Following their day off on Thursday, the Leafs returned to practice on Friday morning as they get set for their home and home with the Detroit Red Wings. We kicked off the Friday edition of Leafs Morning Take by addressing Thursday night’s 14 game card in the NHL. Remarkably, there are ZERO games tonight. That’s … Read more
It didn’t take New York Islanders’ rookie defenceman, Matthew Schaefer, long to drop his name into the NHL’s history book. In fact, it was just over 17 minutes that Schaefer played in his first career NHL game and it came with an all-time record as well for the 18-year-old. Just over 12 minutes into the … Read more
The Toronto Maple Leafs figure to be a very competitive team in 2025-26, though their roster makeup will be significantly different. That, of course, is due to the fact that they traded away Mitch Marner, who has been one of their offensive catalysts since breaking into the NHL in 2016-17. Related: Ex-Maple Leafs Forward Marner … Read more
BRIAN GIBBONS Army West Point has announced the addition of Brian Gibbons to the coaching staff as an assistant coach. Gibbons arrives at West Point following a year-long stint as an assistant coach with the USHL’s Green Bay Gamblers. While with the Gamblers, Gibbons helped coach five NHL draft picks, 16 NCAA Division I commits, … Read more
The MLB season passed its midpoint this past week. Yardbarker’s MLB writers took the opportunity to come together to hand out some first-half grades for the American League teams. (Records and stats are entering play on Monday.) AL East Tampa Bay Rays third baseman Junior Caminero throws to first base for an out in the … Read more
Frank Nazar had an impressive stint with the Chicago Blackhawks last season. After being called up to the NHL on Dec. 13, he skated in 53 games and registered 12 goals and 14 assists. The 21-year-old forward impressed with his explosive skating and high hockey IQ. Of course, he’s hardly scratched the surface of his … Read more
Imagine this. You’re up 10-4. Game 3. Match point to win the gold medal at the US Open. And you think, ‘you know what, let’s make this interesting.’ Instead of serving the ball in to play, you rip it directly at your unsuspecting opponent at the net. Point. Game. Match. Gold medal secured. 💡 Love … Read more
Photo: @Capitals The Washington Capitals beat the San Jose Sharks by a score of 5-1 on Saturday to conclude their three-game California road trip with a 2-1-0 record and the team is now 44-15-8 (.716 points percentage) overall this season. Captain Alex Ovechkin scored his 887th career NHL goal, eight shy of passing Wayne Gretzky’s … Read more
London was calling and Newcastle answered with a 1-0 win in their final dress rehearsal before Sunday’s big Carabao Cup final. It wasn’t pretty, with both the Magpies and West Ham appearing to be stuck in the mud for vast portions of the game, but Howe’s side got the job done thanks to a lunging … Read more
Photo: @Capitals The Washington Capitals downed the Seattle Kraken, 4-2, Sunday afternoon at Capital One Arena in the District. The victory improves the Capitals’ record to 42-14-8 (92 points) on the season. LINEUP Charlie Lindgren (14-10-3, 2.66 GAA, .897 sv%) got the start between the pipes for the Capitals. Joey Daccord (21-17-11, 2.64 GAA, .911 sv%) got … Read more