The Canadiens ended up with the No. 5 overall pick at Tuesday night’s NHL Draft Lottery. The San Jose Sharks won the No. 1 overall pick, followed by the Chicago Blackhawks at No. 2, the Anaheim Ducks at No. 3, the Columbus Blue Jackets at No. 4 and ...

Pearl Jam’s world-tour opening stand affected the Vancouver Canucks in more ways that one. There were some obvious scheduling challenges for their first-round series versus the Nashville Predators. The famed Seattle-born band played Rogers Arena on ...

PWHL Toronto wanted no part of providing any bulletin-board material for its opponents when, by virtue of its first place finish, it was given the right to open the playoffs against either the third or fourth-place finisher in the league of their ...

The Ottawa Senators have turned to Travis Green to try to help their core make the next step. The Senators made it official Tuesday morning when the club named the 53-year-old Green as the new head coach and he’ll be introduced by Steve Staios, the ...

This in from former NHLer Ray Ferraro, one of hockey’s most astute announcers and a long-time B.C. resident, his belief that the Vancouver Canucks can find a way to beat the Edmonton Oilers : “In 1993 nobody would have ever picked the Islanders ...

Two years ago, the Winnipeg Jets were in a state of flux. Longtime coach Paul Maurice had resigned, leaving a team that not only missed the playoffs but had no clear direction, its core players entering what was supposed to be their prime. Defenceman ...

The reason Rick Bowness is retiring after 38 seasons on NHL benches is the same reason he cried at his farewell news conference on Monday. It wasn’t the result of a hockey game or a playoff series. It wasn’t a realization he’d wrung everything he ...

In a rarity for professional sports, PWHL Toronto was put on the spot or given an opportunity, if one wants to look at the positive, in choosing its first-round opponent. As the team that finished first overall, Toronto had the right to choose ...

SUNRISE, Fla. (Reuters) — Mason Lohrei scored once and added an assist and the Boston Bruins used a three-goal second period to claim a 5-1 victory over the Florida Panthers in Sunrise, Fla., on Monday in the opener of an Eastern Conference semifinal ...

The Maple Leafs will have all the big names in their executive branch in one room on Friday for media grilling, a rare situation in what should be a newsworthy event. The fact that hot seat team president Brendan Shanahan will be with new Maple ...