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The 2021 BioSteel All-American Game took place earlier this month, the 2021 IIHF World Under-18 Championship is kicking off in a few days, and the Western Hockey League was able to get its players on the ice. The Ontario Hockey League season has now been officially cancelled, but a number of players have seen some time overseas and others will hit the ice in the U18s. There’s talk of a potential showcase to get some additional players on the ice before the NHL Draft, too....

The 2022 NHL Draft is set to take place over two days, starting on Thursday, July 7. There will be over 200 players that will be drafted by the weekend. With that, some players will be getting signed to deals to immediately join their NHL clubs. Contracts in the NHL can be tricky, especially when it comes to the first ones given to rookies. Here’s a closer look at the kind of deals that first-year players can sign....

The veteran forwards were named captains for the game on Wednesday, the NHL announced, and will hand pick their teams during the All-Star Fantasy Draft Jan. 23. Drew Doughty, Patrick Kane, Ryan Getzlaf and Rick Nash will serve as assistant captains. The annual skills competition is scheduled for Jan. 24, while the All-Star game is slated for Sunday, Jan. 25. The league announced its All-Stars on Saturday.

Stoner is charged with two counts of making a false statement to obtain a hunting license, one count of hunting without a license, one count of hunting wildlife out of season, and one count of unlawful possession of dead wildlife, according to The Vancouver Sun. MORE: NHL’s longest suspensions | Training camps open | Patrick Kane settlement in the works Stoner received immediate backlash when photos showed him holding the bear’s severed head and paws....

Kane will be ineligible to play until at least November 30 and will not be paid his salary during that time. Kane will miss out on nearly $1.7 million that he would have been paid for the playing games, with the money instead going to the NHL’s Players’ Emergency Assistance Fund. While the league did not confirm that Kane was suspended for submitting fake documents, multiple outlets, including the Associated Press, reported Kane was under investigation for allegedly submitting a fake card earlier this month....

The 27-year-old, who was acquired from the Detroit Red Wings at the NHL trade deadline, was re-inserted into Vegas’ lineup for Game 2 of the Western Conference finals and repaid the faith of coach Gerard Gallant by scoring the first goal of the evening. Tatar took Ryan Carpenter’s pass at the side of Connor Hellebuyck’s net and fired a shot off the post, before quickly gathering the rebound and tucking it behind the Jets goaltender to give the Golden Knights the lead....

After Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn jabbed him with his stick at the buzzer, Bennington went after Benn and each earned two-minute penalties. Binnington wasn’t done, however; he skated toward the Blues’ exit to the locker room and took a big whack at Stars netminder Ben Bishop, earning another two minutes. Because of his actions, the Blues — already trailing 4-1 — started the third period on the penalty kill....

The most recent one came in Wednesday’s Game 3 matchup of the Western Conference Finals between the Sharks and Blues, when San Jose secured a disputed 5-4 overtime win on a play could not be reviewed. Sharks winger Timo Meier appeared to commit an obvious hand pass before Gustav Nyquist was able to set up Erik Karlsson for the winning goal. However, officials didn’t whistle the play dead and counted the goal on the ice....

The Predators, whose 100 points were the fewest of any NHL division-winner this year, earn back-to-back division titles for the first time in franchise history. In doing so, they’ll hold home-ice advantage for, at least, the first two rounds of the 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs — that is if they can advance past the Dallas Stars. For Dallas, although it wasn’t an easy journey they do return to the postseason after a two-year absence....

So what have they done since? Well, both franchises made blockbuster trades with the Ottawa Senators to improve their chances of lifting the Stanley Cup for the first time. SN STAFF PREDICTIONS:Eastern Conference | Western Conference | Stanley Cup In September, the Sharks acquired defenseman Erik Karlsson in exchange for a bevy of picks and prospects. Five months later, the Golden Knights landed Mark Stone, who was the biggest fish landed at the 2019 trade deadline....

