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Matt Petgrave, involved in play that led to Adam Johnson's death, asks for donations for legal costs

Dec. 23, 2024 10:09 AM EST

Hockey player Matt Petgrave has called the death of Adam Johnson “a tragic accident” in a public appeal for donations to his legal costs amid a police investigation. Johnson, who had briefly played for the Pittsburgh Penguins, died after his neck was cut by Petgrave's skate in a...

Facing hometown Canucks 'a bit surreal' for Sharks rookie Macklin Celebrini

Dec. 22, 2024 19:41 PM EST

VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Macklin Celebrini grew up dreaming about playing NHL hockey at Rogers Arena. On Monday night, that dream will become a reality. “Skating here when I was younger, I kind of tried to put myself in an NHL player’s situation or...

Goalie Nicole Hensley stars in OT as league-leading Minnesota tops New York in a shootout, 4-3

Dec. 22, 2024 15:48 PM EST

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Nicole Hensley made back-to-back saves in the shootout and the Minnesota Frost earned their fourth straight victory with a 4-3 shootout win over the New York Sirens on Sunday. It was the fourth time in seven all-time meetings that a game between the teams was...

Kelly Pannek and Grace Zumwinkle each score 2 goals, the Minnesota Frost beat the Ottawa Charge 5-2

Dec. 19, 2024 23:20 PM EST

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Kelly Pannek and Grace Zumwinkle each scored two goals and the Minnesota Frost beat the Ottawa Charge 5-2 on Thursday night. Minnesota (3-0-1-0) had two multi-goal scorers for the second straight game after getting a pair of goals from Britta Curl-Salemme and...

New York breaks loose with four goals in 2nd period to defeat Toronto 4-2

Dec. 18, 2024 22:33 PM EST

NEWARK, N.J. (AP) — Noora Tulus scored the first of four New York goals in the second period and the Sirens used the momentum to post a 4-2 victory over the Toronto Sceptres on Wednesday night in their home opener. The onslaught had the oddity of including the first PWHL goal for...

Hannah Brandt's 3rd period goal helps Fleet beat Charge 3-2

Dec. 17, 2024 22:36 PM EST

BOSTON (AP) — Jamie Lee Rattay, Shay Maloney and Hannah Brandt each scored their first goal of the season Tuesday night to help the Boston Fleet beat the Ottawa Charge 3-2. Hilary Knight stole the puck behind the Ottawa net and fed Brandt on the left side for wrist-shot that...

Led by NY Sirens' Sarah Fillier, rookies already making an impact 2 weeks into PWHL's 2nd season

Dec. 17, 2024 13:33 PM EST

Sceptres defenseman Renata Fast recalled attending the PWHL draft in June and being impressed by how much young talent Toronto was adding to its roster before quickly coming to another more worrisome realization. The league’s other five teams got better, too. Fast...

John Tavares registers 14th career hat trick as the Maple Leafs come back to defeat the Sabres 5-3

Dec. 15, 2024 20:10 PM EST

TORONTO (AP) — John Tavares scored twice as part of a second-period outburst and added an empty netter for his 14th career hat trick as the Toronto Maple Leafs battled back from a 3-1 deficit to pick up a 5-3 victory over the Buffalo Sabres on Sunday. Max Domi and Nicholas...

UK hockey team retires Adam Johnson's No. 47 to honor player who died after neck cut

Dec. 14, 2024 15:02 PM EST

Adam Johnson made as big an impression off the ice as he did on it for the Nottingham Panthers. The U.K. hockey team officially retired Johnson's No. 47 jersey on Saturday in tribute to the American forward who died after his neck was cut by an opponent’s skate during a game over a...

Keller scores 2 third-period goals to help the Fleet beat the Sirens 4-2

Dec. 08, 2024 22:45 PM EST

BOSTON (AP) — Megan Keller scored two goals in the third period, Susanna Tapani added a goal and an assist and the Boston Fleet beat the New York Sirens 4-2 on Sunday night. Keller picked up a loose puck and flicked a wrist-shot into the net to make it 3-2 and give Boston...