Dominik Hasek has called for a ban on Russian athletes from the NHL and other sports. The 57-year-old wrote an open letter to the ATP and WTA tennis organizations. He was born in Czechoslovakia, a country ruled by communists under Moscow’s direction until 1989. Dominik Hasek, a legend of ice hockey, wrote an open letter … Read more
Nichushkin joins reigning champions Avalanche. He made an 8-year deal with the team. It is a $49 million deal as per reports. On Monday, two days before becoming a free agent, Russian right-wing Valeri Nichushkin signed an eight-year NHL contract with the Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche. The deal, reportedly worth $49 million, comes after … Read more
A Russian ice hockey player under agreement with a U.S.- based National Hockey League. Russia over charges he dodged military assistance and has since been taken to tactical emergency clinic. Subsequent to becoming sick, his legal counselor told a Russian state news office. Ivan Fedotov, a goaltender in the Russian group that won silver at … Read more
Avalanche beat Lightning to get one win closer to the title. Colorado are favorites to win the Cup. Game 5 will be played on June 25. Nazem Kadri blasted in an overtime winner as the Colorado Avalanche upset the Tampa Bay Lighting 3-2 in overtime to move within one win of the Stanley Cup crown … Read more
Matthews was named MVP for his performance. He scored 34 goals in six seasons. Avalanche and Lightning will play their fourth Stanley Cup Finals game on Wednesday Auston Matthews, of the Toronto Maple Leafs, was voted the NHL’s Most Valuable Player on Tuesday, taking home the renowned Hart Trophy for his phenomenal goal-scoring season. MVPAPI! … Read more
Lightning eye third consecutive Stanley Cup. Tampa Bay and Colorado will face in game 1 on June 15. Colorado entered the Finals after finishing the season with a 56-19 record. In Wednesday’s opening game of the NHL championship series against the Colorado Avalanche, the Tampa Bay Lightning seek a rare hat-trick of Stanley Cup championships. … Read more
Avalanche advances to the Stanley Cup final for the third time since 1996. Artturi Lehkonen’s overtime score helped the Avalanche advance to the Final. No Canadian team has won the Stanley Cup since 1993. In the NHL playoffs on Monday, Artturi Lehkonen scored 79 seconds into overtime as the Colorado Avalanche defeated Edmonton Oilers 6-5 … Read more
The Edmonton Oilers will play their season without left wing Evander Kane. Kane has been panelized for one game. The injuring blow was not intentional, says Kane. The Edmonton Oilers, on the verge of elimination from the NHL playoffs, must salvage their season without left wing Evander Kane, who was suspended for one game by … Read more
Patrice Bergeron has won the Selke Trophy as the NHL’s best guarded forward for a record-breaking fifth time. The honor disclosed Sunday before Game 3 of the Eastern Conference last could be Bergeron’s last assuming he chooses to resign. He doesn’t have an agreement for next season and declined to say whether he intends to … Read more
Lightning down 2-0 to the New York Rangers in best-of-seven Eastern Conference elimination round. Game 3 is Sunday at Amalie Arena after the initial two games at home. Pierre-Edouard Bellemare: “No one’s anticipating that we should win a gathering last 4-0”. Lightning mentor Jon Cooper refered to unfortunate puck the executives, as well as the … Read more
Lawmakers agree Hockey Canada officials will be summoned to testify. A lawsuit filed by a woman in April against Hockey Canada. The Lawsuit was against the Canadian Hockey League and the players. Hockey Canada officials will be summoned to testify before a parliamentary committee, lawmakers agreed Thursday, over accusations that eight players were involved in … Read more
Alex Ovechkin thinks the Washington Capitals’ inability to win a postseason series since winning the Stanley Cup in 2018 is very messed up. They can only blame themselves this time. After his team’s Game 6 overtime loss to the Florida Panthers on Friday night, Ovechkin remarked, “We had it, but we just blow it away.” … Read more
The first-round series between the Oilers and the Kings will be decided in Game 7 on Saturday in Edmonton. The series has not gone as planned by many. The Kings took a 3-2 series lead in Game 5 owing to an OT victory by Adrian Kempe, but the Oilers answered with a 4-2 win in … Read more
JOE BIDEN made a huge error while hosting Tampa Bay Lightning players at the White House on Monday. The US President is no stranger to making gaffes during speeches, and his audience has developed a habit of sitting on the edge of their seats, waiting for a slip-up. The team was welcomed to the White … Read more
LOS ANGELES: The NBA, NFL and NHL are scrambling to keep teams competing, even as Covid case rates skyrocket in the United States and Canada due to the Omicron variant. As of Wednesday, the United States had hit its highest ever average of new Covid cases, with a seven-day average of 265,427 surpassing the previous … Read more
NEW YORK: National Hockey League players will not compete at February’s Beijiing Winter Olympics, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman confirmed Wednesday, due to Covid-19 disruptions. The league paused its season on Wednesday after 50 games had been postponed due to Covid-19 outbreaks among clubs, with plans to reschedule those contests during the February 6-22 window of … Read more
PARIS: The coronavirus is once again disrupting global sport, forcing the cancellation of English Premier League matches and the scrapping of a one-day cricket series. AFP Sport looks at the state of play around the world as authorities scramble to cope with the surging pandemic. Football Five of the 10 Premier League matches scheduled for … Read more
