Ice Hockey

Canada wins Olympic gold in women's hockey, toppling rival Team USA

11:08am February 17, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Canada defeated Team USA 3-2 on Thursday to win its fifth gold medal in the sport. Either Canada or the U.S. has won every gold medal since women's hockey debuted at the winter Olympics in 1998.

Seattle Kraken fan Nadia Popovici (center) looks toward Vancouver Canucks assistant equipment manager Brian "Red" Hamilton (left) at the end of an NHL hockey game in Seattle on Saturday. Popovici had written Hamilton a note months earlier urging him to se

A hockey fan spotted a staffer's suspicious mole from the stands, saving his life

5:27pm January 03, 2022

by Rachel Treisman

Kraken fan and future medical student Nadia Popovici alerted Canucks staffer Brian Hamilton to a suspicious mole, which turned out to be cancerous. The teams surprised her with a $10,000 scholarship.

Willie O'Ree (left) and Howie Young (center) of the Los Angeles Blades talk during warm ups before their game at the Los Angeles Sports Arena during the 1963-64 season in Los Angeles, Calif. O'Ree became the first black player in the National Hockey Leagu

Black Hockey Players Celebrated In NHL's Mobile History Museum

6:15pm January 28, 2020

by Ryan Delaney

The National Hockey League was the last major sports league to integrate, and is still the least diverse, with a lot to do to develop talent and build goodwill in minority communities.

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The St. Louis Blues' Alex Pietrangelo lifts the Stanley Cup after the team won its first championship in franchise history, beating the Boston Bruins in seven games.

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The St. Louis Blues Beat The Boston Bruins 4-1 In Stanley Cup Final

11:26pm June 12, 2019

by Colin Dwyer

The Blues were a last place team in January. Now they are NHL champions for the first time in their franchise history.

Corey Hirsch, seen during his playing days with the Vancouver Canucks. The mask, which was designed by Frank Cipra and inspired by Psycho, even features Alfred Hitchcock's famous silhouette above Hirsch's eyes. These days, the mask holds special significa

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The Fine Art Of Stopping A Flying Puck

6:25am May 27, 2019

by Colin Dwyer

For decades, ice hockey goalies have carried on a tradition of painting their masks. Less visible, though, are the artists who design them — and the thriving cottage industry they've quietly built.

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman (center left) presents a jersey with No. 32, signifying that Seattle is soon to be the NHL's 32nd active franchise. The NHL Board of Governors announced the expansion Tuesday.

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Space Needle, Meet Lord Stanley: Seattle Is Getting Its Own NHL Team

2:02pm December 05, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The league's Board of Governors unanimously approved the city's bid to become the 32nd active franchise in the NHL. The team expects to take the ice for the first time in 2021.

Even rappelling from the rafters of the Philadelphia Flyers' arena, swinging to the tender tuneful power of Miley Cyrus' "Wrecking Ball," Gritty can see you. He can see your soul.

Gritty, Stuff Of Nightmares, Has Been Officially Welcomed To Philadelphia

3:31pm October 26, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The Philadelphia Flyers' mascot looks like something that would hide under your bed as a child. "Gritty may be a hideous monster," says the city's official resolution, "but he is our hideous monster."

WATCH: Capitals' T.J. Oshie Pays Tearful Tribute To Father With Alzheimer's

1:22pm June 08, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

"He doesn't remember a lot of stuff these days. He remembers enough," the Washington Capitals winger said after winning the NHL title. "But I tell you what ... this one will stick with him forever."

Sports commentator Mike "Doc" Emrick waves to fans as he is presented with a jersey by the New Jersey Devils in 2012.

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From 'Squirt' To 'Squib,' Mike 'Doc' Emrick's Verbal Mastery Makes Hockey More Vibrant

1:00pm June 07, 2018

by Tori Whitley

The renowned NBC announcer is famous for painting a visual picture of hockey using a dense and vivid vocabulary. For one game, a fan logged 153 different ways he used to describe how the puck moved.

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The Golden Knights' mascot takes up his sword before Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final on Monday. Vegas would go on to win that game against the Washington Capitals — but not before the mascot fought a sweat-drenched duel with a sad-sack stand-in for the

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Behind That Bonkers Golden Knights Pregame Show: 'We Threw Everything On The Wall'

8:58pm May 30, 2018

Sword fights. Neon-visored drum majors. A giant, firework-spitting helmet. The Vegas hockey team's spectacle is an anomaly in the stoic NHL — and that's just the way the team likes it.

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