Sather announces retirement after six decades in NHL
NHL, Sports
June 26, 2024
NEW YORK (AP) — Hockey Hall of Famer Glen Sather, who built and coached the NHL’s last great dynasty with the Edmonton Oilers in the 1980s and helped resurrect the New York Rangers in the early 2000s,...
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By By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer 
June 26, 2024
Fanatics and the NHL on Wednesday unveiled new onice player jerseys for the 202425 season, which officials say have been tested and refined well before making their debut in games this fall. It is the...
NHL, Sports
June 26, 2024
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Edmonton Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch said on Wednesday that some of the team’s top stars were playing through injuries during their Stanley Cup playoff run. The Oilers lost 2-...
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By By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer 
June 25, 2024
The Stanley Cup was still on the ice when Patric Hornqvist offered up a sobering thought surrounded by former teammates and other family revelers holding cans of beer during the celebration. The newly...
Panthers’ Barkov becomes first Cup captain from Finland
NHL, Sports
June 25, 2024
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — A Finnish flag waved prominently in the stands as the Florida Panthers celebrated with the Stanley Cup. Aleksander Barkov held his 2-year-old child in his arms minutes after getti...
McDavid wins Conn Smythe despite Oilers losing
NHL, Sports
June 25, 2024
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Connor McDavid won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP on Monday night despite Edmonton’s Stanley Cup Final loss to Florida, a nod to one of the greatest postseason performances...
Panthers win 1st Stanley Cup with 2-1 win
NHL, Sports
June 24, 2024
Edmonton’s Connor McDavid was named the Conn Smythe winner as the MVP of the playoffs. SUNRISE, Fla.(AP) — There was no collapse. The Florida Panthers are Stanley Cup champions for the first time, and...
Penguins announce preseason slate
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By By JUSTIN GUERRIERO Trib Total Media 
June 24, 2024
The Pittsburgh Penguins released their preseason schedule Monday, featuring seven games — three at PPG Paints Arena and four on the road — beginning with a Sept. 21 contest vs. the Buffalo Sabres at K...
Former Penguin Derek Brassard announces retirement
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By By SETH RORABAUGH Trib Total Media 
June 24, 2024
Former Pittsburgh Penguins forward Derick Brassard retired, formally ending a mostly productive 16-year career in the NHL. The 36-year-old revealed his decision to step away from the game to Quebec ou...
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By By JOHN WAWROW AP Hockey Writer 
June 24, 2024
Tij Iginila doesn’t shy away from his famous last name, instead embracing the expectations that come with being the son of a Hockey Hall of Famer. The 17-year-old is so comfortable being Jarome Iginla...
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Corey Perry’s last stand?
June 23, 2024
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — On the next-tolast day of the NHL season, Florida goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky wasn’t on the ice for practice. The Panthers are sure that’s a good thing. Bobrovsky was a se...
Connor McDavid, Oilers can make history in Game 7
NHL, Sports
June 23, 2024
Edmonton will try to complete a remarkable comeback tonight in the Stanley Cup Finals. SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Connor McDavid admired and looked up to Sidney Crosby as the kind of player he wanted to bec...
7th game for Stanley Cup Finals
NHL, Sports
June 21, 2024
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Connor McDavid was held without a point, so Leon Draisaitl and the Edmonton Oilers’ other top players stepped up to put them one win from the Stanley Cup. Draisaitl made his f...
Winter in June: Oilers, Panthers bring hockey to summer
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STANLEY CUP NOTEBOOK
June 20, 2024
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — It’s officially summer, and the best two teams in hockey during the winter months of the 2023-24 NHL season are still playing. Whichever team wins Game 6 — and Game 7, if nece...
Tkachuk’s moment could be a spark for Florida
NHL, Sports
June 20, 2024
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — The save got all the rave reviews when talking about Matthew Tkachuk’s performance for the Florida Panthers in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Edmonton Oilers,...
McDavid, Oilers push Cup Finals to Game 6
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By By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer 
June 18, 2024
Connor McDavid wanted the Edmonton Oilers to drag the Florida Panthers back to Alberta, then he did everything in his power to make that happen. McDavid scored twice, including the empty-netter to sea...
Panthers, Oilers use Mario Kart, poker for long trips
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By By STEPHEN WHYNO AP Hockey Writer 
June 17, 2024
When the Florida Panthers’ first flight of the Stanley Cup Final was delayed, it meant extra time on the tarmac before the nearly six-hour trek across North America. As forward Anton Lundell joked upo...
Oilers stomp Panthers to avoid sweep
NHL, Sports
June 16, 2024
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Connor McDavid scored, “La Bamba” played in the Edmonton Oilers locker room and the Stanley Cup Final is heading back to Florida after a statement win. McDavid scored his firs...
Panthers calm, businesslike on verge of winning Cup
NHL, Sports
June 14, 2024
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — One win away from a championship, it feels like the Florida Panthers are treating Game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final like Game 44 of the regular season. “Our whole mindset right ...
Ekman-Larsson can win cup after being bought out by Canucks
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STANLEY CUP NOTEBOOK
June 14, 2024
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Oliver Ekman-Larsson has the chance to win the Stanley Cup with the Florida Panthers nearly a year to the day since being bought out by the Vancouver Canucks. The 32-year-old ...