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Dumba kneels, NHL puts focus on Black Lives Matter movement

Minnesota’s Matt Dumba became the first NHL player to kneel during the U.S. national anthem when he did so before the opening playoff game between the Oilers and Blackhawks in Edmonton, Albe...

DATE: Aug 3, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Game On: NHL restart a small step toward return to normalcy

TORONTO – NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman took a short break from watching the final few exhibition games Thursday to ponder the significance of awarding the Stanley Cup some two months from n...

DATE: Jul 31, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Throwback 5-game series force NHL players to ‘embrace the grind’

Fans counted down the seconds to the final buzzer, “Brass Bonanza” played over the speakers at Hartford Civic Center and Whalers players Dave Tippett, Joel Quenneville and Dean Evason celebr...

DATE: Jul 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

NHL’s top teams face dilemma on what round-robin play means

Long before Peter DeBoer coached two teams to the Stanley Cup Final, he got some experience at Canadian junior hockey’s Memorial Cup that could serve him well right about now. Tha...

DATE: Jul 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Colorado Avalanche, St. Louis Blues face off in NHL seeding round

WHO: St. Louis Blues (42-19-10, first in the Central Division during the regular season) vs. Colorado Avalanche (42-20-8, second in the Central Division during the regular season) ...

DATE: Jul 29, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Racial equality statements begin to unfold amid NHL restart

Exhibition games begin ahead of restart

DATE: Jul 28, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Colorado’s MacKinnon makes his MVP case in points

MacKinnon up for hat trick of awards for Avs

DATE: Jul 24, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Release the Kraken: Seattle unveils name for NHL team

SEATTLE – The name Seattle Kraken seems to have had an air of inevitability around it even during the earliest days of the NHL expansion franchise. “The first time in our office, ...

DATE: Jul 23, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Colorado’s Nathan MacKinnon an NHL MVP finalist

Draisaitl, Panarin the competition

DATE: Jul 21, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Bednar likes Colorado Avalanche’s goalie options for restart

NHL goalies scrambling to regain groove after 4-month break

DATE: Jul 20, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Cale Makar a Calder Trophy finalist for Colorado Avalanche

East/West split among rookie, coach of year finalists

DATE: Jul 15, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports

Pucks and masks prevalent as 24 NHL teams open training camp

St. Louis Blues goalie Jordan Binnington is so accustomed to wearing a mask, he didn’t mind doing so for the past four months during the coronavirus pandemic. “Sometimes, I forgot...

DATE: Jul 14, 2020 | CATEGORY: Professional Sports