Ducks Open the Season Strong

What’s new? Ask that of most people, and you’ll get a “not much” in response. Ask it is the Anaheim Ducks orbit, and you’ll get a little more, from player news to news off the ice.

Bruins Lohrei Sticking to Basics

Bruins Lohrei Sticking to Basics

A shaky performance in Boston's opening night loss to the Florida Panthers earned second-year defenseman Mason Lohrei a night off two nights later for the Bruins home opener. Lohrei responded with two solid performances during Boston's next two games. The 23-year-old...

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Review: NHL 25 Makes Meaningful Strides

Review: NHL 25 Makes Meaningful Strides

EA Sports’ NHL hockey video game series has been the standard for over 30 years. Unfortunately, the past couple years’ releases have been quite disappointing, but NHL 25 breaks that losing streak and delivers a much-improved hockey experience thanks to its ICE-Q artificial intelligence.

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Boston Bruins: Building Blocks In Place

Boston Bruins: Building Blocks In Place

If the depth of the Boston Bruins continues to play as the fourth line did in Thursday night's 6-4 win over the Montreal Canadiens at TD Garden, it could be a successful season for the Causeway Street gang. Newcomers Mark Kastelic (two goals) and Cole Koepke (one goal...

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With a new season underway, here's how a panel of coaches, analytics gurus and former players ranks all 32 teams' netminder depth. [...]

How does the betting market compare between the Yankees, Mets, Giants, Jets, Bills, Knicks, Islanders and Rangers? [...]

As the 2024-25 season gets rolling, here's our updated 1-32 ranking of each club's players in the system. [...]

The Ontario Hockey League said Thursday that it is taking sexual assault allegations against eight former players "very seriously" and will cooperate with any police investigation. [...]

Injured Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov skated Thursday for the first time since leaving a game at Ottawa on Oct. 10 with a lower-body injury, a sign he might be back [...]

Stars goaltender Jake Oettinger, who has a 116-48-23 record since entering the NHL in 2020, has signed an 8-year, $66 million extension with the Stars. [...]

Evgeni Malkin became the 48th player in NHL history to score 500 career goals and Sidney Crosby became the 10th player in NHL history with 1,600 regular-season points in a [...]

Minnesota Wild goalie Filip Gustavsson became just the 15th goaltender to score a goal in NHL history and the first in franchise history. [...]

The Lightning's home opener win over the Canucks on Tuesday night was overshadowed by the impact of two recent major hurricanes. [...]

Alex Ovechkin is the 60th player in NHL history to record 700 career assists, reaching the milestone with his second point Tuesday night in the Capitals' 4-2 victory against the [...]

NCAA HOCKEY

UND vs. Augustana Images

The University of North Dakota Hockey team played an exhibition game against Augustana University in a non-conference exhibition game. UND would lose the game 4-1. This was the first loss for UND since the 1996-97 season. "Our mindset coming...
UND Hockey Fest Pictures

UND Hockey Fest Pictures

The University of North Dakota hockey team held their annual fan feast on Tuesday night. It was an opportunity for UND fans to get their first look at the 2024-25 hockey team. Here are some images from the event.

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UND Hockey Media Day Pictures and Quotes

UND Hockey Media Day Pictures and Quotes

On Wednesday, the University of North Dakota men's hockey team held its annual media day. Here are a few thoughts and pictures from the day. First, I attended practice at 9:00 am. The practice session was intense and workman-like. Here are some...

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I want to be very careful and make sure I preface this correctly. So please remember as you read what I'm about to write: We're two weeks into the season. [...]

Now in its third year as a Division I program, Lindenwood has had its moments before. But this past weekend in Wisconsin was a major milestone. One of what it [...]

The NCAA Division I council introduced legislation on Tuesday to change the longstanding “CHL rule,” which deemed players from the WHL, OHL, and QMJHL ineligible for NCAA hockey [...]

It would be shocking at this point if the NCAA did anything other than eliminate restrictions on Major Junior players joining NCAA teams [...]

The ECAC has a clear favorite this season in Cornell, but after that there are a lot of talented teams that could make a stand. It is an interesting time [...]

