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7:58 PM ET Associated Press MONCTON, New Brunswick — Minnesota freshman Jimmy Snuggerud scored twice and the United States rebounded from a loss to beat Switzerland 5-1 on Thursday in the world junior hockey championship. Logan Cooley had a goal and an assist, captain Luke Hughes and Tyler Boucher also scored and Trey Augustine made

7:00 AM ET The Winter Classic is an annual outdoor hockey game with an annual timeline for fan arguments. They begin when the venue is announced — “Fenway Park … again?” — and continue when the participants are revealed — “The Pittsburgh Penguins … again?” But the arguments reach their apex when the uniforms for

7:43 PM ET ESPN News Services MONCTON, New Brunswick — Dalibor Dvorsky, Robert Baco and Filip Mesar scored in a 3:19 span in the second period and Slovakia upset the United States 6-3 on Wednesday in the world junior championship. Libor Nemec, Peter Repcik and Alex Ciernik also scored for Slovakia and captain Simon Nemec,

4:30 PM ET ESPN News Services The Toronto Maple Leafs were fined $100,000 by the NHL on Wednesday for a travel violation during the league’s holiday break. The Maple Leafs’ flight to St. Louis on Monday was in violation of the collective bargaining agreement between the NHL and the NHL Players’ Association. Teams are limited

6:46 PM ET Associated Press MONCTON, New Brunswick — Oliver Kapanen and Joakim Kemell each had a goal and an assist as Finland beat Slovakia 5-2 on Tuesday at the world junior hockey championship. Jani Nyman also scored during Finland’s three-goal second period. Sami Paivarinta and Brad Lambert had the other goals for the Finns.

6:38 PM ET The Los Angeles Kings placed forward Arthur Kaliyev on injured reserve Tuesday, clearing the way for a return of a prized prospect. Kaliyev’s transaction is retroactive to Dec. 20 while he recovers from a lower-body injury. The 21-year-old winger has nine goals and 19 points in 34 games for the Kings. After

1:56 PM ET Associated Press ST. LOUIS — St. Louis Blues defenseman Torey Krug was placed on injured reserve Tuesday with a lower-body injury and will be reevaluated in six weeks. Krug, 31, has five goals and 12 assists in 31 games this season, his third with St. Louis. He will be a long-term IR

9:36 PM ET Associated Press HALIFAX, Nova Scotia — Jaroslav Chmelar and Matous Mensik scored 33 seconds apart during a five-minute power play as the Czech Republic stunned Canada 5-2 in the opener for both countries at the world junior hockey championship on Monday. Stanislav Svozil and David Spacek had a goal and an assist

5:44 PM ET Associated Press BUFFALO, N.Y. — The Buffalo Sabres‘ game at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Tuesday was postponed by the NHL on Monday because Buffalo International Airport remains closed due to a severe winter storm that has paralyzed the region. A makeup date has yet to be determined. A travel ban is

7:56 PM ET Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin passed Gordie Howe for second in all-time NHL goals with 802, scoring twice against the visiting Winnipeg Jets on Friday night. Ovechkin tied Howe with a goal at 1:38 of the first period and then passed him on an empty-netter with one minute remaining in the third

1:22 AM ET Associated Press NEW YORK — Minnesota Wild forward Mason Shaw was suspended by the NHL for two games on Friday for kneeing San Jose Sharks forward Evgeny Svechnikov. The 24-year-old Shaw will miss games on Tuesday night at the Winnipeg Jets and Thursday night at home against the Dallas Stars. Based on

7:01 AM ET The IIHF World Junior Championship has become ubiquitous — in hockey circles at least — with the Christmas holiday season. And the tournament returns this year to its usual place of honor. That’s after the 2022 championship was shuttered in December 2021 amid a spike of COVID-19 cases within the Edmonton “bubble,”

7:00 AM ET The NHL’s holiday break can’t come soon enough for some teams, while other clubs seem to have hit a new stride as winter officially begins. How far did the New Jersey Devils fall this week? Which Eastern Conference team surged up seven spots? We rank all 32 teams here, and offer a

Dec 22, 2022 The Boston Bruins revealed findings and subsequent procedural changes on Thursday from an independent review conducted on their signing of Mitchell Miller. That investigation, led by former U.S. Attorney General Loretta Lynch of the law firm Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison, parsed through thousands of documents related to Boston’s signing of

9:31 PM ET Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin is now the NHL’s all-time leader in shots on goal. Ovechkin’s shot with 11 minutes, 14 seconds remaining in the third period at the Ottawa Senators on Thursday night gave him 6,210 shots on goal in his career in 1,309 games. That topped the total of Hockey

8:00 AM ET It doesn’t matter if they’ve been naughty or nice, every NHL team is getting a gift from us this holiday season. Some of these gifts are clearly off their wish lists. Other gifts are the kind that you don’t realize you need until you’re given it, and then it makes perfect sense.

7:55 AM ET The kiss cam at sporting events can be equal parts awkward, romantic, funny and festive. Perhaps that’s why it has now inspired a made-for-TV holiday romantic comedy, a genre that unabashedly embraces all of those traits. In “Merry Kiss Cam,” which is streaming on Hulu, artist Jess (Katie Lowes) and bartender Danny

5:39 PM ET Associated Press A major winter storm projected to affect much of the eastern United States this week prompted the NHL on Wednesday to postpone the Buffalo Sabres‘ home game against the Tampa Bay Lightning two days before it was scheduled to be played. The decision was made in part because it backed