Penguins announce preseason slate
NHL, Sports
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
NHL, Sports
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...
NHL, Sports
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...
NHL, Sports
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
NHL, Sports
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
NHL, Sports
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
NHL, Sports
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
NHL, Sports
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 ...
Oilers searching for answers down 3-0 to Fla.
NHL
June 14, 2024
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Leon Draisaitl had 28 points through the Edmonton Oilers’ first three rounds of the playoffs, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins had 20 and Zach Hyman had 18. Through the first three games o...
NHL, Sports
June 13, 2024
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Aleksander Barkov led the way offensively, Sergei Bobrovsky was in peak form in goal once again and the Florida Panthers are on the verge of lifting the Stanley Cup. Barkov se...
Oilers eager to try to end Canada’s Cup drought
NHL, Sports
June 12, 2024
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Connor McDavid on the ice is an electrifying, must-watch sensation fit for the big screen. Off the ice, he does not think there is much “Hollywood” to him. “Just a Canadian ki...
Barkov returns to ice; unsung heroes scoring for Panthers
NHL, Sports
June 12, 2024
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Paul Maurice was in a much better mood Wednesday. The Florida Panthers coach admitted the previous day that he was “grumpy” after Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final, despite a domina...
Panthers head north with 2-0 series lead
NHL, Sports
June 11, 2024
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Edmonton’s Leon Draisaitl knocked Florida’s Aleksander Barkov out of the game. The Panthers made sure they responded by landing the bigger blow. And the Stanley Cup Final took a h...
NHL, Sports
June 9, 2024
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Up 1-0 in Round 1 against Tampa Bay, the Florida Panthers said they had to get better. Down 1-0 in Round 2 against Boston, they said it again. Up 1-0 in the Eastern Confer...
Bobrovsky stars as Florida captures Game 1
NHL
June 9, 2024
The Panthers goalie turned aside 32 shots in a 3-0 victory over Edmonton. SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Sergei Bobrovsky turned the puck over on the first shift and recovered. He lost his stick for 30 seconds ...