| | 6. Cutter Gauthier signs contract with Ducks, expected to make NHL debut this week13:33[-/+] | A day after losing the NCAA men’s hockey championship game to the University of Denver on Saturday, Boston College sophomore Cutter Gauthier signed a three-year entry-level contract with the Anaheim Ducks, the team announced Sunday.
Gauthier is expected to practice with the Ducks on Tuesday and make his NHL debut Thursday in the Ducks’ season finale at the Vegas Golden Knights.
Gauthier led the NCAA with 38 goals — which tied a BC single-season record — and was one of three finalists for the Hobey Baker Award. Boston University’s Macklin Celebrini, who is widely expected to be the... | ↑ |
9. Frank Nazar leaving Michigan early, signing 3-year entry-level deal with Blackhawks13:33[-/+] | More of the Blackhawks’ future is coming.
Forward prospect Frank Nazar will forgo the rest of his college eligibility and sign a three-year entry-level contract with the Blackhawks for this season, the team announced Saturday.
Everybody say hi Frank ? pic.twitter.com/cIJ8hn7mNx
— Chicago Blackhawks (@NHLBlackhawks) April 13, 2024
Whether Nazar would sign after the season was unknown. Michigan reached the Frozen Four semifinals and potentially could return several top players, including Nazar, next season. The Blackhawks were hopeful Nazar would turn pro, but they would support... | ↑ |
11. Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews continues scoring dominance with goal No. 6913:33[-/+] | TORONTO — Auston Matthews continues to cement himself as the best goal scorer in the NHL by hitting another milestone: 69 goals.
With a forceful wrist shot on the power play in the second period against the Detroit Red Wings on Saturday, the Toronto Maple Leafs centre broke his own record for most goals in a season by a Leaf.
With his 69th goal, Matthews logged his 107th point, a new personal record for points in a single season. Matthews’ 69th goal also means he is in the middle of the longest goal streak of his career, with goals now in eight straight games. That ties Mitch Marner... | ↑ |
16. Sabres fire Don Granato as playoff drought continues, will search for eighth coach in 13 seasons13:33[-/+] | BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres have fired coach Don Granato, the team announced Tuesday, one day after wrapping up a league-record 13th straight season without the playoffs.
Granato took over as the interim coach of the Sabres at the end of the 2020-21 season and then spent the last three seasons as the team’s head coach. In that time, Buffalo had seasons of 75 points, 91 points and then 84 points this season. Granato was the sixth-longest tenured coach in the NHL before getting fired and had coached the seventh-most games in NHL history without making the playoffs.
“I would like to... | ↑ |
17. Boston University’s Macklin Celebrini remains top North American skater in NHL’s final 2024 draft rankings13:33[-/+] | Boston University center and recent recipient of the Hobey Baker Award, Macklin Celebrini, remained the No. 1 prospect in North America in NHL Central Scouting’s final rankings for the 2024 draft. NHL Central Scouting released the list Tuesday.
Celebrini is a dynamic all-around center who checks every box teams will be looking for. He’s an elite offensive player who competes and can play off the puck at a high level, too.
Michigan State defenseman Artyom Levshunov was No. 2, followed by center Cayden Lindstrom from Medicine Hat.
Levshunov is a 6-foot-2 mobile defenseman who... | ↑ |
20. Winnipeg Jets top prospect Rutger McGroarty returning to Michigan: Why he made this decision13:33[-/+] | Instead of following University of Michigan teammates like Gavin Brindley, Frank Nazar and Dylan Duke to the NHL, top Winnipeg Jets prospect Rutger McGroarty has announced he’ll return to Michigan for the 2024-25 NCAA season.
McGroarty, taken 14th by the Jets in the 2022 NHL Draft, finished his season with a semifinal loss to Boston College on April 11 at the Frozen Four in St. Paul, Minn. His advisers had met with Michigan as well as the Jets in the days since that time, discussing plans for next season, with the 20-year-old power forward ultimately choosing to go back to Michigan. | ↑ |
21. Canadiens call up Logan Mailloux from AHL13:33[-/+] | The Montreal Canadiens called up defenseman Logan Mailloux from the AHL’s Laval Rocket on Monday night after their 5-4 overtime loss on the road to the Detroit Red Wings, the team announced Monday.
