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Connor McDavid has been waiting his entire life for this moment. Representing Canada on the international Olympic stage, a chance to be “pulling on that sweater, being in a room with the different generations of great players,” as he said in his Players’ Tribune piece last week, is something that’s taken far too long to…
Canada's 5-0 win over Finland featured the most out LGBTQ players ever in a single Winter Olympics ice hockey match. The post With 11 out players, this was the gayest hockey game in Olympic history appeared first on Outsports .
The youth movement continues. Following in the footsteps of yesterdays impressive performance from Slovakia’s Juraj Slafkovsky, it was the youngest player on the vaunted team Canada who put the favorites on the board first. With just five seconds remaining in the first period against Czechia, the budding superstar from San Jose Sharks Macklin Celebrini potted […]
In an indication of the heightened level of these games at the Olympics, Connor McDavid threw an early hit in the corner of the offensive zone. Moments later, Czechia dragged McDavid down, and that sent what promises to be a productive power play onto the ice. It did have a few chances in its first two minutes of action in the tournament, but the Czechs did a good job defending to keep Canada off the board. Canada was the first team to put the puck in the net as Nathan MacKinnon flew into...
As of this morning, the NCAA Tournament picture looks like this, based on NPI and conference standings. Please note that projected conference tournament winners are in italics and are based on current in-conference point percentage: Locks (6): Michigan State, Michigan, North Dakota, Western Michigan, Penn State, ProvidenceSafe (5): Dartmouth, Cornell, Quinnipiac, Minnesota-Duluth, DenverBubble In (4): Boston College, […]
Wasn't this supposed to be an all-out tank year for the Pittsburgh Penguins? Not so much, as it turns out. The team is unexpectedly having a sensational season, sitting in 2nd place in the Metropolitan Division at 29-15-12 for 70 points. Yes, building for the future is still squarely in focus for GM Kyle Dubas. Dan Kingerski of Pittsburgh Hockey Now tells us that " Multiple reports and confirmations to Pittsburgh Hockey Now indicate Dubas has been working the phones to uncove...
Welcome to the Philadelphia Flyers Top 25 Under 25 ranking, Winter 2026 edition. Over the next couple of weeks, we’ll be putting out our ranking of the, well, top 25 players in the Flyers organization who are under 25 years old. A total of 13 writers at Broad Street Hockey submitted ballots and here is the consensus ranking. In our second batch of young Flyers that we’re ranking, there’s a controversial goalie, a surprise college player that is turning into a solid pro, and someone as you...
It wasn’t the prettiest result, or the most glorious win, but Aston Villa achieved a 1-0 victory over Brighton, in front of their home fans last night. It ended their two game losing streak at home, and it gives them some momentum heading into their FA Cup clash with Newcastle United on Saturday. Newcastle are […] The post Aston Villa Team News, Injury List, Match Preview vs Newcastle United appeared first on The Sports Bank .
The New Jersey Devils may be on break for the Olympics, but there are still players within the organization that are active. Sure, a few Devils are representing their countries at the Olympics, but I’m mainly referring to prospects and AHL players in action. The team’s affiliate, the Utica Comets, may have had the week […]
Hockey is more than a sport in Minnesota; it is a language the state speaks all winter long. That lifelong connection is on full display for the world, given how well represented Minnesota is on the 2026 U.S. men’s Olympic hockey team. Minnesota has embraced the “State of Hockey” identity for d...
When the Pittsburgh Penguins return from the 2026 Olympic break, they will have five games before the 2025-26 NHL Trade Deadline. Given where they are in the standings, and the way they have played for the better part of the past two months, the Penguins seem to have positioned themselves as potential buyers, or at […]
It was a tough weekend for the Edmonton Oilers’ AHL affiliate Bakersfield Condors as they dropped both games in the home-and-home to the Ontario Reign in regulation. Leaving the weekend without a point gives the Reign an eight-point swing in a tight Pacific Division race. Before the weekend started, the Condors were sitting at 55…
From Jason Robertson’s shocking omission to Bill Guerin’s “right players” philosophy, the Banter crew unloads on Team USA’s controversial Olympic roster.
Despite being the most high profile member of the Flyers to get the call to the Milano-Cortina games, Travis Sanheim will have to wait at least one more game to make his Olympic debut. On the day that Sanheim’s Canadian team was due to take on Dan Vladar’s Czechia, he skated with the other scratches, indicating that he wouldn’t take part in Canada’s opening Round Robin contest. Canada/Czechia is two hours away Darcy Kuemper, Travis Sanheim & Seth Jarvis skated this morning…indicatin...
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NFL. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Jets fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Aaron Glenn’s first season did not go according to plan as the Jets stumbled to a […]
With the Panthers offseason underway and free agency just a couple months away, let’s take a look at some of the areas on the roster that Dan Morgan and Brandt Tillis have to address this offseason. Instead of looking at the entire roster, we are going to break the list down by position group. For […]
With the 2026 Softball season getting underway last weekend the Baseball season is now also upon us as the Ducks will take on George Mason this weekend at PK Park for a 3 game weekend series to start 2026. The Ducks will have another tune-up series the following weekend when Youngstown State comes to Eugene […]
The first day of the men’s hockey tournament underscored the importance of not overlooking any team in the Olympics. Can the Canadians kick off their Olympic Games on the right foot against the Czechs? (10:40 a.m. EST, CBC/CBC Gem) Game Day Quotes Jon Cooper on the process of finding chemistry on his lines ahead of […] The post Team Canada vs. Team Czechia – Projected Lines, Preview & TV Info appeared first on Maple Leafs Hotstove .
This week on The IX Sports Hockey podcast, Maya is joined by Reid to check in on the Olympics.
The wheels are starting to get in motion for the Penguin players who are over in Italy. Here’s our check-in. Erik Karlsson and Rickard Rakell each recorded an assist in Sweden’s 5-2 win over the host nation Italy yesterday. The game was closer than many thought, with Italy scoring first and later making it a […]
Parity is a big conversation in the NHL this season. In the Eastern Conference, with just eight points separating 14th place and a playoff spot, there really only appears to be one team that is committed to being a seller, and that’s the New York Rangers. Ryley Delaney wrote about them earlier this week in…
The Ice Garden recaps what you need to know from NEWHA's January games.
The Philadelphia Flyers are a team in a position that organizations don't want to be in. They're not good enough for playoffs right now as they sit eight points back of a playoff spot and have won three of their last 10 games, they're not bad enough for a top-5 draft pick to have a good chance at winning the lottery or getting a game-changer, and they don't have players to sell for any value. So they have to either dig deep and trade players with term to get something out of the season or stan...
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The Edmonton Oilers are one of the teams linked to Bobby McMann of the Toronto Maple Leafs and that's a move that makes a lot of sense considering he's a pending UFA and Toronto is sitting six points out of a playoff spot. But there appears to be another that the Oilers may have interest in as well. David Pagnotta said, "The Leafs aren't trading (Ekman-Larsson) for Mangiapane and a pick. So, sorry, that's not going to happen. You're probably looking at something like an Isaac Howard in a deal ...