Women's hockey

USA celebrate Hayley Scamurras 0-4 goal during the IIHF World Championship Women's ice hockey match between Japan and USA in Herning, Denmark, Thursday, Aug. 25, 2022. (Bo Amstrup/Ritzau Scanpix via AP)

US, Canada open women's hockey worlds with wins

Aug. 25, 2022 04:03 PM EDT

US women's hockey forward Dani Cameranesi, 27, retires

Jul. 20, 2022 05:14 PM EDT
COLORADO Springs, Colo. (AP) — U.S. women’s hockey forward Dani Cameranesi announced her retirement from the national team Wednesday. Cameranesi, 27,...

FILE - Daniel Sedin, right, and Henrik Sedin pose with the King Clancy Memorial Trophy after winning the award at the NHL Awards, Wednesday, June 20, 2018, in Las Vegas. Swedes Henrik and Daniel Sedin and Daniel Alfredsson have been elected to the Hockey Hall of Fame. Goaltender Roberto Luongo, Finnish women’s star Riikka Sallinen and builder Herb Carnegie were also selected Monday, June 27, 2022, to be inducted in November. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Swede Day: Alfredsson, Sedins elected to Hockey Hall of Fame

By Stephen Whyno Jun. 27, 2022 06:02 PM EDT

Canadians hire Poulin as player development consultant

Jun. 07, 2022 09:37 AM EDT
MONTREAL (AP) — Hockey great Marie-Philip Poulin has joined the Montreal Canadiens' front office as a player development consultant. The role with the...

FILE - Mia Hamm, of the United States Women's National soccer team, celebrates a goal against Mexico during a game in Carson, Calif., Dec. 8, 2004. Mia Hamm, Lindsey Vonn, Michelle Kwan, Billie Jean King and the late Pat Summitt are among the nine individual women who will be inducted into the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame this summer. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

Phelps, Vonn among those heading to US Olympic & Para Hall

Jun. 06, 2022 11:10 AM EDT

FILE - Head coach for the ECHL's Gwinnett Gladiators, John Wroblewski, right, conducts practice for the team in what used to be the practice facility for the Atlanta Thrashers Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2011 in Duluth, Ga. John Wroblewski was named the head coach of the U.S. national women’s hockey team on Tuesday, May 31, 2022 after recent success guiding the men’s development program.(AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

John Wroblewski takes over as US women's hockey head coach

By John Wawrow May. 31, 2022 04:19 PM EDT

U.S. hockey player Haley Skarupa, center, demonstrates a drill during a hockey clinic presented by the Washington Capitals and the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association, Friday, March 4, 2022, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)

Girls hockey programs show promise in nontraditional markets

By Stephen Whyno Apr. 28, 2022 03:06 PM EDT

FILE - Then-USA Hockey women's General Manager Reagan Carey is interviewed in Plymouth Township, Mich., Dec. 15, 2016. Reagan Carey is bringing her Olympic gold-medal-winning resume to lead the Premier Hockey Federation through a critical offseason of expansion and the looming threat of competing for talent with a second North American pro women’s hockey league. The PHF announced Tuesday, April 26. 2022, that the former head of USA Hockey’s women’s programs is its new commissioner heading into it eighth season. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, File)

Former USA Hockey women's director named PHF commissioner

By John Wawrow Apr. 26, 2022 08:00 AM EDT

Canada's Blayre Turnbull, left, is congratulated by teammates Claire Thompson (42) and Micah Zander-Hart, right, after scoring against the United States during the first period of a women's exhibition hockey game billed as the "Rivalry Rematch", Saturday, March 12, 2022, in Pittsburgh. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

Poulin seals Canada's 4-3 OT win over US in Olympic rematch

By John Wawrow Mar. 12, 2022 06:56 PM EST

Members of the U.S. women's Olympic hockey team greet fans before an NHL hockey game between the Chicago Blackhawks and the Tampa Bay Lightning, Sunday, March 6, 2022, in Chicago. The team was there was in honor of National Women's Day. (AP Photo/Matt Marton)

Tampa Bay Lightning at Chicago Blackhawks 3/6/2022

Mar. 06, 2022 08:08 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 9, 2018, file photo, Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Jayna Hefford shakes hands with people associated with the hall before a hockey game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and the New Jersey Devils in Toronto. Two officials with direct knowledge of discussions tell The Association Press that talks with select NHL teams and major corporate sponsors have intensified in the Professional Women’s Hockey Players’ Association’s bid to form a pro league within the next calendar year. In a text to The AP, PWHPA executive Jayna Hefford would only say she is not in a position to comment at this point. (Frank Gunn/The Canadian Press via AP, File)

New Jersey Devils at Toronto Maple Leafs 11/9/2018

Mar. 02, 2022 04:24 PM EST

PWHPA inching closer to forming women's pro hockey league

By John Wawrow Mar. 02, 2022 04:22 PM EST

FILE - The Russian national flag, right, flies after it is hoisted next to the Olympic flag during the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia on Feb. 23, 2014. The International Olympic Committee has made a sweeping move to isolate and condemn Russia over the country’s invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Russia facing sports isolation over invasion of Ukraine

By Graham Dunbar Feb. 28, 2022 06:57 AM EST

FILE - A general view of the St. Petersburg Stadium prior to the Confederations Cup soccer match between New Zealand and Portugal, in St. Petersburg, Russia, June 24, 2017. The British government led calls Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022 for the Champions League final to be taken off Russia by European football's governing body to punish its deepening intervention in Ukraine. The showpiece men's game is due to be played in St. Petersburg on May 28 for the biggest sporting event in Russia since the 2018 World Cup.(AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, file)

Euro backlash as FIFA refuses to expel Russia from football

By Rob Harris Feb. 27, 2022 05:53 AM EST

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Feb. 24, 2022 11:21 AM EST
Feb. 25 1940 — The first telecast of an American hockey game is transmitted over station W2XBS in New York. The viewing audience watches the New York...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Feb. 24, 2022 11:17 AM EST
Feb. 25 1940 — The first telecast of an American hockey game is transmitted over station W2XBS in New York. The viewing audience watches the New York...

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Feb. 23, 2022 10:00 AM EST
Feb. 24 1960 — Bill Cleary’s four goals lead the United States to a 9-1 victory over West Germany in the hockey championship round of the Winter...