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Associated Press Sep 8, 2023, 10:44 AM ET COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Former NHL players Dustin Brown and Jamie Langenbrunner highlight the 2023 U.S. Hockey Hall of Fame class unveiled Friday by USA Hockey. Longtime executive Brian Burke, women’s star Katie King Crowley and official Brian Murphy also are being inducted into the hall at

Sep 8, 2023, 12:41 AM ET Hall of Fame defender Chris Chelios will have his No. 7 jersey retired by the Chicago Blackhawks in a pregame ceremony at the United Center on Feb. 25, 2024, it was announced Thursday night. The news was revealed during a Pearl Jam concert Thursday night at the United Center.

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSep 7, 2023, 02:00 PM ET Close Sean Allen is a fantasy analyst for ESPN.com. He was the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hockey Writer of the Year. You can tweet him @seanard. If your league still uses RW and LW roster positions, I’ll put an “F” in the

Sep 7, 2023, 01:42 PM ET Restricted free agent forward Morgan Frost signed a two-year, $4.2 million contract with the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday. Frost, 24, recorded 46 points (19 goals, 27 assists) in 81 games last season with the Flyers. He led the team with 41 even-strength points (18 goals, 23 assists) and ranked

ARLINGTON, Va. — Connor Bedard circled the ice, waiting for his cue from a hockey card photographer for Upper Deck. He skated purposefully towards an empty net and unleashed a shot. OK, not a shot, but the shot. That quick, powerful release that’s his calling card as an NHL prospect. That skillful snipe that made

Ryan S. Clark, NHL reporterSep 6, 2023, 11:22 PM ET Close Ryan S. Clark is an NHL reporter for ESPN. The Ottawa Senators added to their list of young cornerstones on long-term deals Wednesday by signing defenseman Jake Sanderson to an eight-year contract worth $8.05 million annually. Sanderson, who was named to the NHL All-Rookie

Sep 6, 2023, 06:42 PM ET Former first-round pick Michael Del Zotto retired Wednesday after 13 seasons in the NHL, including his first five with the New York Rangers. Del Zotto, 33, appeared in 26 games in 2021-22 for the Ottawa Senators, his eighth and final team. He did not play last season. Editor’s Picks

Sep 6, 2023, 12:55 PM ET The Arizona Coyotes announced a multiyear extension with general manager Bill Armstrong on Wednesday. Contract terms were not disclosed for Armstrong, 53, who is heading into his fourth season in the position. The Coyotes finished 28-40-14 in 2022-23, a 13-point improvement over the previous season. “For the past three

Sean Allen, Special to ESPN.comSep 6, 2023, 12:00 PM ET Close Sean Allen is a fantasy analyst for ESPN.com. He was the 2008 and 2009 Fantasy Sports Writers Association Hockey Writer of the Year. You can tweet him @seanard. If there’s an argument to be made to separate the forward positions in hockey for fantasy

Associated Press Sep 5, 2023, 07:45 PM ET SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Domestic violence charges have been dropped against Arizona Coyotes minority owner Andrew Barroway, who had been arrested after a dispute with his wife in Colorado last spring. Barroway issued a statement Tuesday saying the district attorney’s office in Pitkin County, Colorado, had decided to

Sep 5, 2023, 06:02 PM ET The Boston Bruins signed veteran forward Danton Heinen to a professional tryout agreement Tuesday. Heinen, 28, broke into the NHL with the Bruins in 2016 after they selected him in the fourth round of the 2014 draft. Editor’s Picks Heinen went on to play for Boston (2016-20), the Anaheim

Associated Press Sep 5, 2023, 05:41 PM ET ARLINGTON, Va. — When the Chicago Blackhawks selected Connor Bedard with the first pick in the draft this summer, the player considered hockey’s next superstar slipped on his new team’s jersey over a dress shirt and tie. Bedard got his latest welcome-to-the-NHL moment Tuesday, skating around on

ESPN News Services Sep 4, 2023, 07:19 PM ET Brad Maxwell, who spent parts of nine seasons of a 10-year NHL career as a defenseman for the Minnesota North Stars, died on Sunday due to lung cancer that had spread through his body. He was 66. Maxwell was Minnesota’s No. 7 overall pick of the

Natalie Darwitz, who won three medals with the U.S. women’s national team, is among the inaugural group of general managers in the new Professional Women’s Hockey League. The first six general managers in the PWHL — a six-team league that will debut in January — are Darwitz (Minnesota), Danielle Marmer (Boston), Pascal Daoust (New York),

Associated Press Aug 31, 2023, 06:23 PM ET NHL free agent forward Patrick Kane told The Associated Press on Thursday he has been on the ice about 20 times already and is on track, if not ahead of the initial four-to-six-month projection, in returning to play since having hip resurfacing surgery on June 1. “It’s

Greg Wyshynski, ESPNAug 31, 2023, 09:00 AM ET Close Greg Wyshynski is ESPN’s senior NHL writer. Whenever I think about how an offseason signing in the NHL can impact the following trade deadline, I think of Taylor Hall. Please recall back in 2020 when the talented left wing didn’t find the long-term contract he wanted

Associated Press Aug 30, 2023, 05:09 PM ET Carl Hagelin has decided to retire from the NHL at age 35, citing an eye injury that has kept him out of game action for nearly a year and a half. Hagelin has not played since taking an errant stick to his left eye during Washington Capitals

Kristen Shilton, ESPN NHL reporterAug 30, 2023, 01:25 PM ET Close Kristen Shilton is a national NHL reporter for ESPN. The Toronto Maple Leafs are sticking with head coach Sheldon Keefe. The Maple Leafs announced a multiyear contract extension for their bench boss Wednesday, putting to rest conversation about whether Keefe would remain with Toronto