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Following his game misconduct for elbowing the Devils' Jonas Siegenthaler in a Rangers' win, Matt Rempe was given a four-game suspension.

Philadelphia Flyers coach John Tortorella was suspended for two games and fined $50,000 by the NHL on Sunday for unprofessional conduct directed at the officials by refusing to leave the bench area after a game misconduct. Tortorella reluctantly left the bench Saturday night after receiving the game misconduct and a bench minor early in the Flyers' 7-0 loss at Tampa Bay. On a night that the 2004 Stanley Cup-winning Lightning team that Tortorella coached was honored, he lasted just 10:49 i...

Jets leading scorer Kyle Connor missed Tuesday game at San Jose with a knee injury, returning to Winnipeg to be reevaluated by team doctors two days after getting hurt in a win against Anaheim. Connor will also miss Wednesday night's game at Los Angeles, Jets coach Rick Bowness said. Connor was injured during the second period of Sunday's 4-2 win over the Ducks when he took a knee from Anaheim defenseman Ryan Strome, who received a game misconduct on the play, but avoided a suspensio...

Gabe Vilardi broke a tie with 1:42 left with the third of the Winnipeg Jets' four third-period goals in a 4-2 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday. Winnipeg rallied after losing scoring leader Kyle Connor to a knee injury in the second period when he took a knee from Ducks defenseman Ryan Strome, who received a game misconduct. The Jets have won four straight and nine of 12, while the Ducks have dropped three in a row and 12 of 13.

The Boston Bruins are off to another hot start, and they weren't about to let the Florida Panthers put an end to it just yet. “It was an important win, especially after last year,” said forward Pavel Zacha, who scored with 84 seconds left in overtime to lead the Bruins to a 3-2 win over the team that ended last year's record-setting regular season with a first-round playoff elimination. Brad Marchand and Charlie McAvoy also scored for Boston, which fell behind 2-0 in th...

The NHL's Department of Player Safety has had its hands full already in the first round of this year's playoffs. Their work doesn't appear to be ending anytime soon as Minnesota Wild forward Marcus Foligno's status is likely next on their to-do list. Foligno nailed Dallas Stars forward Radek Faksa with a pretty gnarly knee-on-knee…

James Reimer’s refusal to wear a Pride jersey during warm-ups of a game was not religious. It was political.

Christine brennan, and also the ceo says that her organizations that been working with the state department, nba and wnba to try to bring griner home. she is scheduled to have a hearing in russian court may 19. and the nhl playoffs are under way and it was rough night for the two-time stanley cup champions, lightning getting blown out by the maple leafs 5-0. au austin maon matthews scored twid adding an assist. it is the worst loss as they had to begin their title defense. frustrations were bo...

The Nelson Leafs were dealt a serious blow to their Teck Cup Championship hopes Tuesday night at the NDCC Arena. Will McPhee scored at 15:04 of triple overtime period to spark the Revelstoke Grizzlies to a 4-3 Kootenay International Junior Hockey League playoff victory over the hometown Leafs. The win gives the Grizzlies a commanding 3-1 advantage in the best-of-seven Teck Cup

Camille Forbes was officiating the second of four hockey games on a Saturday before Christmas when s...