| 7. Capitals, Wizards to remain at Capital One Arena as Potomac Yard proposal falls through20:51[-/+] Josh Robbins, David Aldridge and Ben Standig
WASHINGTON — The Washington Wizards and Washington Capitals will remain at Capital One Arena through at least 2050 if, as expected, an agreement between Ted Leonsis and Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser passes the D.C. Council.
Leonsis, the principal owner of the teams, signed a letter of intent late Wednesday afternoon formalizing an agreement between his parent company, Monumental Sports and Entertainment, and the city.
Leonsis called Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin and the mayor of Alexandria, Va., Justin M. Wilson, early Wednesday afternoon to... | ↑ |
8. Canucks goalie Thatcher Demko placed on LTIR with knee injury20:51[-/+] The Vancouver Canucks placed goalie Thatcher Demko on long-term injury reserve retroactively Wednesday with a knee injury, the team announced. Forward Arshdeep Bains has been recalled from the Abbotsford Canucks in the AHL in the corresponding move.
Canucks fans shouldn’t worry about what this means for Demko. He was likely just placed on LTIR retroactively to create cap space/a roster spot for Arshdeep Bains’ recall. Bains’ recall creates extra forward insurance which, if anything, could say something about Elias Lindholm’s injury status. Lindholm was not on the ice for Wednesday’s... | ↑ |
15. Martin St. Louis ‘proud’ of Canadiens as he returns to bench after personal leave20:51[-/+] Martin St. Louis returned to the Montreal Canadiens on Monday, arriving at their team hotel and individually greeting every player.
It was to say thank you.
St. Louis will be behind the Canadiens bench Tuesday when they face the Colorado Avalanche in Denver, 10 days after he had to leave the team in Calgary to attend to what was described as a family matter.
The Canadiens confirmed Monday in a press release that St. Louis’ youngest son, Mason, 16, had been injured in a hockey game and had to be hospitalized after complications from the injury arose about a week later. He is now in stable... | ↑ |
21. Penguins secure stolen Jaromir Jagr bobbleheads, will distribute them in April20:51[-/+] PITTSBURGH — The Pittsburgh Penguins have procured the Jaromir Jagr bobbleheads that went missing earlier this month, the team announced Monday.
The Penguins said they were notified last week that a special cargo recovery team had negotiated the return of the stolen bobbleheads. A truck carrying the bobbleheads departed from Ontario, Calif., and arrived in Pittsburgh on Monday, according to a team statement.
The Penguins said the bobbleheads are expected to arrive at PPG Paints Arena within the next week.
THE JAGR BOBBLEHEADS ARE HOME!
Full details on how to redeem your @68Jagr bobblehead... | ↑ |
26. Oilers’ Zach Hyman scores his 50th goal of season in loss to Senators20:51[-/+] Heading into the weekend, it seemed like it was only a matter of time before Edmonton Oilers winger Zach Hyman scored his 50th goal — and it happened in Ottawa on Sunday.
After scoring for the 49th time in the third period of a loss in Toronto — his former team — on Saturday, Hyman reached the half-century mark in arguably the most appropriate way possible.
With the Oilers on a power play in the second period, Hyman stationed himself to the side of the net — just to the right of Senators goaltender Joonas Korpisalo — immediately after the Oilers won a faceoff. The puck was worked... | ↑ |
27. Ohio State defeats Wisconsin to win NCAA women’s hockey national championship20:51[-/+] DURHAM, N.H. — The Ohio State Buckeyes defeated the Wisconsin Badgers 1-0 to win the program’s second NCAA championship on Sunday.
The game — a rematch of the 2023 championship, which ended in a 1-0 Wisconsin victory — was scoreless through the first two periods. Joy Dunne, the national rookie of the year, scored the first and only goal of a tense, evenly-matched championship game featuring the top two teams in the national rankings.
“That was one helluva game,” said Ohio State head coach Nadine Muzerall. “Whoever scored in the third I thought was going to win the game, just... | ↑ |
28. Maple Leafs’ Ilya Samsonov ‘going to be fine’ after exiting game vs. Oilers with injury20:51[-/+] Ilya Samsonov is OK after all.
The Toronto Maple Leafs goaltender appeared to suffer a serious injury on the Edmonton Oilers’ third goal late in regulation Saturday night. Samsonov was sprawled face-first on the ice afterward and had to be helped to the dressing room.
Samsonov looks to be hurt after the Draisaitl goal pic.twitter.com/Kd7PTdEYgq
— Omar (@TicTacTOmar) March 24, 2024
“It looks like he’s going to be fine,” Leafs coach Sheldon Keefe said. “It’s not anything near what it appeared or what I thought it might have been.”
