On the heels of a disappointing loss on home ice on Wednesday night, the Laval Rocket hit the road to try to bounce back in their quest for a North Division title. In front of them on Friday evening were the Bridgeport Islanders, a squad soon moving to familiar ground in Hamilton, Ontario.
Pascal Vincent shuffled his forward lines after the team managed just a single goal against the North’s worst club, with Will Dineen slotting in for Vincent Arseneau on the fourth line. On the third lin...
The 2026 NFL Draft is in Pittsburgh! This draft season, we’ll be scouting as many of the top prospects that the Pittsburgh Steelers could have their eye on. We’ll break down the prospects themselves, strengths and weaknesses, projected draft capital, and their fit with the Steelers. Pitt linebacker Kyle Louis has one of the more […]
The Islanders’ up-down, up-down form hopefully does not continue today when they host the Panthers for a 1 p.m. matinee in Elmont. Florida split two games at home (lost to the Wild, beat the Kraken) after finishing a road trip with a 4-1 loss in Calgary. Yes, they are last-except-for-the-Rangers in the East, but the […]
Who: Dallas Stars (43-18-11, 97 points, 2nd place Central Division) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (36-20-16, 88 points, 2nd place Metropolitan Division) When: 5:00 p.m. eastern How to Watch: Locally broadcast on Sportsnet Pittsburgh and Victory+, streaming on ESPN+ Pens’ Path Ahead: The Penguins have a back-to-back coming up that will have a major impact on the Eastern Conference playoff race. […]
While there are plenty of teams across college hockey with superstar forwards, or with prolific top lines that serve as the focus for opposing teams' defensive game plans, the reality for Denver is — simply — they are not that type of team.Nor do they pretend to be. And Friday, in their dominant 5-0 shutout of Cornell, the Pioneers showed just why they don't need to be. Denver entered the NCAA...
Mercyhurst announced early Friday morning that it was dropping its men's hockey program. The Lakers won four regular-season and three conference tournament championships in their history, but had hit difficult times lately. Coach Rick Gotkin is retiring this year after 37 seasons, and was set to be replaced by assistant Tom Peffal. Gotkin only found out about Mercyhurst's decision Friday morning, ...
It looked as though Matt Basgall’s goal would put the game out of reach and finally send Michigan State back to a Frozen Four, this one in Las Vegas in 10 days.Basgall’s goal extended the Spartans’ lead to 3-1 with 11:27 left in regulation. Even without top-line center Charlie Stramel, who broke his ankle blocking a shot in the first period and exited after just four shifts, the lead felt secure...
With five minutes left in regulation and Wisconsin down by two goals, hope was fading.But not for the Badgers.Just five minutes and two goals separated the Badgers from their first Frozen Four appearance in 16 years. It has been 20 years since they won a national championship. And much like this season, the past two decades have been filled with ups and downs, big wins and some bad losses, not to ...
Montreal Canadiens news and notes
Five game on the road might seem like a daunting schedule for the Canadiens, but that’s where Lane Hutson does his best work. [ TVA Sports ]
An easier schedule than those of their competitors might provide the Canadiens the opportunity to go for home-ice advantage in the opening round. [ La Presse ]
Montreal’s top line has become too productive to split up in an attempt to spread the wealth. [ TVA Sports ]
The Canadiens are building towar...
Ronald Araujo has given a candid interview and spoken about his mental health issues this season that led to him taking a break from football. The defender opted to take some time out after being sent off against Chelsea in the Champions League in a defeat at Stamford Bridge. Araujo says he realised after walking […]
After a heroic goaltending performance lifted Penn State to the Frozen Four last year, the Nittany Lions were on the receiving end of a strong goaltending night in Friday’s 3-1 NCAA Tournament loss to Minnesota-Duluth. Adam Gajan made 29 saves, many of them high-danger, to lift the Bulldogs past Penn State. Shea Van Olm scored […]
Hannah Camenzind saw her pitch on a 1-2 count and in the current parlance, she decided to shoot her shot. It may not have fully eased the pain of a hoops loss to Iowa for Husker Nation, but a win in the first tilt of a three-game Top 10 series against UCLA at least gave […]
The Chicago Blackhawks dropped their second game in a row to the New York Rangers on Friday night, a 6-1 loss that gave the Rangers jus their 10th win at home, 73 games into their season.
With 2:26 remaining in the first period, Nick Lardis opened up scoring after some solid offensive work from the second line and the first D-pair, giving the Hawks a 1-0 lead.
GOAL: Vlasic to Bertuzzi to Lardis to open the scoring! pic.twitter.com/1DmlWxVtp7 — BHF (@BlackhawksFocus) March 27, 2...
A night for the kids—Sykora scores, Fortescue debuts, and Garand earns his first NHL win in a dominant Rangers showing.
Recap of the game.
If the ice in the image to the left looks a little off, this was a real thing in 2005. With the NHL lockout in full effect, the AHL was seeing a pile of stars play nightly who should have been on NHL rosters while the NHL and AHL brass looked at all sorts of options to make the game better during AHL games. The image to the left is from one of those games where the ice was coloured "electric powder blue" , the blue lines were painted almost fluorescent orange , and the red line was painted dar...
With a lack of draft capital, the Edmonton Oilers are looking overseas once again. This time, they signed Czech defenceman Tomáš Cibulka to a two-year entry-level contract that starts in 2026-27. Cibulka, 21, stands six feet tall, 176 pounds, and is a left-shot defenceman who has spent the last two seasons in Czechia. Last season,…
Keeping in mind the quality of opponent, quality of play, and the context of the game, what do you think is the best Edmonton Oilers home win of the season? Take a minute to think about it. It’s easy to figure out the big home-ice disappointments. It’s not so easy to figure out the big…
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The Toronto Maple Leafs have once again dipped into the NCAA free agent pool to nab another prospect, as they continue to try to re-stock their barren asset shelves. 🖊️ We’ve signed defenceman Hayes Hundley to a three-year, entry-level contract beginning in the 2026-27 season He will join the @TorontoMarlies for the remainder of the 2025-26 season on an amateur tryout Details » https://t.co/psrGqUSvoQ pic.twitter.com/xuUXoRhd2B — Toronto Maple Leafs (@MapleLeafs) March 27, 2026 Hayes Hun...
One of the biggest names to watch this coming offseason on the trade market is undoubtedly Vancouver Canucks center Elias Pettersson. With six more years to run on his $92.8 million contract ($11.6M AAV), an extremely intriguing situation could unfold. Which teams can afford to take on a cap hit like that, and which teams are willing to gamble that they can get Pettersson back to his 102-point form of three years ago? For the second straight season, EP40 is having an extremely disa...
The Edmonton Oilers’ chances at finishing first in the Pacific Division hinge on Saturday’s game against the Anaheim Ducks. As it stands, the Oilers are five points behind the Ducks with one additional game played. With just nine games remaining, their odds of finishing first in the division are already pretty slim, but a loss…
Now in a playoff position, the Sceptres need to keep up the winning pace.