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After his arrest on July 9, Alex Galchenyuk admitted on Tuesday that he will enter the NHL and NHLPA’s player assistance program. This comes at the heels of the former Coyotes ice hockey center making death threats toward officers during his arrest in a hit-and-run incident, which led Arizona to cut ties after signing him only two weeks ago. According to the police report, Galchenyuk told officers, “One phone call and you’re all dead, your whole family, your bloodline is dead,” citing his connections in Russia. These threats were made after the 29-year-old crashed a car into a sign, with him m...
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The New Jersey Devils signed forward Timo Meier to an eight-year, $70.4 million deal Wednesday, securing their short-term acquisition from last season for the foreseeable future. The Devils added Meier before the deadline earlier this year in a massive trade with the San Jose Sharks. In a statement, Devils GM Tom Fitzgerald said that the team was happy with Meier’s contributions and went to great lengths to secure him long-term. “We were excited to acquire Timo at the deadline, but it’s an even greater feeling knowing that he’ll be here for the next eight seasons,” Fitzgerald said in a stateme...
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Winnipeg Jets center Morgan Barron had to receive more than 75 stitches after taking a skate to the face during Game 1 of the team’s first-round Western Conference series against the Vegas Golden Knights. Barron later returned to the game and contributed to a 5-1 Jets victory. “I was trying to figure out if the puck went in because it was pretty close,” Barron said after the game. “I saw the skate coming. It was an unlucky play. The first thought was that I could see out of the [right] eye was the main thing.” Barron suffered the injury with 13:51 remaining in the first period when Vegas goali...
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Gino Odjick, a retired NHL player known as a notorious enforcer, died of a heart attack in a Vancouver medical clinic Sunday. He was 52. Odjick was in the waiting room of the clinic for a routine checkup when he went into cardiac arrest, His friend, Peter Leech, was accompanying him and said that nurses treated him for 45 minutes but could not save him. “I was there for the whole thing,” he said, according to the Montreal Gazette. “He had a heart attack, couldn’t recover from it. We knew this day was going to come, we didn’t know when. We were hoping much later.” In 2014, Odjick was diagnosed ...
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Edmonton Oilers forward Evander Kane suffered a scary injury Tuesday after a skate sliced him in the wrist in a game against the Tampa Bay Lightning. He will miss three to four months after receiving surgery to repair the damage. Kane suffered the injury early in the second period after falling during a scrap with Tampa Bay defenseman Philippe Myers. As players converged for the puck, Tampa Bay forward Pat Maroon skated past and sliced Kane in an exposed area between his glove and jersey. The 14-year veteran bolted to his bench immediately, clutching his wrist in obvious pain while Maroon sign...
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Alex Ovechkin’s goal in the second period against the Detroit Red Wings Thursday proved inconsequential in a 3-1 defeat for the Washington Capitals. As Ovechkin’s 786th career score, however, it will forever be best known as the score that made history. In his 19th season as a member of the Capitals, Ovechkin has now tied longtime Red Wing Gordie Howe for most goals scored with a single NHL team. Between 1946 and 1971, Howe scored 786 times in 25 seasons with Detroit. Taken first overall in the 2004 NHL Entry Draft, Ovechkin signed with the Capitals in 2005 and made an immediate impact, scorin...
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The Vegas Golden Knights have already gotten tired of its traditional jerseys and will switch its primary home jerseys to its gold color. The team in a statement is referring to this as a part of its “Golden Age” campaign. The gold jerseys will serve as the Golden Knight’s new primary jerseys in front of fans at T-Mobile Arena. “Gold is a bold and powerful color and one that we are excited to feature even more with this evolution,” Chief Marketing Officer Eric Tosi said. “It fits both our city and our organization, and is a natural defining theme of this new campaign. We are excited to welcome...
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The Arizona Coyotes are bringing back Christian Fischer on a one-year contract. While the team did not announce the average annual value, the contract is reportedly worth about $1.13 million, according to CapFriendly. The move comes as a depth move, as Fischer averaged just over 13 minutes of ice time during the 2021-2022 season. “We are very pleased to sign Christian,” Coyotes general manager Bill Armstrong said in a statement. “He is a hard-working forward and a great teammate who is well-respected in our dressing room. We look forward to having him back next season.” Last season, the former...
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The Tampa Bay Lightning’s run has ended. The reigning back-to-back champions gave up the Stanley Cup on their ice on Sunday night. The Colorado Avalanche defeated the Lighting 2-1 for a 4-2 series-clinching win in the Stanley Cup Final. The Avalanche have not claimed the Stanley Cup since 2001 when they defeated the New Jersey Devils. Colorado ended a seemingly unbeatable Tampa Bay dynasty. Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar said the last few moments of the game were nerve-wracking. “I was nervous as I could be,” he recalled. “I didn’t even know what the time was when it was ending. I saw guys ...
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The Colorado Avalanche took a 3-1 lead over the Tampa Bay Lightning in the Stanley Cup on Wednesday night, with a 3-2 victory in overtime, capping off a comeback on Tampa’s home ice. Nazem Kadri delivered a clutch – and miraculous – goal that gave the Avalanche a two-game cushion on the Lightning in the series. Lightning head coach Jon Cooper thinks that goal was undeserved, however. In his post-game presser, Cooper implied that the winning goal should have never happened. “It’s going to be hard for me to speak. I’m going to have to speak,” he said. “I’ll speak with you tomorrow. You’re going ...
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