Samsonov ended... | ↑ |
29. Cornell’s Izzy Daniel wins 2024 Patty Kazmaier Award: Why she won20:51[-/+] DURHAM, N.H. — Izzy Daniel won the 2024 Patty Kazmaier Award on Saturday — given to the top women’s college hockey player in the nation — becoming the first player from Cornell to claim the honor.
Daniel — who was named the ECAC and Ivy League Player of the Year — beat out Wisconsin Badgers forwards Casey O’Brien and Kirsten Simms.
Triple Crown COMPLETE ?
Izzy Daniel has earned Ivy League Player of The Year… ECAC Hockey Player of The Year… and now becomes the FIRST Cornellian ever to claim the Patty Kazmaier Memorial Award!#YellCornell? pic.twitter.com/RfsM9tNffD... | ↑ |
33. Capitals’ Tom Wilson suspended 6 games for high-sticking Noah Gregor20:51[-/+] Tom Wilson’s past has left him with no benefit of the doubt in the present, which is why the NHL’s department of player safety handed the Washington Capitals forward a six-game suspension Friday for high-sticking Noah Gregor of the Toronto Maple Leafs.
The play in question was careless, or even reckless, but it didn’t appear to be malicious. You can count Gregor among those who thought the one-handed chop he took to the face was accidental.
Still, that wasn’t enough to keep Wilson from matching the longest suspension handed out during this NHL season.
Wilson will... | ↑ |
42. Capitals’ Tom Wilson offered in-person hearing, could face lengthy suspension20:51[-/+] Washington Capitals winger Tom Wilson is facing the possibility of a lengthy suspension after being offered an in-person hearing by the NHL’s department of player safety on Thursday for high-sticking Toronto Maple Leafs forward Noah Gregor.
Wilson is no stranger to the NHL’s supplementary discipline process, having been suspended five times and fined an addition three times throughout his career. That included a 15-month stretch in 2017 and 2018 where Wilson had multiple in-person meetings with George Parros, the league’s senior vice president of player safety, to discuss curbing... | ↑ |
55. Chris Simon, ex-NHL player and Stanley Cup champion with Avalanche, dies at 5220:51[-/+] Former NHL left winger and enforcer Chris Simon died at the age of 52. The NHL and several of his former teams confirmed the news Tuesday.
The 15-year NHL veteran of Ojibwe descent played for seven franchises including the Quebec Nordiques and Colorado Avalanche, the Washington Capitals, the Calgary Flames, the New York Islanders, the Chicago Blackhawks, the New York Rangers and the Minnesota Wild.
The Philadelphia Flyers drafted Simon with the 25th pick in 1990 and traded him to Quebec as part of the seismic Eric Lindros deal that sent the center to Philadelphia.
The NHL Alumni Association... | ↑ |
57. Flyers captain Sean Couturier will be healthy scratch vs. Maple Leafs20:51[-/+] A little more than a month after he was named as the 20th captain in franchise history, Sean Couturier will be a healthy scratch Tuesday night when the Philadelphia Flyers host the Toronto Maple Leafs at Wells Fargo Center.
In 64 games this season, Couturier has 11 goals and 25 assists for 36 points. It’s been a struggle for him in the second half, though. Since missing two games with an undisclosed injury on Jan. 13-15, Couturier has just one goal and six assists in his last 24 games, as well as a team-low minus-17 rating.
Flyers general manager Daniel Briere said that the decision was... | ↑ |
58. Jets coach Rick Bowness sidelined after ‘minor medical procedure’, Scott Arniel to serve as interim20:51[-/+] Winnipeg Jets coach Rick Bowness will miss time after having a minor medical procedure, and associate coach Scott Arniel will serve as interim head coach in Bowness’ absence, the team announced Tuesday.
The absence will be brief, and Bowness could be back with the team by the weekend, Arniel told reporters Tuesday.
pic.twitter.com/0dxK50Gy8m
— Winnipeg Jets PR (@WpgJetsPR) March 19, 2024
The Jets (43-19-5) are first in the Central Division, second in the Western Conference and are on the road against the New York Rangers on Tuesday night. Bowness owns an 89-52-8 record at the... | ↑ |
60. Konstantin Koltsov, former NHL player and former boyfriend of Aryna Sabalenka, dies aged 4220:51[-/+] Konstantin Koltsov, the former professional hockey player and former boyfriend of tennis player Aryna Sabalenka, has died at the age of 42.
