Latest National Hockey League News

Radko Gudas is named the Anaheim Ducks' first captain since Ryan Getzlaf's retirement 2 years ago

Sep. 19, 2024 19:00 PM EDT

IRVINE, Calif. (AP) — Radko Gudas has evolved from the rambunctious young defenseman whose vicious hits led to a cool hockey nickname and a less cool reputation as one of the NHL's dirtier players. Gudas is still known as “The Butcher,” but he's now a steady, productive veteran...

Kyle Okposo, who won a Cup in his final game with Panthers, announces retirement

Sep. 19, 2024 16:32 PM EDT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Kyle Okposo is going out as a Stanley Cup champion. Okposo, who played 17 seasons in the NHL and finished that run as part of the Florida team that won a title last season, announced his retirement on Thursday. The former Buffalo Sabres...

Stanley Cup champion Panthers getting back to work, insisting it's time to look forward

Sep. 18, 2024 13:51 PM EDT

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The Stanley Cup is still making its championship tour of South Florida. It was on a basketball court with the Miami Heat this week, is going somewhere else on Thursday and there’s a few more appearances to make after that. So, in some respects, the party that comes...

Canadian Hockey League boosts border rivalry by launching series vs. USA Hockey's development team

Sep. 17, 2024 09:02 AM EDT

The Canadian Hockey League is looking to capitalize on the sport’s cross-border rivalry by having its top draft-eligible prospects face USA Hockey’s National Development team in an annual two-game series starting in November. Unveiled on Tuesday by the CHL, the series is being...

NHL training camps open with Swayman's status with the Bruins among the many questions

Sep. 17, 2024 06:33 AM EDT

Sidney Crosby and Leon Draisaitl have their contract extensions, Paul Maurice and the Florida Panthers have the Stanley Cup and a brief but busy summer of moving and shaking is over. Now, back to hockey. Less than 90 days since the Panthers beat the Edmonton Oilers in...

Pegula, Navarro, Alcaraz and Shelton will play exhibitions at Madison Square Garden in December

Sep. 12, 2024 10:01 AM EDT

NEW YORK (AP) — Jessica Pegula and Emma Navarro, Americans coming off career-best Grand Slam runs at the U.S. Open, will play each other in an exhibition event at Madison Square Garden on Dec. 4 that also will feature four-time major champion Carlos Alcaraz against Ben Shelton. The...

The Gaudreau brothers left a legacy at Boston College and beyond

Sep. 08, 2024 09:11 AM EDT

Flowers, sticks, bags of Skittles and bottles of purple Gatorade make up a vigil outside Conte Forum, the home rink for “Johnny Hockey” when he and his brother played at Boston College, together, for one season. A decade later, the deaths of John and Matthew Gaudreau have hit...

Olympic champion Brianna Decker headlines the US Hockey Hall of Fame class of 2024

Sep. 05, 2024 16:05 PM EDT

Olympic champion Brianna Decker, former NHL players Kevin Stevens and Matt Cullen, late Chicago Blackhawks founder Frederic McLaughlin and the 2002 Paralympic gold medal-winning sled hockey team are being inducted into the U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame. USA Hockey revealed the class...

Funeral for John and Matthew Gaudreau scheduled for church in suburban Philadelphia

Sep. 05, 2024 14:34 PM EDT

The funeral for John and Matthew Gaudreau has been scheduled for Monday at a church in suburban Philadelphia while the driver charged with killing them remains in jail awaiting his next court appearance. The memorial service for the Gaudreau brothers is set to take place at St. Mary...

Online fundraiser for Matthew Gaudreau's widow raises more than $560K as the sports world mourns

Sep. 03, 2024 19:09 PM EDT

More tributes are pouring in from around the hockey community after the deaths of NHL player Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, who were killed last week by a suspected drunken driver while riding their bikes in their home state of New Jersey. Jaromir Jagr posted a video...