WINNIPEG – Three hours before puck drop, Greg Burnett awaited the fate of his beloved Winnipeg Jets, on the brink of elimination. The 56-year-old retired high school teacher stood in a fenced-off courtyard, just beyond a statue of the late Jets legend Dale Hawerchuk, between the glittering reflection of newly developed office towers on what … Read more
Charlie McAvoy #73 of the Boston Bruins and Mitchell Marner #16 of the Toronto Maple Leafs chase after the puck in Game Three of the First Round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena on April 24, 2024 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Bruins defeated the Maple Leafs 4-2. Claus Andersen/Getty Images The … Read more
ST. PAUL, Minn. — For years, Luke Kunin watched as his girlfriend, then fiancée, then wife, Sophia, supported his career. She was a shoulder to lean on when things got tough in Minnesota. Moved to Nashville when he was traded there. Was a constant during the toughest season of his pro career — last year … Read more
True to form, Alex Meruelo was defiant. Whether in a meeting with Arizona Coyotes employees last Thursday or during a local radio interview later that afternoon or as he was sitting next to NHL commissioner Gary Bettman at a hotel in Phoenix the following day, Meruelo, the owner of the Coyotes since 2019, reacted to … Read more
Dan Capuano’s funeral at St. Rita of Cascia High School on Chicago’s Southwest Side was standing-room only. Hundreds of firefighters from Chicago and around the country attended. Members of the St. Jude Knights youth hockey club were there, too, wearing their jerseys. Capuano’s sons, Andrew and Nick, played for the Knights, a Northern Illinois Hockey … Read more
The playoffs are almost here, and while we’re still waiting on a couple of matchups, we know the 16 teams. If you root for one of them, you’re not reading this because you’re curled up in a little ball, twitching and sweating and trying not to puke. Playoffs, baby! That leaves the rest of you, … Read more
Connor Bedard wasn’t nervous when he pulled on a Team Canada sweater and stepped onto the ice at the World Junior championships, the weight of a hockey-mad country’s expectations resting squarely on his shoulders. He wasn’t nervous when NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly kept flipping over placards with NHL team logos on them after the … Read more
Bill Zito has come a long way since his days as bat boy for the Milwaukee Brewers. From a World Series appearance as a teenage bat boy to the Stanley Cup Final as an NHL general manager, it’s a life lived indeed. The Florida Panthers took a chance on Zito in September 2020, handing him … Read more
The New York Islanders will dedicate proceeds from Saturday’s 50/50 raffle to the family of slain NYPD Detective Jonathan Diller, who was a superfan of the Long Island-based team. The hockey team announced the benefit at the start of Tuesday night’s game against the Chicago Blackhawks, following a moment of silence for the 31-year-old cop, … Read more
The game was already won when the puck slid to Cody Hodgson for the tap-in. The Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League, the Nashville Predators’ top minor league affiliate, had a comfortable 3-0 lead over the Chicago Wolves. On a historic win streak — they were en route to their 18th consecutive victory — … Read more
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