“It is with deep sorrow that we inform you that the coach of Salavat Yulaev, Konstantin Koltsov, has passed away,” his Russian club Salavat Yulaev, which is based in the Russian city of Ufa, said in a statement. “He was a strong and cheerful person, he was loved and respected by players, colleagues, and fans. Konstantin Evgenievich forever wrote himself into the history of our club.
“May he rest in peace.”
In a statement of... | ↑ |
66. Capitals’ Ovechkin joins Howe, Shanahan as only players with 19 straight 20-goal seasons20:51[-/+] CALGARY — Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin scored his 20th and 21st goals of the season on Monday night against the Calgary Flames. Ovechkin has reached the 20-goal plateau in 19 consecutive seasons, joining Gordie Howe and Brendan Shanahan as the only others to have accomplished the feat.
NINE! TEEN! 20-GOAL SEASONS FOR THE #GR8 pic.twitter.com/OOctfO6y3J
— Washington Capitals (@Capitals) March 19, 2024
Ron Francis, Dave Andreychuk and Jaromir Jagr have scored 20 goals in at least 19 seasons but did not record them in consecutive years.
Ovechkin now has 843 career... | ↑ |
68. Wayne Simmonds retires; forward will sign 1-day contract with Flyers, who will celebrate forward in April20:51[-/+] Wayne Simmonds, who spent 15 seasons in the NHL with six different teams, announced his retirement from the NHL on Monday.
Simmonds spent the bulk of his career with the Philadelphia Flyers, who will honor the forward before a home game against the New Jersey Devils on April 13. Of his 1,037 career games, 584 came with the Flyers from 2011-12 to 2018-19. He will sign a one-day contract before the ceremony.
Congrats, @Simmonds17!
The Flyers will sign Wayne Simmonds to a one-day contract and celebrate his career on Saturday, April 13 at @WellsFargoCtr. https://t.co/XPKtd27hDM
—... | ↑ |
76. Wild’s comeback bid falls short in shootout loss: Key takeaways vs. Blues20:51[-/+] For as much progress as the Minnesota Wild seemed to make on their recent run — 5-0-1 in the last couple of weeks — they knew this game against the St. Louis Blues would be massive.
This is one of the teams they’re battling with in the standings, and they could ill afford to drop another one in St. Louis like they did a couple of weeks ago. That’s what made Minnesota’s third-period comeback — erasing a two-goal deficit— such a key moment in this playoff chase.
Marc-Andre Fleury, making his fourth straight start, was terrific again with 35 saves and gave the Wild a... | ↑ |
77. Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis stepping away from team indefinitely for family reasons20:51[-/+] Montreal Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis will be away from the team indefinitely for family reasons, the Canadiens announced Saturday.
In St. Louis’ absence, assistant coach Trevor Letowski will assume head coaching duties. The organization did not provide further details.
Canadiens head coach Martin St-Louis will be away from the team for family reasons.
Read ?https://t.co/RPNjhwmagU
— Canadiens Montreal (@CanadiensMTL) March 16, 2024
In an interview on TVA Sports during the first intermission of their game against the Calgary Flames on Saturday, Canadiens defenseman David... | ↑ |
80. Winnipeg Jets F Gabriel Vilardi out due to enlarged spleen. How does it impact lineup?20:51[-/+] Gabriel Vilardi will miss an unknown amount of time recovering from an enlarged spleen, Rick Bowness told reporters on Friday. The ailment was discovered while Vilardi was being evaluated for a separate, unnamed upper-body injury. It’s a frustrating turn of events for a player who was a big part of the Winnipeg Jets’ December rise through the NHL standings.
The unknown duration of his absence is a point of concern. This is Vilardi’s third medical absence of his first Jets season, following a short-term lower-body injury in January and a six-week absence due to a sprained MCL... | ↑ |
81. Blues’ Doug Armstrong named as Canada’s GM for 2026 Winter Olympics20:51[-/+] Team Canada has named Doug Armstrong general manager of its men’s ice hockey team for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, the organization announced Friday.
Doug Armstrong has been named Hockey Canada's General Manager for the 2026 Winter Olympic games. #stlblues
MORE ?? https://t.co/TeHP49JmYb https://t.co/TeHP49JmYb
— St. Louis Blues (@StLouisBlues) March 15, 2024
Armstrong, 59, will also “oversee the appointment of management groups that will lead Team Canada at various events over the next two seasons,” such as the 2024 IIHF World Championships and 2025... | ↑ |
82. Blue Jackets prospect charged with DUI in Nova Scotia20:51[-/+] Jordan Dumais, a top prospect for the Columbus Blue Jackets, has been suspended for five games by his junior club after being charged by police with driving under the influence this month in Halifax, Nova Scotia.
