NHL Metropolitan Division
FILE - The Calgary Flames introduce Mike Keenan as the team's new head coach at a news conference in Calgary, Canada, June 14, 2007. Keenan was named coach of Italy’s men’s national ice hockey team on Friday, Oct. 14, 2022, giving the Stanley Cup winner a chance to guide the host country at the 2026 Milan-Cortina Olympics. (Jeff McIntosh/Canadian Press via AP, File)
Mike Keenan to coach host Italy in hockey at 2026 Olympics

Oct. 14, 2022 04:44 PM EDT

Juraj Slafkovsky, right, of Slovakia, greets countryman and fellow Montreal Canadiens draft pick Filip Mesar, left, as Simon Nemec, also from Slovakia and a New Jersey Devils pick, looks on during the first round of the NHL hockey draft in Montreal on Thursday, July 7, 2022. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)
Slafkovsky, Nemec lead new Slovak hockey golden generation

By Stephen Whyno Jul. 08, 2022 02:28 PM EDT

New York Rangers goaltender Igor Shesterkin (31) skates back to the goal before play restarts during the second period of Game 6 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup second-round playoff series against the Carolina Hurricanes, Saturday, May 28, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)
Carolina Hurricanes at New York Rangers 5/28/2022

May. 30, 2022 02:24 AM EDT

Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin (8) and right wing T.J. Oshie (77) prepare to leave the ice after Game 6 in the first round of the NHL Stanley Cup hockey playoffs against the Florida Panthers, Friday, May 13, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Florida Panthers at Washington Capitals 5/13/2022

May. 30, 2022 02:24 AM EDT

Michigan players react after losing to Denver in overtime during an NCAA men's Frozen Four semifinal hockey game, Thursday, April 7, 2022, in Boston. (AP Photo/Michael Dwyer)
Power signs with Sabres as Michigan to NHL exodus begins

By Stephen Whyno Apr. 08, 2022 03:02 PM EDT

FILE - United States' Noah Cates (27) tries to stop Slovakia's Michal Kristof during a men's quarterfinal hockey game at the Winter Olympics, Feb. 16, 2022, in Beijing. The Philadelphia Flyers have signed prospect Cates and are expected to insert him into their lineup right away. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Flyers sign US Olympian Noah Cates among moves around NHL

By Stephen Whyno Mar. 28, 2022 05:06 PM 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

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. 18, 2022 10:00 AM EST
Feb. 19 1928 — Canada wins the gold medal in ice hockey at the Winter Olympics in St. Moritz, Switzerland. Canada, represented by the 1926 Toronto...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Feb. 17, 2022 11:05 AM EST
Feb. 18 1924 — Theresa Weld Blanchard wins her sixth and final U.S. figure skating championship. Sherwin Badger captures his fifth straight and final...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Feb. 10, 2022 11:08 AM EST
Feb. 11 1878 — The Boston Bicycle Club, the first bicycle club in the United States, is formed. 1949 — Willie Pep becomes the first boxer...

Metropolitan Division's Claude Giroux, of the Philadelphia Flyers, shoots the puck against the Pacific Division during the second period of a semifinal NHL All-Star hockey game Saturday, Feb. 5, 2022, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/Rick Scuteri)
Giroux named MVP, Metropolitan team wins NHL All-Star Game

By Greg Beacham Feb. 05, 2022 07:37 PM EST

FILE - Boston University hockey head coach David Quinn, right, hands the Beanpot trophy to Matt Grzelcyk (5) and Evan Rodrigues, left, after their overtime win against Northeastern in Boston, Feb. 23, 2015. More than three decades since he was supposed to play for the U.S. at the 1988 Games in Calgary, Quinn is getting a second Olympic opportunity as the Americans' coach in Beijing. It's also a chance for Quinn to get back into coaching in the NHL after being fired last summer by the New York Rangers following three seasons dedicated to a rebuild.(AP Photo/Charles Krupa, file)
U.S. coach David Quinn gets second chance to go to Olympics

By Stephen Whyno Jan. 24, 2022 01:59 PM EST

Anaheim Ducks right wing Troy Terry (19) celebrates after scoring during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Philadelphia Flyers in Anaheim, Calif., Tuesday, Jan. 4, 2022. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Philadelphia Flyers at Anaheim Ducks 1/4/2022

Jan. 20, 2022 02:18 PM EST

Julien named coach, Doan GM of Canada's Olympic hockey team

Jan. 14, 2022 02:48 PM EST
CALGARY, Alberta (AP) — Claude Julien was named coach of Canada's men's hockey team for the Beijing Olympics on Friday, and Shane Doan was named general manager. ...

FILE - New York Rangers coach David Quinn gestures from the bench during the third period of the team's NHL hockey game against the Boston Bruins in Boston on Jan. 19, 2019. On Monday, Dec. 27, 2021, Quinn was named the U.S. men's hockey coach and John Vanbiesbrouck general manager for the upcoming Winter Olympics after the NHL decided not to send players to Beijing. (AP Photo/Mary Schwalm, File)
U.S. names Quinn coach, Vanbiesbrouck GM for no-NHL Olympics

By Stephen Whyno Dec. 27, 2021 04:52 PM EST

FILE - Kunlun Red Star Beijing players look at a scoreboard during the Kontinental Hockey League ice hockey match between Kunlun Red Star Beijing and Amur Khabarovsk in Mytishchi, just outside Moscow, Russia, Monday, Nov. 15, 2021. China will take part in the men’s hockey tournament at the upcoming Winter Olympics in Beijing after initial concerns that the team would be embarrassed on home ice against NHL-level competition. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)
Without the NHL, Russia emerges as favorite for Olympic gold

By James Ellingworth Dec. 23, 2021 01:03 AM EST

Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby (87) reaches for the puck as New Jersey Devils center Michael McLeod (20) and Penguins right wing Kasperi Kapanen (42) look on during the first period of an NHL hockey game, Sunday, Dec.19, 2021, in Newark, N.J. (AP Photo/Bill Kostroun)
Pittsburgh Penguins at New Jersey Devils 12/19/2021

Dec. 21, 2021 05:36 PM EST

Montreal Canadiens players and coaching staff look on from the bench against a backdrop of empty seats during during second-period NHL hockey game action against the Philadelphia Flyers in Montreal, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)
Philadelphia Flyers at Montreal Canadiens 12/16/2021

Dec. 17, 2021 06:18 PM EST

Montreal Canadiens players and coaching staff look on from the bench against a backdrop of empty seats during during second-period NHL hockey game action against the Philadelphia Flyers in Montreal, Thursday, Dec. 16, 2021. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)
NHL shuts down 2 more teams for a week amid COVID surge

By Stephen Whyno Dec. 17, 2021 06:17 PM EST