The Canadiens face the Red Wings again Tuesday at the Bell Centre, when Mailloux will presumably make his NHL debut.
Mailloux was an AHL All-Star during his rookie season with the Rocket and has 14 goals and 33 assists in 70 games.
The Canadiens drafted Mailloux with the No. 31 pick in the 2021 NHL Draft despite a public plea from Mailloux asking not to be drafted after he was convicted in Sweden... | ↑ |
22. Connor McDavid becomes fourth player in NHL history to nab 100 assists in a season13:33[-/+] | EDMONTON — Connor McDavid has gotten used to the number 100, having reached or surpassed the century mark in points in seven of his nine NHL seasons. He can now add assists to his resume.
The Edmonton Oilers captain recorded a helper on a second-period goal by Zach Hyman in a 9-2 win over against the San Jose Sharks on Monday to hit the 100-assist threshold in a season. He became just the fourth player in league history to accomplish the feat and the first since Wayne Gretzky in 1990-91.
“It’s probably the hardest (thing) he’s accomplished,” said Ryan Nugent-Hopkins, McDavid’s... | ↑ |
26. Top 2024 NHL Draft prospects Berkly Catton, Cayden Lindstrom done for season13:33[-/+] | Two of the best forward prospects eligible for the 2024 NHL Draft, the Spokane Chiefs’ Berkly Catton and Medicine Hat Tigers’ Cayden Lindstrom, are done for the season due to injuries.
Catton and Lindstrom’s agents confirmed the news to The Athletic.
Lindstrom had dealt with multiple injuries in the second half of the season. He broke a hand in the middle of the season, and has also been dealing with symptoms of a back injury. Lindstrom returned in time for Game 1 of Medicine Hat’s playoff opener but looked off in the series.
Catton had been dealing with hip issues... | ↑ |
27. Maple Leafs’ Auston Matthews extends records with 67th and 68th goals13:33[-/+] | TORONTO — Auston Matthews’ remarkable season continues.
It took just over six minutes into a wild first period against the New Jersey Devils on Thursday for the Toronto Maple Leafs center to score his 67th goal of the season. In the second period, Matthews added his 68th goal.
Matthews’ linemates had been looking for him throughout their first few shifts, and when his new winger, Max Domi, found him wide open in the slot at 6:08 in the first period, he made no mistake, burying a wrist shot over Devils goalie Jake Allen’s blocker.
Midway through the second period, Domi fired another... | ↑ |
28. Sidney Crosby moves into 10th on NHL all-time scoring list, notches 1,000th assist13:33[-/+] | PITTSBURGH —Sidney Crosby made NHL history twice Thursday night.
He scored a goal and two assists for the Pittsburgh Penguins in a 6-5 overtime victory over the Detroit Red Wings at PPG Paints Arena. In doing so, Crosby took sole possession of 10th place on the all-time scoring list while also becoming the 14th player to record at least 1,000 assists.
“That’s cool,” Crosby said, acknowledging he was unaware which players he joined in the top 10.
“I haven’t looked that closely. But to be in that company with all of those players…that means a lot.”
With an assist on... | ↑ |
29. Denver rallies for overtime win over Boston University in Frozen Four semifinal13:33[-/+] | ST. PAUL, Minn. — Tristan Broz, the former University of Minnesota Golden Gopher from Bloomington, Minn, came through with the overtime goal for Denver to beat Boston University 2-1 in an NCAA men’s Frozen Four semifinal game at Xcel Energy Center.
“That’s what every kid dreams of, doing something like that for your team,” Broz said.
The Terriers, in their second straight Frozen Four, took a 1-0 lead in the first period on a short-handed goal by Luke Tuch. But the Pioneers started to turn the corner midway through the game after a tying goal by Tristan Lemyre. Both... | ↑ |
30. Boston College routs Michigan to reach Frozen Four championship game13:33[-/+] | ST. PAUL, Minn. — Boston College continued to roll, delivering a convincing 4-0 win over Michigan on Thursday night at Xcel Energy Center to reach the NCAA men’s Frozen Four national championship game.
The Eagles will be in their first title game since 2012 and will face Denver, which beat Boston University in the other semifinal game, on Saturday.
“Probably the two best teams in the country,” said Boston College winger Gabe Perreault said. “So I’m not surprised it’s us in the end.”