Dumais, who turns 20 on April 15, was cited at 2:20 a.m. on March 1 and charged with operating a motor vehicle while impaired and operating a motor vehicle with a blood-alcohol contact level in excess of 0.08 percent, according to Halifax police public information officer Paul DesRochers.
He will face the charges at a later date in Halifax Provincial Court, DesRochers said. No other... | ↑ |
88. Corey Perry, Blackhawks, NHLPA resolve dispute over his contract termination20:51[-/+] By Scott Powers, Joe Smith and Chris Johnston
Corey Perry, the Chicago Blackhawks and the NHL Players’ Association resolved a dispute over Perry’s contract termination by the Blackhawks earlier this season, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly said Thursday.
Daly declined to comment further on the situation Thursday. He said in February that the NHLPA had “threatened” to file a grievance over Perry’s contract termination.
A Blackhawks spokesperson also declined comment when asked about a resolution on Thursday.
“I’m pleased that we were able to resolve this dispute to... | ↑ |
91. Shipment of Jaromir Jagr bobbleheads stolen, prompting Penguins to postpone giveaway20:51[-/+] In the depths of a disappointing season, the Pittsburgh Penguins planned to give their fans a reason to rejoice Thursday by handing out collectible bobbleheads of team legend Jaromir Jagr to those in attendance.
One problem: The bobbleheads are missing.
A shipment of bobbleheads meant to honor the franchise’s iconic winger was stolen after the cargo arrived in California, the team said, and they will no longer be distributed at Thursday’s game against the San Jose Sharks. The real, life-sized Jagr will attend the game, but fans hoping to receive the mini figurines made in his... | ↑ |
97. Rangers’ Matt Rempe suspended 4 games for elbowing Devils’ Jonas Siegenthaler20:51[-/+] New York Rangers forward Matt Rempe has been suspended four games for elbowing New Jersey Devils defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler during Monday night’s game, a 3-1 win for New York, the NHL announced Tuesday.
Rempe delivered an elbow to Siegenthaler’s jaw late in the second period, knocking him out of the game and earning a five-minute major for elbowing and a game misconduct.
Devils forward Kurtis MacDermid was also given a 10-minute misconduct for attempting to fight Rempe.
The 6-foot-7, 21-year-old Rangers rookie has become a sensation around the league with four fights and two... | ↑ |
98. Former player Anson Carter, investors formally request NHL expansion to Atlanta20:51[-/+] The NHL’s potential return to the Atlanta metro area, an idea that has spent years gaining momentum, took another step toward reality Tuesday.
A group of investors fronted by former NHL player Anson Carter formally requested “to commence an expansion process,” per a statement from the group, according to multiple reports Tuesday. Smith Entertainment Group, the owners of the NBA’s Utah Jazz, made a similar request in January, with the aim of bringing a team to Salt Lake City.
The 32-team NHL isn’t formally pursuing expansion, but the last new franchise, Seattle,... | ↑ |
99. Thatcher Demko week-to-week with lower-body injury. What does it mean for Canucks?20:51[-/+] Vancouver Canucks star goaltender Thatcher Demko is out week-to-week with a lower-body injury, Canucks head coach Rick Tocchet confirmed on Tuesday morning.
The Athletic’s Rick Dhaliwal has reported that Demko is dealing with a knee injury.
Demko, 28, has played at a Vezina Trophy level this season, leading all NHL netminders in wins while starting 49 games for Vancouver. Demko gingerly left the club’s 5-0 victory over the Winnipeg Jets on Saturday and was replaced by Casey DeSmith.
With six weeks remaining before the playoffs, Demko’s injury absence will be nerve-racking for Canucks... | ↑ |
100. Sabres to open season with games in Germany, Czechia as part of 2024 NHL Global Series20:51[-/+] BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres are going to be starting the 2024-25 season in Europe as part of the 2024 NHL Global Series. The league announced the Sabres will play an exhibition game on Sept. 27 against Red Bull Munich in Munich, Germany before heading to Prague, Czechia to play two regular-season games against the New Jersey Devils on Oct. 4 and 5.
The games between the Sabres and Devils will be the first of two European showcases for the NHL next season. The Florida Panthers and Dallas Stars will head to Finland in November for two games.
This is the Sabres’ third trip to Europe... | ↑ |
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