TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — NHL Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly presented the Stanley Cup to Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog on Friday night because Commissioner Gary Bettman was sidelined by the coronavirus. Bettman recently tested positive and was unable to produce enough negative results to get back to the series in time. That left Daly to …
Daly hands Stanley Cup to Avalanche in Bettman’s absence | Hockey Read More »
Cale Makar has won the Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP after leading the Colorado Avalanche to their first Stanley Cup title since 2001 and third in franchise history. Makar is the second defenseman to win the award over the past three years. He follows Victor Hedman of the Tampa Bay Lightning, the back-to-back defending …
Avalanche D-man Cale Makar wins Conn Smythe as playoff MVP | Hockey Read More »
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — If this is Ondrej Palat’s final playoff run with the Tampa Bay Lightning, he’s certainly making it count. Soon he could be counting in the tens of millions of dollars on a new contract. A pending free agent with a knack for scoring big goals to go along with elite defensive …
Palat is money for Lightning, could cash in as free agent | Hockey Read More »
Anson Carter remembers watching in high school as some of his friends abandoned hockey for being “too white” as he forged ahead, eyes set on a pro career. By the time he reached the National Hockey League, dreadlocks were flowing out from underneath his helmet as he skated. “It wasn’t, ‘Well, he might be Black, …
‘A movement not a moment’: NHL focuses on racial diversity | College Read More »
