Photo: @Capitals The Washington Capitals downed the Boston Bruins, 3-1, Tuesday afternoon at Capital One Arena in Washington. Aliaksei Protas scored twice and Logan Thompson stopped 26 of 27 shots faced for the win. The victory improves the Capitals’ record to 25-10-2 (52 points) on the season. The Bruins opened the scoring less than two minutes … Read more
Matthews placed on IR retroactive to December 20, Holmberg, Ekman-Larsson ruled out due to illness Photo credit: John E. Sokolowski-Imagn Images By Arun Srinivasan 17 minutes ago Comments News Matthews placed on IR retroactive to December 20, Holmberg, Ekman-Larsson ruled out due to illness Auston Matthews practices, ruled out vs. Islanders, Oliver Ekman-Larsson absent due to … Read more
Karsen Dorwart and Joey Larson celebrate a goal for Michigan State in the Spartans’ 2-0 win over Northern Michigan Sunday in a GLI semifinal (photo: Michigan State Athletics). Michigan State remains the top-ranked team in the USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll, collecting 41 first-place votes in the Dec. 30 rankings. Boston College is again No. … Read more
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. … American Hockey League President and Chief Executive Officer Scott Howson announced today that AHL alumni Grant Fuhr and Lorne Henning have been selected to serve as the honorary captains for the 2025 AHL All-Star Classic presented by Spotlight 29 Casino, to be held February 2-3 in Palm Desert, Calif. Each year, the All-Star … Read more
The planets have to align just right for it to make sense for the Montreal Canadiens to re-sign Jake Evans. And, admittedly, one of the things that has to go right for the pending unrestricted free agent to get a new offer from the Habs is for him to put together an incredibly unforeseen, statistically … Read more
Photo: @Capitals The Detroit Red Wings downed the Washington Capitals by a score of 4-2 at Little Caesars Arena on Sunday evening. Washington fell to 24-10-2 (.694 points percentage) this season. Washington, who beat the Toronto Maple Leafs, 5-2, on Saturday, won three of their previous four games while Detroit played their second contest under … Read more
Auston Matthews has done some unthinkable things over the past couple of years, and regardless of what your expectations were for the 2016 first-overall pick, turning into a player who’s capable of scoring 60 goals and bringing Selke-level defensive instincts was likely beyond anyone’s expectations. So imagine the surprise when he decided that 60 goals … Read more
Team USA took a 5-1 win over Latvia Saturday afternoon at the World Junior Championship as Danny Nelson (17) popped two goals in the victory (photo: USA Hockey). Danny Nelson (Notre Dame) tallied a pair of goals and James Hagens (Boston College) had two assists to help lift the U.S. National Junior Team to a … Read more
Photo: Ashley Potts The Nashville Predators have acquired forward Ondrej Pavel and a third-round pick in the 2027 NHL Draft from the Colorado Avalanche in exchange for forward Juuso Parssinen and a seventh-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft. Pavel, 24, has recorded two assists in 14 games with the AHL’s Colorado Eagles this season. … Read more
Playing at home has been an abnormally dubious proposition for the Vancouver Canucks this season. Only sporting a 7-7-5 tally when contending at Rogers Arena, the Canucks thought they had righted the ship deep into Saturday’s contest (Dec. 28) versus the Seattle Kraken. The visitors, led by Vince Dunn, had something to say about that … Read more