Though their renaissance season ended with an emotional 3-2 overtime loss to the Montreal Canadiens in Game 7, the Buffalo Sabres skated off the ice Monday to a standing ovation after a historic campaign that saw the end of a 14-season playoff drought.
Canada scored five goals in the final period against Denmark and Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby assisted on four of them in a 5-1 victory at the ice hockey world championship on Monday, a day when Team USA fell to Finland 6-2 in Switzerland.
A ring given to Herb Brooks, the coach of the 1980 United States "Miracle on Ice" Olympic men's hockey team, recently sold for $549K at Heritage Auctions.
The defending champion United States men's hockey team bounced back from a loss to Switzerland with a 5-1 victory over tournament newcomer Britain at the world championships.
Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen made 17 saves after starter Alex Lyon stopped only one of the four shots he faced, and the Buffalo Sabres roared back to defeat the Montreal Canadiens 8-3 on Saturday to force a Game 7 in this Eastern Conference semifinal series.
Buffalo goaltender Alex Lyon started Game 6 against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday night, with his Sabres facing elimination, but was pulled halfway into the first period after allowing three goals on three shots, giving way to Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen.
The PWHL is bringing women's hockey to the San Francisco Bay Area by choosing San Jose, California, as its fourth and final market during the league's latest round of expansion, according to multiple reports.
Defenseman Jonas Brodin and center Joel Eriksson Ek were unable to play for Minnesota in the second-round series against Colorado because of broken bones in their feet, the veteran stalwarts revealed Friday in season-ending interviews with reporters.
The NHL has stripped the Golden Knights of their second-round pick and fined coach John Tortorella $100,000 for the team's decision to avoid speaking to the media after its series-clinching win over the Ducks.
Manon Rheaume is carrying over her trailblazing women's hockey career into a front office role after being hired as the general manager of the PWHL's expansion team in Detroit.
The Sabres face a 3-2 series deficit and goaltending questions in their second-round Eastern Conference playoff series against Montreal following an ugly 6-3 loss in Game 5 on Thursday.
The Vancouver Canucks named Ryan Johnson as their new general manager while Daniel and Henrik Sedin were named co-presidents of hockey operations, the team announced Thursday.
Despite back-to-back Stanley Cup Final appearances in 2024 and 2025 and with an extension that had not yet begun, Oilers coach Kris Knoblauch has been fired, sources confirmed to ESPN.
Trailing 3-0 midway through the second period, the Avs tied it late in regulation before Brett Kulak capped the rally in overtime to put Colorado in the Western Conference finals with a 4-3 win over the Wild.
Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb will serve a one-game suspension in Thursday's Game 6 following an interference infraction that injured Ducks forward Ryan Poehling.
Islanders defenseman Matthew Schaefer has won the Calder Memorial Trophy as the NHL's rookie of the year, the first unanimous choice for the award in 33 years.
Ducks center Ryan Poehling was helped off the ice after being checked hard into the boards by Golden Knights defenseman Brayden McNabb nearly midway through the first period of their Game 5 meeting Tuesday night.
A freakish bounce off the boards turned Tage Thompson's routine play into the most pivotal goal of Buffalo's Game 4 win, which evened the playoff series at 2 on Tuesday night in Montreal.
The PWHL's upcoming draft class is made up of a 235-player pool and, as highly anticipated, headed by five members of the U.S. Olympic gold medal-winning team, including defender Caroline Harvey.
Penguins star Sidney Crosby is joining Team Canada ahead of its run at the men's world hockey championships. This will be Crosby's fourth appearance in the tournament.
Avalanche defenseman Josh Manson was fined $5,000 on Tuesday, the maximum allowed under the collective bargaining agreement, for hitting Wild center Michael McCarron with the blunt end of his stick Monday night.
The Sabres are going back to Ukko-Pekka Luukkonen in net for Game 4 of their second-round Eastern Conference playoff series against Montreal on Tuesday.
Attorneys for the accused driver in the deaths of Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau argued that charges should be dismissed over a discrepancy in blood alcohol level reporting.
Avalanche defenseman Josh Manson returned from a five-game absence Monday night in Game 4 and took a double minor penalty for hitting Wild center Michael McCarron with the blunt end of his stick during a scrum midway through the first period.
Colorado's Nathan MacKinnon skated off with a bloody nose after being struck by a puck hit by teammate Devon Toews in Monday's Game 4 win against Minnesota.
McKenna's story has taken him from Whitehorse, Yukon, to Medicine Hat to Penn State, with the NHL expected to be the next stop. What makes him a special prospect?
The New York Islanders have pledged $150,000 donation to a child support center in honor of the mother of NHL rookie of the year candidate Matthew Schaefer, 18. Jennifer Schaefer died in Feb. 2024 of breast cancer.
The New Jersey Devils have hired Braden Birch as an assistant general manager, the first front office addition by Sunny Mehta since taking over as the team's head of hockey operations.
The NHL announced three U.S. and three Canadian finalists for the Willie O'Ree Community Hero Award and opened voting for the winners through May 24. The winners will be revealed in June.
Adversity has hit the Avalanche, who suffered their first loss of the postseason and pulled starting goaltender Scott Wedgewood after he allowed a third goal on 12 shots in 24:23 against Minnesota.
Jackson Blake scored 5:28 into overtime, his second goal of the game, and the Hurricanes completed a four-game sweep of the Flyers with a 3-2 victory that gave coach Rod Brind'Amour's team an 8-0 postseason record.
Sabres star Tage Thompson said his team was "too emotional" in its 6-2 loss to the Canadiens in Game 3 on Sunday night, and Montreal's raucous home crowd at Bell Centre played a big role in that.