2 w. ago SIMMONS SAYS: The Florida Panthers are one of hockey’s greatest teams

The real lesson from the Stanley Cup final: Teams win championships, individuals do not. In the end, the Florida Panthers crushed the two best players in the world, Connor McDavid and Leon Draisaitl. Just as they crushed the Carolina Hurricanes and the Maple Leafs and before that the Tampa Bay Lightning. They had 11 blowout […]

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2 w. ago OHL: London Knights acquire forward in deal with the Niagara IceDogs

The London Knights are already thinking about next season. Fresh off the franchise’s third Memorial Cup championship, the management team is back from the national junior hockey tournament in Rimouski and swinging a deal – acquiring forward Max Crete from the Niagara IceDogs in exchange for prospect Jacob Monks and a 2028 ninth-round pick. Crete, […]

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2 w. ago Sceptres, Charge filling in rosters with PWHL player signings

OTTAWA — The Ottawa Charge have re-signed forward Rebecca Leslie to a two-year contract extension and forward Taylor House for another year. They were the first players to sign with the Professional Women’s Hockey League team this off-season. Elsewhere in the PWHL, the Toronto Sceptres extended forward Maggie Connors of St. John’s, N.L., for another […]

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2 w. ago Canadian men open 2026 Olympic hockey tournament against Czechs, women versus Finland

The Canadian men’s hockey team will open the Olympic Games against Czechia and the women against Finland. The International Ice Hockey Federation released the hockey schedules for the Winter Games in Milan-Cortina, Italy on Wednesday. Canada’s women start defence of the gold medal Feb. 5 against the Finns. The Canadian men get going Feb. 12 […]

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2 w. ago Oilers notebook: Playoff rivals, McDavid and Reinhart named to Canada's Olympic team; Kane needs to step up in Hyman's absence

It’ll be the first time McDavid has played in the Olympics in his 10 NHL seasons

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3 w. ago 'This series should be over': swaggering Florida Panthers hockey world sure of victory

How confident are some in Florida Panthers hockey country that their team will take the Stanley Cup. One video making the Panthers social media rounds shows the faces of Panthers player Matthew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov and others super-imposed over the faces of pall bearers carrying a casket on their shoulders with an Edmonton Oilers logo […]

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3 w. ago 'What a time to be alive': swaggering Florida Panthers hockey world sure of victory

How confident are some in Florida Panthers hockey country that their team will take the Stanley Cup? One video making the Panthers social media rounds shows the faces of Panthers player Matthew Tkachuk, Aleksander Barkov and others super-imposed over the faces of pall bearers carrying a casket on their shoulders with an Edmonton Oilers logo […]

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3 w. ago Lauren Kyle McDavid shares hockey superstitions, how she’ll be watching Game 6

Lauren Kyle McDavid, wife of Oilers captain Connor McDavid, said it's been great to see Edmonton identify around hockey and rally the team: 'There's a sense of Canadian pride.'

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3 w. ago How much pressure is Connor McDavid under to make sure Oilers Stanley Cup dream stays alive?

Sunrise, Fla. — As the best player on the planet, Connor McDavid is the brightest star, and he would clearly move heaven and earth to drag this Stanley Cup final back to his Edmonton home for a Game 7 and a chance to lift the cherished mug over his head. And as much as we drag […]

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3 w. ago Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews gets early spot on U.S. Olympic team

The Toronto Maple Leafs ‘Captain America’ will be part of the United States’ bid for an Olympic title. Auston Matthews, denied his chance to win the 4 Nations Face-Off final this past February in a showdown with Canada, was among the six Yanks named to their preliminary roster on Monday for the 2026 Games in […]

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3 w. ago Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid together again as Canadian Olympians

Mamma Mia, that’s quite the starting six who are coming back for Canada‘s Olympic hockey team in Italy at the 2026 Games. Hockey Canada announced Monday afternoon that the bulk of its 4 Nations Face-Off tournament champions are returning among the first half-dozen declared selections. They include the generational stars in Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby, plus […]

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3 w. ago Connor McDavid among first six players named to Canada's Olympic hockey team

This will be McDavid's first Olympic appearance, as NHLers haven't played in the tournament since Sochi in 2014.

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3 w. ago SIMMONS SAYS: Next Tavares contract ought to be more friendly to Leafs

For the past seven years, Connor McDavid has been the highest-paid player in the National Hockey League. In those seven seasons, combined, he has produced more points than anyone else in hockey, not just in the regular season but more points in the post-season as well. That’s what you call value spending. For the past […]

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3 w. ago Canada’s world junior trial saw juries tossed, intense testimony. Here’s a recap

Five members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team will wait weeks until their fate in their high-profile sexual assault trial is determined.

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3 w. ago 'Oh God, that hurt': Toronto Maple Leafs insider can't bring himself to celebrate Oilers OT win

You don’t get much more deep into the Toronto Maple Leafs sports scene than Sam McKee, a prominent Toronto sports producer and media personality, who co-hosts ‘Leafs Talk’ on YouTube and is a producer and part-time host on ‘The Real Kyper & Bourne Show’ on Sportsnet 590. McKee is an engaging and interesting hockey commentator, […]

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3 w. ago Crown expected to finish submissions in world junior sex assault trial

Prosecutors are expected to finish their closing submissions Friday in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team.

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3 w. ago Atlanta could be hot stuff for third try at NHL expansion with new arena deal

Three times could be the charm for the National Hockey League to put another team in Atlanta. Failed history won’t be a deterrent, listening to backers of a proposed new arena in Forsyth County. After the Flames and Thrashers failed to draw consistently at two downtown facilities — the Omni and Philips Arena, respectively — […]

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3 w. ago Crown continues closing submissions in world junior sex assault trial

Prosecutors are expected to continue their closing submissions Thursday at the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team.

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3 w. ago Hockey Canada trial: Crown says Michael McLeod 'set up' woman for group sex

When allegations of sexual assault against members of Canada’s 2018 world junior hockey team were first investigated, player Michael McLeod volunteered to make a statement to London police. It’s what he didn’t say to now-retired Det. Stephen Newton on Nov. 17, 2018, that the Crown says should concern Superior Court Justice Maria Carroccia at the […]

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3 w. ago Defence expected to wrap up final pitches to judge in world junior trial

Defence lawyers are set to continue their final pitches to the judge Wednesday in the sexual assault trial of five former members of Canada's world junior hockey team.

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