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Massachusetts is sending its very best to Beijing for the 2022 Winter Olympics. Here are the locals to root for as the games begin.

With a number of talented forwards reportedly on the trade block, here are 11 young defencemen the Vancouver Canucks could target in return.

The annual Beanpot college hockey tournament will be played this month for the first time since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. The traditional four teams, Boston University, Boston College, Harvard, and Northeastern, will face off in the women’s tournament on February 1 and 8 and the men’s tournament on February 7 and 14. Here’s what you need to know.

Boston College men’s hockey alternate captain and leading scorer Jack McBain was named to Canada’s men’s hockey Olympic roster on Tuesday. Meet Team Canada! 25 men have been selected to...

Matty Beniers and Jake Sanderson are two of 13 NHL prospects selected to the United States mens hockey team for the 2022 Beijing Olympics.

Brooks Bandits (AJHL) Colorado selected three forwards and one defenseman at this years draft, choosing one player each from Sweden, the U.S. National Team Development Program, the United States Hockey League and the Alberta Junior Hockey League. During the first round on Friday, the Avalanche selected forward Oskar Olausson with the 28th overall pick. Olausson, 18, made his debut in the Swedish Hockey League, the top professional hockey league in Sweden, during the 2020-21 campaign and recorde...

U.S. is well-represented, coast to coast, on world junior championship team World junior champions are sampling of U.S.s best.   January 9, 2021 — 8:20pm Text size Copy shortlink: In 1980, Herb Brooks took a team of 12 Minnesotans, four Massachusians, two Michiganders and a pair of Wisconsinites to Lake Placid, N.Y., and shocked the world by beating the mighty Soviet Union in the Miracle on Ice. Forty-one years later, the...

Canucks fans are becoming accustomed to the tug-o-war in response to Vasily Podkolzin’s counting stats. Some see a player who impacts the game in many positive facets with translatable skills. Others see someone who fails to produce enough to warrant excitement. To be honest, both sides have valid points. In the past, the 19-year-old has made a habit of dominating against his age group while struggling to parlay those stretches into sustained offence at the professional level. Deployment has ...

EDMONTON, Alberta — Heavy underdogs against a hockey powerhouse on home ice, Spencer Knight and his United States teammates snatched away gold for the red, white and blue. Knight made 34 saves in yet another shutout and Team USA upset Canada 2-0 on Tuesday night to win the world junior hockey championship. Tournament MVP Trevor Zegras had a goal and an assist, and Alex Turcotte also scored as the U.S. won its first gold medal at the event since 2017. United States players poured over the b...

WJC Wrap Up: York and Brink Win Gold A quick synopsis of the three players performances and a look at what could be in store for each over the remainder of the 2020-21 hockey season by Bill Meltzer @BillMeltzer / philadelphiaflyers.com Flyers prospects Cam York and Bobby Brink finished their respective junior careers in memorable...