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Montreal went for skill over size with their first defensive selection of the Kent Hughes era.

The 2022 NHL draft came to a close

Sometimes your given name just isnt enough. Hockey has had some great nicknames over the years, from ones that are simple and fitting ("The Great One"), to some that are just a perfect play on a players actual name ("Pickles").

McCabe’s summer signing with the Hawks finally puts him on the same NHL team as Murphy, his friend on U.S. national teams since 2009.

Ty Smith remembers his dads sales pitch like it was yesterday. It was 2007 or 2008 and his minor hockey team was short on defensemen in the middle of a tournament. None of Smiths teammates were eager to drop back and help out, so, as the coachs son, he became the default choice. "Its fine, dont worry - you can still go end to end," Smith recalls his father telling him during a largely one-way conversation. Smith, all of 7 years old, was soon blown away. In that first game of spot duty, he learn...

The tournament SAMUEL KUBANI / AFP / Getty Canada came out flying, opening the tournament with back-to-back shutout victories over the host Czech Republic team and Slovakia. A 4-3 loss to Sweden, however, cost the Canadians the top spot in Group A and an automatic trip to the semifinals. Mason would take the reigns in goal for the remainder of the tournament, with Canada needing to advance past three tough nations en route to a gold medal. The Red and White clashed with Finland in the quarterf...

Photo by Dave Sandford/NHLI via Getty Images San Jose Sharks fans missed out on seeing 2020 draft pick Thomas Bordeleau compete at the 2021 IIHF World Juniors Championship thanks to COVID-19 precautions, but the club will still be represented at the tournament, which begins exhibition games on Sunday. Four prospects in the Sharks’ system have been named to their home country’s national team to compete at the top men’s juniors level. The group includes two forwards and two defenders on thr...