When Casey Jones departed to become the head coach in waiting at Cornell, it was a bit shocking for Clarkson. Jones had been the Golden Knights' head coach for 12 [...]

HOCKEY HISTORY

Retro Rangers: One Man’s Fantasy is Another’s Reality

Raise your hand if you ever fantasized about practicing with the Rangers and having a couple of beers with them later on. Well, our fantasies became Gene “Scoop” Koerner’s reality as he did that and much more when he became the Blueshirts practice goalie in the 1970s.

Retro Rangers: Bower and “Gump” Had Much in Common (Part 2 of 2)

Retro Rangers: Bower and “Gump” Had Much in Common (Part 2 of 2)

Goaltenders Lorne “Gump” Worsley and Johnny Bower had a lot in common. Both made their NHL debuts with the New York Rangers in the 1950s, both have earned multiple Vezina Trophies, both are members of the NHL Hall of Fame and both played into their 40s and won four Stanley Cups during their long playing careers. And of course both also had to leave New York to achieve their future success.

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Retro Rangers: Bower and “Gump” Had Much in Common (Part 2 of 2)

Retro Rangers: Bower and “Gump” Had Much in Common (Part 1 of 2)

Goaltenders Lorne “Gump” Worsley and Johnny Bower had a lot in common. Both made their NHL debuts with the New York Rangers in the 1950s, both have earned multiple Vezina Trophies, both are members of the NHL Hall of Fame and both played into their 40s and won four Stanley Cups during their long playing careers. And of course both also had to leave New York to achieve their future success.

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HOCKEY VIDEO GAMES

Review: NHL 25 Makes Meaningful Strides

EA Sports’ NHL hockey video game series has been the standard for over 30 years. Unfortunately, the past couple years’ releases have been quite disappointing, but NHL 25 breaks that losing streak and delivers a much-improved hockey experience thanks to its ICE-Q artificial intelligence.

Review: NHL 25 Makes Meaningful Strides

NHL 25 Out Tomorrow

NHL 25 is due out tomorrow, and it marks the 34th iteration of EA’s hockey video game (dating back to the initial “NHL Hockey” released for Sega Genesis). Featuring the Hughes brothers (Jack, Quinn and Luke) on the cover, here’s a look at what to expect from NHL 25.

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NHL 24 Fails to Deliver

NHL 24 Fails to Deliver

The latest edition of EA Sports’ NHL hockey video game series – NHL 24 – is available now on PlayStation and Xbox. Last season’s release was quite disappointing, and our hope was that NHL 24 would represent a huge leap forward and take full advantage of next-generation console power. Unfortunately, it falls short and disappoints again this time, in some even more critical ways.

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PHOTO GALLERIES

UND Hockey Media Day Pictures and Quotes

On Wednesday, the University of North Dakota men's hockey team held its annual media day. Here are a few thoughts and pictures from the day. First, I attended practice at 9:00 am. The practice session was intense and workman-like. Here are some...
Photo Gallery: Capitals vs Flyers (04/16/2024)

Photo Gallery: Capitals vs Flyers (04/16/2024)

The Washington Capitals clinched the last playoff spot in the Eastern Conference with their 2-1 victory over the Philadelphia Flyers in regulation. Simultaneously, the Capitals victory also ended the Red Wings and Penguins chances at the post-season.

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Seguin (lower body) has been ruled out for Thursday's game against the Capitals and is considered day-to-day. Visit RotoWire.com for more analysis on this update. [...]

Lankinen is slated to guard the road goal against Florida on Thursday, per Ben Kuzma of the Vancouver Sun. Visit RotoWire.com for more analysis on this update. [...]

Toews (lower body) will not be in action versus Anaheim on Friday, Evan Rawal of the Denver Gazette reports. Visit RotoWire.com for more analysis on this update. [...]

Levi will be between the road pipes in Columbus on Thursday. Visit RotoWire.com for more analysis on this update. [...]

Mrazek is set to start in Thursday's home game against San Jose, per Vinnie Parise of The Hockey News. Visit RotoWire.com for more analysis on this update. [...]

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