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St. Louis Blues fire Drew Bannister and hire Jim Montgomery as coach
Drew Bannister is out as coach of the St. Louis Blues after less than a full calendar year on the job. Jim Montgomery is back behind the bench of an NHL team five days after he was fired by the Boston Bruins. The Blues fired Bannister on Sunday and hired Montgomery as his...
Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews out day-to-day with upper-body injury
TORONTO (AP) — The Maple Leafs superstar captain Auston Matthews was set to miss Tuesday night’s game against the Atlantic Division rival Boston Bruins with an upper-body injury. Toronto coach Craig Berube said following the morning skate that Matthews, who’s listed as...
Parayko scores twice, Broberg hurt as Blues beat Maple Leafs 4-2 in Berube's return to St. Louis
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Colton Parayko scored twice and Jordan Kyrou had a goal as the St. Louis Blues beat the Toronto Maple Leafs 4-2 on Saturday night to snap a three-game skid. Pavel Buchnevich added an empty-net goal with 39 seconds remaining, and Jordan Binnington made 35 saves. ...
Maple Leafs bumble way to 5-1 loss in Berube's first game against Blues since firing
TORONTO (AP) — Craig Berube ran a gauntlet of emotions Thursday morning. The Toronto Maple Leafs coach was poised to face the St. Louis Blues — the team he led to its only Stanley Cup in 2019, and the one that fired him last December — looking for a bounce-back performance...
Blues beat Maple Leafs 5-1 in first meeting against former coach Craig Berube since his firing
TORONTO (AP) — Jordan Binnington made 40 saves, Dylan Holloway scored twice and St. Louis beat Toronto 5-1 on Thursday night, spoiling Maple Leafs coach Craig Berube's first game against the Blues since they fired him in December. Berube led St. Louis to the franchise’s only...
Marner helps Toronto beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 in the Maple Leafs' home opener
TORONTO (AP) — Mitch Marner had a goal and an assist, and Toronto beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 4-2 on Saturday in the Maple Leafs' home opener. William Nylander had two goals for Toronto, including an empty-netter. Matthew Knies also scored, Max Domi had two assists and Anthony...
St. Louis Blues loaded up aiming for a return to the playoffs after 2 years out
ST. LOUIS BLUES Last season: 43-33-6, missed playoffs. COACH: Drew Bannister (30-19-5 as midseason replacement for Craig Berube). SEASON OPENER: Oct. 8 at Seattle. DEPARTURES: C Kevin Hayes, D Marco Scandella, LW Jakub Vrana, D Torey Krug...
Defending champion Panthers head stacked Atlantic Division dominated by Bruins, Lightning and Leafs
Spending the summer celebrating a Stanley Cup championship wasn’t enough to distract Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov from paying attention to what Florida’s Atlantic Division rivals were up to this offseason. Three teams — Buffalo ( Lindy Ruff ), Ottawa ( Travis Green ) and...
NHL coaching carousel takes Berube to Toronto, Keefe to New Jersey and Ruff back to Buffalo
So many changes have happened behind the bench around the NHL in recent years that only four of the league's 32 teams have the same coach they did coming out of the pandemic. “I don’t know what the average lifespan of a coach in a specific organization is, but I know it’s got...
