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A mysterious illness halted his promising NHL career. Eight years later, hope and a comeback

[ad_1] The game was already won when the puck slid to Cody Hodgson for the tap-in. The Milwaukee Admirals of the American Hockey League, the Nashville Predators’ top minor league affiliate, had a comfortable 3-0 lead over the Chicago Wolves. On a historic win streak — they were en route to their 18th consecutive victory…

The hockey brawl that changed the NHL forever, told by those who lived it

[ad_1] It looked for a while that the game between the Philadelphia Flyers and Ottawa Senators on March 5, 2004, might come and go without incident. That was a bit surprising because eight days earlier, Ottawa’s Martin Havlat whacked the Flyers’ Mark Recchi in the face with his stick and afterward, heated words and insinuations…

The business of Sarah Nurse: She’s one of the faces of hockey, but her sights are set on more

[ad_1] TORONTO — Sarah Nurse was driving home from a recent PWHL Toronto practice when she got a bit of sage advice. It wasn’t from a podcast or a friend on the phone. The advice came courtesy of a billboard on the side of the road in Canada’s most populous city, featuring her own face…

Who will draft Trevor Connelly? Inside the NHL’s evolving scrutiny of top prospects

[ad_1] In late July, NHL scouts traveled to Central Europe for the Hlinka Gretzky Cup, an under-18 international tournament, to watch some of the best young players eligible for the 2024 NHL Draft. Over six days, scouts bounced between the FOSFA Arena in Břeclav, Czech Republic, and the Pavol Demitra Ice Hockey Stadium in Trenčín,…

Winnipeg Jets ownership sounds the alarm on attendance: ‘Not going to work over the long haul’

[ad_1] WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Behind a large desk in an office tower with a view out over True North Square, Mark Chipman is working the phones. Chipman is chairman of the Winnipeg Jets. A local businessman who got caught up in the failed movement to save his city’s NHL team three decades ago, he later…

The wacky true story of the hockey team that inspired ‘Slap Shot’

[ad_1] Once upon a time, there was a screenplay for a hockey movie that was so absurd, so over the top, that even the studio executives who wanted to make it wondered if it was too unrealistic. Almost every page of the script featured profanity. There were wild brawls on the ice, fights with fans…

Matt Cooke, once one of the NHL’s most-hated players, is charting a new path

[ad_1] ST. JOHN’S, Newfoundland — The morning fog grows so thick outside Mary Brown’s Centre that South Side Hills, an imposing rock outcropping standing between St. John’s and the rough waters of the north Atlantic Ocean, isn’t visible a few hundred meters away. Inside the empty arena, the only voice is not loud but still…

How Maple Leafs staff helped save a rec-leaguer from a skate cut to the throat: ‘I thought I was going to die’

[ad_1] It was inside the Toronto Maple Leafs dressing room that Ike Werner first allowed himself to believe he was going to survive. After having his throat cut accidentally by a skate blade during a Sunday afternoon rec league game at the NHL team’s practice facility earlier this month, a terrifying experience turned surreal when…

The remote Swedish town that produced a generational NHL talent

[ad_1] LANDSBRO, Sweden – There are no signs for Landsbro on the long road from Stockholm. This village in southern Sweden is so remote, so small, I was told, I would pass it if I didn’t keep my head up. Not a single stop sign. Not a single red light. Small like that. I was…

New ESPN, Fox, Warner Bros. streaming venture won’t solve much — at least not yet

[ad_1] LAS VEGAS — One day, the brilliant TV executives are all going to unite and put their programming under one roof. It will solve all your sports viewing problems. They will call it cable. This new ESPN, Fox, Warner Bros. Discovery venture is not it. At least not yet. There is still significance to…