Brendan Shanahan started the week wanting to keep Kyle Dubas in the fold. A stunning, roller-coaster five days culminated with the Toronto Maple Leafs now in the market for a new general manager ahead of what could be a defining summer for the success-starved Original Six franchise.Shanahan, the team’s president, fired his 37-year-old GM on
The Vegas Golden Knights rolled to a convincing 5-1 win over the Edmonton Oilers Monday night at Rogers Place, to take a 2-1 lead in their best-of-seven second round series. “I didn’t think we skated well, I didn’t think we were hard enough in certain areas and to a man, not our finest hour in
Most hockey players quench their thirst with water when coming off the ice. Zachary L’Heureux is not most hockey players. A video of the 19-year-old Halifax Mooseheads forward drinking mustard on the bench has been viewed over 100,000 times on social media after the official QMJHL account posted it to their Twitter account this week.Zachary
The Edmonton Oilers advanced to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs with a 5-4 road win over the Los Angeles Kings Saturday night. “You know we beat them in a long series last year too,” Oilers captain Connor McDavid said after the game “We’re comfortable playing in these games. We’ve said that, I
TAMPA, Fla. — The Maple Leafs finally exorcised their playoff demons — and are off to the second round of the NHL playoffs. John Tavares scored at 4:36 of overtime and Ilya Samsonov made 31 saves as Toronto defeated the Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 on Saturday to win their series 4-2 and advance in the
The Los Angeles Kings are offering to fly a young Edmonton Oilers fan out to cheer on her team in Game 6 this weekend. Normally, hockey clubs don’t encourage fans of rival teams to attend games — let alone fly them out — but this situation was anything but normal.There was an uproar on social
Just a year after going pro, Canadian Strongman Mitchell Hooper has captured the greatest prize in his sport, claiming the title of World’s Strongest Man. Known as “The Moose” in the Strongman community, the Barrie, Ont., competitor beat out nine other international competitors in various feats of strength in Myrtle Beach, S.C., over the weekend
Carson Briere is facing a charge of disorderly conduct — but this time, it won’t end after two minutes in the penalty box. The son of Gatineau, Que., hockey great Daniel Briere was caught on a surveillance camera shoving an unoccupied wheelchair down a flight of stairs at a bar in Erie, Pa., on March
An exciting minor hockey playoff game Sunday ended on a sour note at the Terwillegar Recreation Centre in southwest Edmonton, resulting in several suspensions and condemnations. It happened after a U18 Tier 1 playoff game between the South East Edmonton Recreation Association — team SE701 — and Stony Plain Minor Hockey Predators — team SN701.The
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 15, 2023 8:08 pm Updated January 15, 2023 8:30 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size One of the most popular players to ever suit up for the Vancouver Canucks has died. Wayne “Gino” Odjick, who played 12 seasons in the NHL for the Canucks, New