The San Jose Sharks showed the value of persistent play on Thursday. Timo Meier had two goals and an assist as the Sharks battled back for a 6-3 victory over the Edmonton Oilers. Meier said it was a case of the Sharks being willing to pay the price. “I thoughtRead More →
An unneeded penalty by Max Domi really hurt Montreal’s chances of winning, and it’s not the first time this season. Domi’s roughing penalty led to a power-play goal and the Chicago Blackhawks held on to beat the Montreal Canadiens 4-1 on Wednesday night. Chicago was leading 2-1 in the secondRead More →
Eric Staal didn’t need to be reminded he hadn’t scored in overtime in eight years. The Minnesota Wild’s veteran centre was well aware. Staal ended his drought in overtime, Minnesota finally cashed in on the power-play and the Wild earned an important win after back-to-back losses. Staal poked home aRead More →
Doctors told Tim Thomas that two-thirds of his brain were getting less than five per cent blood flow and the other third was averaging about 50 per cent. His wife, Melissa, and oldest daughter, Kiley, started crying. Thomas didn’t react — because he couldn’t process what he was hearing. “IRead More →
Craig Anderson says it’s good to get tested early in the year, but the Ottawa Senators goalie would still like to face fewer shots than he did on Wednesday night. The veteran netminder was forced to make 44 stops as the Sens captured a 6-2 pre-season win over the CanucksRead More →
The 2019 free-agent summer turns 22 days old on Monday. As usually is the case action among the 31 NHL clubs somewhat has been muted in the past few of weeks since marquee players such as Joe Pavelski, Artemi Panarin, Matt Duchene, Sergei Bobrovsky Wayne Simmonds, Tyler Myers, Brandon Tanev,Read More →
Willie O’Ree, the NHL’s first black player, headlined Tuesday’s unveiling of this year’s Hockey Hall of Fame inductees. The 82-year-old Fredericton native had been eligible for induction since 1962. O’Ree broke into the league as a right-winger in 1958 and went on to play 45 NHL regular-season games for theRead More →