbia (AP) — Connor Bedard became the first player in Canadian Hockey League history to sweep the Player of the Year, Top Prospect and Top Scorer awards Saturday night at the Memorial Cup. Expected to be selected first overall in the NHL draft by the Chicago...
Bettman: NHL still committed to keeping Coyotes in Arizona after arena referendum failed
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Commissioner Gary Bettman says the NHL is still committed to Arizona after Tempe voters rejected a referendum for a Coyotes arena. Bettman said the team is looking at other areas around Phoenix for a long-term home. “It’s a good market, and if...
Russians in Stanley Cup Final trying to focus on hockey amid country's war in Ukraine
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky insists he has not thought about where he would take the Stanley Cup if he and the Florida Panthers win it. He hasn't been this close before. Countryman Ivan Barbashev has, celebrating in Moscow with the trophy in 2019. After the Cup was banned...
Seattle Thunderbirds beat Peterborough 4-1 to reach Memorial Cup final
KAMLOOPS, British Columbia (AP) — Thomas Milic made 27 saves and the Seattle Thunderbirds became the fifth U.S. franchise to reach the Memorial Cup final, beating the Peterborough Petes 4-1 on Friday night in the semifinal game. Western Hockey League champion Seattle will face...
Vegas-Florida Stanley Cup Final pits top team in West against upstart in East
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Few expected the Florida Panthers to be playing for the Stanley Cup. Not with two weeks left in the regular season and certainly not when they trailed the NHL-best Boston Bruins 3-1 in the first round. The Vegas Golden Knights expected to be playing for the Stanley...
Column: Remember ABA and WHA during one of the greatest times of the sports year
As we relish one of the greatest couple of weeks on the sporting calendar — the NBA Finals and Stanley Cup Final, going back and forth on alternating nights — a pair of long-forgotten leagues deserve a shoutout. Take a bow, ABA. You too, WHA. The...
Penguins name former Maple Leafs GM Dubas as club's new president of hockey operations
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Kyle Dubas wanted to take a breath and take a break after being fired as the general manager of the Toronto Maple Leafs. Then the Pittsburgh Penguins called. The break ended shortly thereafter. Dubas joined the Penguins as the team's...
USA Hockey's Hilary Knight voted IIHF's first female player of the year
Hilary Knight was the runaway leader in voting for the International Ice Hockey Federation’s first female player of the year award on Thursday, some six weeks after the 33-year-old captained the United States to win gold at the women’s world championship. The IIHF announced...
Seattle Thunderbirds beat Kamloops Blazers 6-1 to reach Memorial Cup semifinal
KAMLOOPS, British Columbia (AP) — Jared Davidson and Jordan Gustafson scored in an eight-second span in the second period and the Seattle Thunderbirds beat the host Kamloops Blazers 6-1 on Wednesday night to advance to the Memorial Cup semifinal. The Western Hockey League champion...
For the Florida Panthers, celebrations getting a bit hairy, just in time for the Stanley Cup Final
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — The tradition of hockey’s playoff beard goes back to at least the mid-1980s, with the Detroit Red Wings widely credited with beginning the facial hair phenomenon. The playoff beard rub might have started last month by accident. Go back to April...
