Associated Press Published 1:38 AM EDT Aug 19, 2020 Toronto — Carter Hart is making postseason history and has the Flyers on the brink of advancing to the second round of the playoffs for the first time in nearly a decade. Hart stopped 29 shots for his second straight shutout, Michael Raffl and Phil Myers
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Associated Press Published 7:46 PM EDT Aug 18, 2020 Buffalo, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres hired former USA Hockey National Team Development Program coach Seth Appert to take over as coach of their minor league affiliate, the Rochester Americans of the American Hockey League, on Tuesday. Appert spent the past three seasons with USA Hockey and
Associated Press Published 5:40 PM EDT Aug 18, 2020 Dale Hawerchuk, a hockey phenom who became the face of the Winnipeg Jets en route to the Hall of Fame, has died at the age of 57 after a battle with cancer. The Ontario Hockey League’s Barrie Colts, a team Hawerchuk coached, confirmed the death on
Ted Kulfan The Detroit News Published 1:57 PM EDT Aug 18, 2020 Detroit — The Red Wings have found a temporary home for another one of their players. The Wings announced Tuesday they’ve loaned forward Mathias Brome to Orebro in the Swedish Hockey League. Brome, 26, was signed by the Wings this spring as an undrafted free
Associated Press Published 12:58 AM EDT Aug 18, 2020 Toronto — Andrei Vasilevskiy had 28 saves and the Tampa Bay Lightning beat the Columbus Blue Jackets 2-1 on Monday to take a 3-1 lead in their Eastern Conference playoff series. Barclay Goodrow and Yanni Gourde each had a goal and an assist as the Lightning
Ted Kulfan The Detroit News Published 4:35 PM EDT Aug 17, 2020 Detroit – Some of the Red Wings’ young players will continue to play hockey this autumn, even if the team is not on the ice. The Red Wings announced Monday they have loaned defenseman Gustav Lindstrom to the Swedish team Almtuna. Lindstrom, 21, played
Ted Kulfan The Detroit News Published 12:54 PM EDT Aug 17, 2020 Detroit — John Wroblewski is headed to pro hockey. Wroblewski, 39, who had so much success coaching in the Plymouth-based U.S. National Team Development Program, was hired Monday by the Los Angeles Kings to coach their AHL affiliate, the Ontario Reign. Wroblewski has been thought by many
Associated Press Published 4:39 AM EDT Aug 17, 2020 Toronto — Mathew Barzal slipped behind the defense, swooped in front of the net and beat Braden Holtby with a backhand that put the 2018 Stanley Cup champions on the brink of another early exit. Barzal scored 4:28 into overtime shortly after Semyon Varlamov made two
Associated Press Published 11:19 PM EDT Aug 16, 2020 Toronto — Mathew Barzal slipped behind the defense, swooped in front of the net and beat Braden Holtby with a backhand that put the 2018 Stanley Cup champions on the brink of another early exit. Barzal scored 4:28 into overtime shortly after Semyon Varlamov made two
Associated Press Published 5:07 AM EDT Aug 16, 2020 Toronto — The Boston Bruins, shortly after waking up Saturday to face the Carolina Hurricanes, found out goaltender Tuukka Rask was opting out of the NHL playoffs. While the defending Eastern Conference champions are supporting their teammate at least publicly, they’re focusing on their quest to
The Detroit News Published 12:57 AM EDT Aug 16, 2020 Toronto – Jaroslav Halak stopped 29 shots after goalie Tuukka Rask opted out of the NHL playoffs and Charlie Coyle had a goal and assist to help the Boston Bruins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 3-1 on Saturday for a 2-1 series lead. Rask’s absence was
The Detroit News Published 12:36 AM EDT Aug 15, 2020 Edmonton, Alberta — Bo Horvat scored on a breakaway at 5:55 of overtime Friday night to give the Vancouver Canucks a 4-3 victory over the defending champion St. Louis Blues and a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference series. Horvat took a stretch pass from Quinn
AP Published 12:50 AM EDT Aug 14, 2020 Toronto – This is what Dougie Hamilton was hoping for while he waited out the pandemic shutdown that put the NHL season on hold, and then waited some more after injuring himself in practice when the Hurricanes returned to the ice. The Carolina defenseman scored the game-winner
Associated Press Published 4:56 AM EDT Aug 13, 2020 Edmonton, Alberta — Bo Horvat scored twice and the Vancouver Canucks beat the defending Stanley Cup champion St. Louis Blues 5-2 on Wednesday in the opening game of their best-of-seven first-round series. J.T. Miller, Elias Pettersson and Troy Stecher also scored for Vancouver. David Perron and
Marlowe Alter Detroit Free Press Published 8:19 PM EDT Aug 12, 2020 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs (*-if necessary; all game times are Eastern Time) First round Eastern Conference (Scotiabank Arena, Toronto) No. 1 Philadelphia Flyers vs. No. 8 Montreal Canadiens Wednesday: Montreal at Philadelphia, 8 p.m., NBCSN Friday: Montreal at Philadelphia, 3 p.m., NBCSN Sunday: Philadelphia at Montreal, 8
Ted Kulfan The Detroit News Published 4:48 PM EDT Aug 12, 2020 Detroit — This couldn’t have been easy, seemingly each and every night last winter and spring, but Dylan Larkin did it. After almost every Red Wings loss — and obviously there were a lot of those — Larkin would be there for every reporter who needed him, usually
Associated Press Published 6:07 AM EDT Aug 12, 2020 Toronto — By the time he launched the last shot, Brayden Point was just trying to do anything he could to end the fourth-longest game in NHL history. “I just see a rolling puck and I just throw it on net,” Point said after scoring 10:27
The Detroit News Published 11:21 PM EDT Aug 11, 2020 Detroit’s Everett Fitzhugh, the first Black NHL team broadcaster with the expansion Seattle Kraken, is the guest on this week’s “OctoPulse” podcast. Ted Kulfan also his predictions for the first round of the NHL playoffs, including upset victories by Columbus, the Islanders and the Flames.
Jeff Seidel Detroit Free Press Published 4:23 PM EDT Aug 11, 2020 Jamie Samuelsen used to intercept the magazine at the mailbox. It was People magazine’s “Sexiest Man Alive” issue. He would print out a picture of himself and paste it on the cover, right over whoever had won that year. Then, he’d hide it
Helene St. James Detroit Free Press Published 11:19 AM EDT Aug 11, 2020 The NHL made a mockery of the draft lottery this year, rewarding a team that was deemed good enough to partake in the 2020 playoffs. The New York Rangers, who finished with 79 points, won the right to make the first selection,