Yes, this is an attempt to judge where each of the 30 NHL teams rank at this juncture of the season. No, it’s not going to mirror the league standings. Yes, there will be some advanced stats considered when analyzing the teams. No, it will not mirror the “Corsi standings.” Long-term injuries to key players will be a factor. A team enjoying an unsustainable run of luck will be a factor....

Good advice for anyone in the Washington-Baltimore metropolitan area that day, as winds of 60 mph and more continued to batter the region. (Just before noon, it hit 49 mph in Annapolis.) It’s also wise words for those attending Saturday’s outdoor game at the U.S. Naval Academy, because the chances of playing the game remained up in the air. The “exceptional” wind storm, as the National Weather Service described it, was forecast to continue until Saturday morning....

Sportico released its latest valuations of all 32 NHL clubs recently, showing just how much each team is worth. It broke down how much every team makes when it comes to revenue, team-related businesses and individual team values, formulating a total value for every franchise. Sure, NHL franchises pale in comparison to the values of teams in other leagues. To put in perspective the difference between leagues, in Sportico’s latest valuations of the NFL franchises, the Bengals came in last with a value of $2....

By the time the clock struck 3 p.m. ET on Feb. 25, 20 transactions were completed with 32 players shifting teams on Monday alone. MORE TRADE DEADLINE: SN grades every major trade from 2019 NHL deadline day The biggest movers and shakers were Columbus and Vegas. Their veteran GMs, Jarmo Kekalainen and George McPhee, put the rest of the NHL on notice by adding key pieces that could help their squads compete in the postseason with the likes of expected finalists, Tampa Bay and San Jose....

The Flyers traded a fifth-round pick in this year’s NHL draft to the Jets in exchange for Kevin Hayes, the team announced Monday. Hayes, 27, will become an unrestricted free agent in July and Philadelphia already has plans to work on a new contract with him. “By gaining the rights to Kevin at this time, it provides us with an opportunity to negotiate with him prior to July 1 when he is due to become an unrestricted free agent,” Flyers general manager Chuck Fletcher said in a statement....

Tori announced on Instagram on Wednesday, she had a miscarriage with the couple’s second child. “As several of you knew, we were about 15 weeks pregnant with our 2nd baby,” she wrote. “Early Sunday morning after a rough couple days fighting a “virus” of some sort, I went into sudden labor and knew something was wrong. “Not long after we learned we had miscarried our baby boy. To fully labor and deliver and even see our baby boy was a pretty devastating process....

Foles’ wife, Tori, announced on Instagram on Wednesday she had a miscarriage Sunday. She was 15 weeks pregnant with the couple’s second child when she unexpectedly went into labor and “knew something was wrong.” Foles returned to OTAs on Thursday and addressed the tragedy for the first time Friday after practice. “She knows how important family is to me, but she also wanted me to be here to be with the team,” Foles told reporters....

With the Australian making the final at the All England Club and winning the recent Citi Open, he would be ranked No.10 in the world if ranking points for Wimbledon counted - which would be higher than the No.13 he achieved in October 2016. Instead Kyrgios is currently ranked No.37 in the world and will only be seeded at the US Open later this month if he achieves strong results in warm-up tournaments....

When the news broke about star wideout Odell Beckham Jr. being out for the season with an ACL tear, everyone knew the Cleveland Browns would be looking for a replacement. Minnesota Vikings receiver Adam Thielen may not make the insane catches like Odell, but he is a reliable target for QB Baker Mayfield and the Browns offense. NFL Trade Rumors: Browns have made an offer to Vikings for WR Thielen The Cleveland Browns are reportedly offering the Minnesota Vikings a second- and fourth-round draft pick for the veteran wideout....

On Tuesday, the QB tweeted out something rather peculiar after news broke out that the Texans will be hiring New England Patriots’ executive Nick Caserio as their next general manager. Watson had his best career statistically in the 2020 regular season, with a career high in attempts (382), completions (544), yards (4,823), touchdowns (33), and the least number of interceptions in his career (7). Despite all that effort, the Texans finished with a 4-12 season and fired Bill O’Brien in the middle of the season....