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Mike Grier poses for photos as he is introduced as the new general manager of the San Jose Sharks at a news conference in San Jose, Calif., Tuesday, July 5, 2022.

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Mike Grier becomes the first Black general manager in NHL history

1:15pm July 06, 2022

by Shruti Rajkumar

The 47-year-old hockey veteran was just named the general manager of the San Jose Sharks. Grier comes from a line of sports executives, with both his father and brother working in the NFL.

Finland's Minnamari Tuominen (left) and Team USA's Alexandra Carpenter vie for the puck next to Finland's goaltender Anni Keisala during the women's ice hockey semi-final match of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games.

U.S. women will face Canada in the Olympic hockey gold medal match

11:23pm February 14, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

The U.S. women's ice hockey team defeated Finland 4-1 on Monday. The U.S. team will go up against its longtime rival, Canada, in the gold medal game later this week.

Germany's Claudia Pechstein is the oldest woman that is competing in the 2022 Olympics. She is turning 50 this month.

'Never too late': Older athletes are breaking records at the 2022 Beijing Olympics

7:28am February 12, 2022

by Jaclyn Diaz

NPR found at least 140 athletes listed as competing in this Winter Games that are over the age of 35, according to the Olympic Studies Center.

The NHL pauses hockey season until after Christmas due to COVID-19 risks

9:39am December 21, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

The league will begin its holiday break starting at the end of Tuesday night's games, postponing the five remaining games scheduled for Thursday.

Area teachers in Sioux Falls, S.D., scramble to grab $1 bills on the ice rink at a Sioux Falls Stampede hockey game on Saturday, in this screenshot from a video posted by Argus Leader reporter Annie Todd that went viral this weekend.

Organizers of the South Dakota teacher 'Dash for Cash' are apologizing and paying up

5:16pm December 14, 2021

by Rachel Treisman

The Sioux Falls Stampede and CU Mortgage Direct acknowledge the event appeared "degrading and insulting" to educators and are giving an additional $500 to each of the applicants and participants.

Joel Quenneville is no longer the head coach of the Florida Panthers, after an investigation found he and other leaders failed to act on sexual assault accusations from a player on the Chicago Blackhawks during Quenneville's tenure there.

A former Chicago Blackhawks coach resigns from the Florida Panthers' top job

4:28pm October 29, 2021

by Bill Chappell

Joel Quenneville has quit as coach of the Florida hockey team following a report about the handling of sexual assault accusations from a player for the Blackhawks during Quenneville's tenure there.

Kyle Beach #12 of the Chicago Blackhawks skates against the Detroit Red Wings during a preseason game in September 2010 at the Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.

Kyle Beach reveals he is the player suing the Chicago Blackhawks over sex assault

9:28am October 28, 2021

by Jaclyn Diaz

Beach said that he was sexually assaulted by a video coach for the hockey team in 2010 and that the team did nothing about it for weeks. Beach came forward publicly for the first time Wednesday.

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman prepares for the first round of the 2020 National Hockey League Draft at the NHL Network Studio on October 06, 2020 in Secaucus, New Jersey.

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NHL announces that all but 4 players are vaccinated

4:45pm October 13, 2021

by Sharon Pruitt-Young

That means about 99% of NHL players have gotten the vaccine. "All of our officials are vaccinated. All of the personnel that come into contact with the players are vaccinated," the commissioner adds.

The Tampa Bay Lightning celebrate winning the Stanley Cup on Monday in Edmonton, Canada.

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NHL Completes Season In Bubble; Tampa Bay Lightning Win Stanley Cup

3:59pm September 29, 2020

by Reese Oxner

The NHL is the first of the four major North American pro sports leagues to crown a champion during the pandemic. Some players spent over two months in a bubble, with no COVID-19 cases reported.

Personnel enter and exit the NHL bubble in Toronto, one of two host cities, along with Edmonton, where the league has resumed its season.

NHL Commissioner On How The League Keeps Athletes Safe: 'Be As Flexible As Possible'

11:07am August 06, 2020

The National Hockey League has resumed its season in two "bubbles" in Edmonton and Toronto, Canada. The league says it's administered 7,000 coronavirus tests to players, with zero positive cases.

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