Perreault’s all-freshmen line with Will Smith and Ryan Leonard... | ↑ |
35. ??NHL positioning to potentially move Coyotes to Salt Lake City for 2024-25: Sources13:33[-/+] | The NHL is positioning itself to potentially relocate the Arizona Coyotes to Salt Lake City in time for the 2024-25 season, and updated its board of governors on the situation with a status-report memo Wednesday, according to multiple sources who read the memo.
The status report, per those sources, said that there are a lot of moving parts with the situation and stressed that no decisions had been finalized. Multiple league sources cautioned against framing relocation to Utah as a done deal while confirming that those discussions are happening. While stressing that work needs to be done, one... | ↑ |
39. Maple Leafs to sign Boston University’s Cade Webber: What Toronto is getting in the shutdown defenseman13:33[-/+] | ST. PAUL, Minn. — Cade Webber was among the many devastated Boston University players Thursday night. He pulled his No. 8 sweater over his head in a somber dressing room following the Terriers’ overtime loss in the Frozen Four semifinals.
But the next step awaits Webber, 23, with the senior defenseman telling The Athletic he plans to sign his entry-level deal with the Toronto Maple Leafs and join the team Sunday in Toronto. The hope, Webber said, is for him to join Toronto on their upcoming road trip to Florida, which begins Tuesday against the Florida Panthers.
“It happened a little... | ↑ |
40. Coyotes GM Bill Armstrong tells players relocation to Salt Lake City is possible: Sources13:33[-/+] | By Chris Johnston, Pierre LeBrun and Daniel Nugent-Bowman
Arizona Coyotes general manager Bill Armstrong addressed the team on Friday in Edmonton, confirming that relocation is possible and telling players they’d be given a chance to visit Salt Lake City soon if the move ends up happening, multiple sources close to the situation confirmed to The Athletic.
Armstrong met with the Coyotes before Friday’s game against the Oilers, with players in need of answers after speculation about a move to Salt Lake City soared this past week. He flew from Minnesota to Alberta after attending the... | ↑ |
49. Jack Edwards, longtime Bruins play-by-play announcer, to retire after season13:33[-/+] | Boston Bruins play-by-play announcer Jack Edwards will retire after this season, he announced Tuesday. He has called Bruins games for NESN for 19 seasons.
Jack, you have been the voice of a golden era of Bruins hockey.
Over the course of two decades, you brought passion and authenticity to the NESN broadcast each night as you narrated so many unforgettable moments and memories for B’s fans across New England.
As you enter your… pic.twitter.com/TBQ1Hv9FMT
— x – Boston Bruins (@NHLBruins) April 16, 2024
Edwards, 67, has been struggling with his speech for the last two seasons. | ↑ |
60. Alex Meruelo says ‘hockey belongs in the desert,’ details plan to bring NHL team back to Arizona13:33[-/+] | How realistic is it that hockey will return to the desert in the future after the Arizona Coyotes are set to make the move to Utah next season?
It’s a tall task, but one current team owner Alex Meruelo is determined to get done.
On the “The Burns & Gambo Show” on Thursday, Meruelo said that watching the Coyotes’ last game in Arizona was “gut-wrenching” and “confirms what I already know: that hockey belongs in the desert,” he said. “That’s what we plan on doing in the future, in the near future.”
Meruelo said his intent is... | ↑ |
61. NHL playoff seedings, schedule set: L.A. Kings claim third place in division with late drama13:33[-/+] | The Western Conference playoff matchups were up in the air until the final buzzer sounded on the NHL’s regular season on Thursday night.
The matchups flip-flopped in a matter of minutes, all happening well after midnight on the East Coast, and eventually landed on two rematches from last year’s playoffs.
The Anaheim Ducks’ surprising 4-1 win over Vegas dropped the Golden Knights into the final wild-card spot, setting up a rematch of last year’s Western Conference Final with the Dallas Stars, but that was in question until the final moments of the game between the Kings and the Chicago... | ↑ |
69. Gary Bettman speaks on Coyotes relocation in Arizona and Utah, says Alex Meruelo was ‘losing a lot’ of money13:33[-/+] | SALT LAKE CITY — Gary Bettman wore the same outfit for his two news conferences on Friday in Phoenix and Salt Lake City: A dark navy suit, a crisp blue dress shirt — with an unbuttoned collar and no tie — and black dress shoes.
