4:57 PM ET ESPN News Services ST. PAUL, Minn. — The Minnesota Wild signed former Anaheim Ducks center Sam Steel to a one-year, $825,000 contract on Tuesday, adding depth at a vital position. The 24-year-old Steel played in a career-most 68 games for the Ducks last season, collecting six goals, 14 assists and a career-high
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Aug 30, 2022 Mike Sullivan, the winningest coach in Pittsburgh Penguins history, has agreed to a new contract that runs through the 2026-27 season. Sullivan, 54, has two years remaining on a contract that he signed in 2019. Once that deal concludes following the 2023-24 season, Sullivan’s new three-year contract extension will kick in. “Mike
Aug 30, 2022 The Premier Hockey Federation unveiled the Montreal Force as its newest expansion franchise on Tuesday. In introducing the PHF’s seventh team, the women’s hockey league also shared the logo and jerseys ahead of the Force’s inaugural 2022-23 campaign. Montreal’s colors will be maroon, white and black, with a primary logo featuring a
8:52 PM ET ESPN News Services SAN JOSE, Calif. — The San Jose Sharks traded goaltender Adin Hill to the division rival Vegas Golden Knights for a 2024 fourth-round pick. The Sharks had a glut at goalie with James Reimer and Kaapo Kahkonen slated to be the top two options, leading to the decision to
2:21 PM ET The Vegas Golden Knights are staying in-house to replace injured starting goaltender Robin Lehner, who will miss the 2022-23 NHL season for double hip surgery. General manager Kelly McCrimmon said Vegas will have a goaltending tandem of eight-year NHL veteran Laurent Brossoit plus Logan Thompson, who has played in 20 NHL career
11:25 PM ET The Vegas Golden Knights scooped up one of the last remaining notable free agents Wednesday, agreeing to a one-year deal with American forward Phil Kessel. The deal carries a price tag of $1.5 million, and ensures another veteran presence on a team looking to return to the Stanley Cup Playoffs after missing
Aug 24, 2022 Associated Press COLUMBUS, Ohio — Columbus Blue Jackets center Alexandre Texier will not join the team for the upcoming season because of unspecified personal problems. The Blue Jackets said in a release Wednesday that the 22-year-old native of Saint-Martin-d’Hères, France, would not be with the team for the 2022-23 season, “per the
Aug 24, 2022 The NHL doesn’t anticipate any Russian players having issues with obtaining visas this season, deputy commissioner Bill Daly told ESPN on Wednesday. “We’re expecting them all to be good — and in North America,” Daly said while attending the league’s European media tour in Paris. “That whole situation is difficult, but kind
11:00 AM ET As a young hockey fan, Trevor Zegras would dream about pulling off video-game moves as an NHL player. Now he’s on the cover of “NHL 23,” a video game that features a move named in his honor that he made famous as an Anaheim Ducks rookie sensation last season. “It’s weird. I
11:00 AM ET Sarah Nurse was on vacation, having just helped Team Canada to Olympic gold in Beijing, when the call arrived. It was EA Sports. They were wondering if Nurse was interested in making history. “They asked me if I wanted to be on the cover of NHL 23 and I was like, ‘Sure,
Aug 24, 2022 Anaheim Ducks forward Trevor Zegras and Team Canada forward Sarah Nurse are the cover athletes for NHL 23, EA Sports announced Wednesday, noting that Nurse is the first women’s hockey player to grace the cover of its NHL video game. “It’s something that I never even thought was in the realm of
8:05 AM ET The Premier Hockey Federation and ESPN have agreed to a two-year broadcasting extension for the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons. The PHF, North America’s only professional women’s hockey league, debuted on ESPN platforms last season. The Isobel Cup championship final aired on ESPN2 in March, marking the network’s first linear broadcast of professional
12:53 PM ET The Carolina Hurricanes continued their extensive lineup makeover with the signing of veteran center Paul Stastny. The 36-year-old gets a one-year, $1.5 million contract for what will be his 17th season in the league. There were younger, faster centers available in this summer’s open market, but Stastny is a consistent, durable, second-
12:22 PM ET Associated Press EAST MEADOW, N.Y. — The New York Islanders have signed defensemen Noah Dobson and Alexander Romanov to three-year contracts. The Islanders also announced Monday the signing of forward Kieffer Bellows to a one-year deal. All three were restricted free agents. Contract terms were not immediately available. Dobson led Islanders defensemen
11:40 PM ET ESPN News Services EDMONTON, Alberta — Columbus Blue Jackets center Kent Johnson scored at 3:20 of three-on-three overtime to give Canada a 3-2 victory over Finland on Saturday night for its record-extending 19th world junior hockey title. Johnson, the No. 5 overall pick in the 2021 NHL draft, tucked home his own
7:15 PM ET Associated Press EDMONTON, Alberta — Dylan Garand made 31 saves, Kent Johnson had a goal and two assists and Canada beat the Czech Republic 5-2 on Friday to advance to the world junior hockey championship game. Canada will face Finland — a 1-0 winner over Sweden in the second semifinal — for
7:00 AM ET Like every good summer binge watch, the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship hasn’t been short on drama. Its biggest plot twist so far? The ouster of defending gold medal champion Team USA, which fell 4-2 to Czechia in Wednesday’s quarterfinal matchup. The United States had been unbeaten through preliminary tournament action, and
7:26 PM ET Associated Press MONTREAL — Montreal Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes said news about Carey Price‘s knee is “discouraging” and that the star goaltender may not play this season. Speaking Thursday after acquiring forward Sean Monahan from Calgary, Hughes said it was unlikely that Price would be able to return without first undergoing