Category: Ice Hockey

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman acknowledges finishing the regular season and playoffs might not happen because of COVID-19 outbreak. A third Avalanche player tests positive.

For the first time since halting play four weeks ago, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman raised the possibility Tuesday of not completing the regular season in order to squeeze in time to award the Stanley Cup. Bettman also acknowledged during an interview with NBCSN the league is considering having games played at neutral sites in the event not all teams will be allowed into their home rinks. ”The best thing and the easiest thing would be if at some point we could complete the regular season and then go into the playoffs as we normally do,” he said.

Edmonton Oilers center Colby Cave was placed in a medically induced coma and admitted to a hospital critical care unit Tuesday after a brain bleed, the NHL club said Tuesday. Cave was admitted to Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto after first being taken to hospital in nearby Barrie, Oilers general manager Ken Holland said. “I talked to Colby’s wife (Emily) this morning,” Holland said.

National Hockey League commissioner Gary Bettman acknowledged Tuesday the 2019-2020 season could be abandoned as administrators wait to see how the coronavirus pandemic unfolds across North America. In an interview with NBC Sports Network, Bettman sai…

Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave has been placed in a medically induced coma after suffering a brain bleed. The Oilers said Tuesday on their Twitter account that the brain bleed happened overnight and that Cave was in the critical care unit at Toronto’s Sunnybrook Hospital. A 25-year-old from Battleford, Saskatchewan, Cave scored once in 11 appearances with Edmonton this season.

Fans have spoken, again, and the 1985 Edmonton Oilers are the best team in NHL history, beating out the 1977 Montreal Canadiens in the final vote.

Alexander Barabanov, who helped the Olympic Athletes from Russia capture gold in 2018 at Pyeongchang, signed a one-year NHL contract on Tuesday with the Toronto Maple Leafs. The 25-year-old right wing scored 11 goals in 43 games this season for his ho…

(All dates set before season was suspended until further notice.)

An eighth NHL player has tested positive for COVID-19. The league announced Tuesday that a third player from the Colorado Avalanche has the disease caused by the novel coronavirus. The league says the player is in self-isolation and has not had close…

John Hynes has only been head coach of the Nashville Predators since early January, so he’s trying to make up for some lost time with the NHL paused for the coronavirus pandemic and also make sure they’re ready whenever hockey resumes. A big part of that has been getting to know each of his Predators much, much better. “We’ve gone through every single player,” Hynes told reporters Monday.

If the NHL goes directly to playoff hockey in the warmer months, it could leave some contenders out in the cold. The league may skip most if not all of the final 189 regular-season games that were put on hold because of the coronavirus pandemic. Teams …

With the NHL playoffs, which were to begin Wednesday, on indefinite hold because of the coronavirus pandemic, anything and everything is on the table if Commissioner Gary Bettman’s objective to complete the season is to be realized. What the format wi…

The Charlotte Hornets Foundation has initiated a multi-faceted response to assist with coronavirus relief efforts in the Charlotte, North Carolina area. The foundation will be donating $100,000 to the COVID-19 Response Fund, as well three $25,000 dona…

Wayne Gretzky and the Oilers were at their greatest in 1985, but even they would have had trouble scoring against Ken Dryden and the 1977 Canadiens.

The unthinkable, at least for sports fans, already has happened. Presumably, the commissioners of this country’s major sports leagues already know that. If not, a brief review of what the chief medical officer of the NFL told Barry Wilner of The Asso…