The Devils visit the Sabres Friday night. The Canucks host the Ducks on Sunday. Everyone else — plus Anaheim and Buffalo again in their respective back-to-backs — plays Saturday. If nothing else, this 1-15-1 weekend slate is easy enough to summarize. Addressing the two solo acts sandwiching Saturday’s heaving schedule, if Jake Allen is half […]
Continue readingWashington Capitals forward Tom Wilson has been suspended six games by the NHL Department of Player Safety for a high stick to the head of Toronto Maple Leafs forward Noah Gregor on Wednesday night. This is the sixth suspension of Wilson’s career and his first since 2021. Gregor was skating into the Capitals zone when […]
Continue readingThe hearing stems from a Wilson high-stick on the Toronto Maple Leafs’ Noah Gregor during the third period of a Washington loss on Wednesday. He received a double minor penalty for swinging his stick and hitting Gregor in the face. Wilson was offered the in-person hearing earlier Thursday, indicating a potential suspension of six games […]
Continue readingESPN’s Kristen Shilton and Greg Wyshynski caught up with dozens of star players at the NHL Player Media Tour near Las Vegas last week and asked all the pertinent questions: What team or player are they most excited to watch? Which current or former teammate will one day make a great coach or GM? What’s […]
Continue readingHost Finland completed an Olympics-world double after winning in China in February, joining Sweden in 2006 as the only countries to win Olympic and world titles in the same year. “It’s unbelievable,” Finnish coach Jukka Jalonen said. “You can’t even understand what has happened. Maybe in the summer, we can figure out what really happened. […]
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