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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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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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Saturday Sports: The NFL Playoffs Close In; The Maple Leafs Shake Things Up

10:21am November 30, 2019

by Scott Simon

The second half of the season is where the rubber hits the road with the NFL. So, which teams are for real? Also, having fired their coach, will the Toronoto Maple Leafs finally get their moment?

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Canadians, Increasingly Diverse, Wonder If Hockey Can Shift To Match

5:10am November 29, 2019

The suspension of a NHL coach for a past use of a racist slur is raising questions in Canada about the sport's ability to reflect the nation's increasingly multicultural makeup.

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.

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."

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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Marc-Andre Fleury, winner of multiple Stanley Cups with the Pittsburgh Penguins, had been cast off to Vegas when a younger player took his spot as starting goalie. Now in goal for the Golden Knights, he's four wins away from adding his name yet again to t

For Vegas Oddsmakers, Home Team's Fairy Tale Season Becomes A Frightfest

6:31pm May 21, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The odds of the Vegas Golden Knights winning the Stanley Cup hovered as high as 500-to-1 last fall. Now, the team has made the final in its first season — and some bettors stand to win big.