The expression the commissioner wore on his face, however, was markedly different in each city. During a 35-minute session with reporters at the Hyatt Regency hotel in Phoenix, Bettman was understandably frustrated seated alongside Alex Meruelo. The questions from the assembled media were pointed and direct. The general tone and vibe of the room seemed to be... | ↑ |
71. ??Wild’s John Hynes to coach Team USA at world championships13:33[-/+] | Minnesota Wild coach John Hynes, who has coached several USA Hockey national teams since the late 90s, was named head coach of the 2024 U.S. men’s national team that will compete in the World Championship May 10 to 26 in Czechia, Team USA announced Friday.
Hynes is serving as head coach of the U.S. men’s national team for the third time after stints behind the bench in 2016 and 2019.
He was head coach for three medal-winning U.S. under-18 men’s national teams as well, winning gold in 2006, silver in 2004 and bronze in 2008. He also served as an assistant coach for the U.S. team that... | ↑ |
76. Arizona Coyotes relocating to Utah: NHL board of governors approves sale to Jazz owner13:33[-/+] | The Arizona Coyotes are officially headed to Salt Lake City starting next season, per league sources, after the NHL’s Board of Governors voted in favor of the sale and relocation of the team’s hockey assets on Thursday.
The vote was unanimous.
The transaction is more complex than most. It saw the league act as a broker, with Smith Entertainment Group buying the Coyotes’ hockey-related assets for $1.2 billion — a hybrid transaction with $1 billion going to current owner Alex Meruelo and $200 million earmarked as a relocation fee to be split among existing NHL owners.
The deal,... | ↑ |
78. Canadiens exercise 2-year option on coach Martin St. Louis’ contract13:33[-/+] | The Montreal Canadiens have exercised the two-year option on coach Martin St. Louis’ deal, putting him under contract for three more seasons, the team announced Wednesday.
Les Canadiens ont choisi d'exercer l'option de prolonger le contrat de Martin St-Louis pour deux annees supplementaires. L'entraineur-chef sera de retour pour les trois prochaines saisons.
The Canadiens have chosen to exercise the option on Martin St-Louis' contract for two more… pic.twitter.com/MrokM7HKZd
— Canadiens Montreal (@CanadiensMTL) April 17, 2024
St. Louis took over behind the... | ↑ |
80. Lightning’s Nikita Kucherov becomes fifth player in NHL history with 100 assists in a season13:33[-/+] | Nikita Kucherov continued his historic season, becoming just the fifth player ever to reach 100 assists in a season.
Kucherov picked up his 100th assist against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday. The only other players in NHL history to reach 100 assists in a season are Wayne Gretzky (11 times), Mario Lemieux (1988-89), Bobby Orr (1970-71) and Connor McDavid, who hit the milestone on Monday.
100 ASSISTS FOR KUCH ? pic.twitter.com/tY7UUV9XMr
— x – Tampa Bay Lightning (@TBLightning) April 18, 2024
Any time an NHL record has been reached by just five players in history and... | ↑ |
81. Penguins’ Jeff Carter retires after 19 seasons: ‘It was time’13:33[-/+] | ELMONT, N.Y. — Jeff Carter retired from the NHL in a memorable way, scoring a goal in his final game Wednesday night.
“I kind of knew coming in at the start of the year that this was it,” Carter said after scoring on the power play in the third period of the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 5-4 loss to the New York Islanders at UBS Arena.
“It was time.”
Carter, 39, was joined in New York by his wife, children and other family members. To his surprise, the Islanders requested he take a victory lap that is normally reserved for home team players.
“That was nice,” Carter said. “Bo (Horvat)... | ↑ |
84. Capitals claim 16th and final NHL playoff spot: Current postseason picture and seeding scenarios13:33[-/+] | The Washington Capitals clinched the NHL’s final playoff spot thanks to a 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Flyers on Tuesday night.
Alex Ovechkin and T.J. Oshie each scored a goal in the victory. Oshie’s game-winning goal came with three minutes to go in the third period and the game tied 1-1, scoring on an empty net to give the Capitals the lead. Erik Johnson scored Philadelphia’s only goal but the Flyers also had a first-period marker disallowed when a referee blew the whistle before the puck trickled in past goalie Charlie Lindgren.
Entering Tuesday night’s action, the... | ↑ |
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