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Making his San Jose Sharks debut, Mackenzie Blackwood made 31 saves in the first two periods of Saturday's game against the Colorado Avalanche at SAP Center

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When the USA Patriots amputee softball team pulled up to Toyota Field in Madison on Saturday, they were greeted by assembled Marines saluting them.

How long must a team suffer? How long has a team suffered? This is the fourth of several posts looking into the playoff droughts of 30 of the 32 active NHL franchises to figure out what went wrong and how it ended. This post covers Minnesota, Montreal, Nashville, the New York Islanders, and the New York Rangers.

As the fifth anniversary of Tom Petty's death approaches, a former pro ski racer recalls his adventures with the legendary singer

The Avalanche would be the undisputed Stanley Cup favorites for the next two years (at least) if they acquired Patrick Kane from the Blackhawks.

With the NHL unable to send its players to the 2022 Olympics, the league and the players' association must get to work on what everybody wants: a best-on-best international hockey tournament. That and more in the final 32 Thoughts of 2021.

There is a popular adage which says, “you can find a Bajan anywhere” and if 18-year-old Kyle Lewis is successful on his mission, the La Liga Santander will welcome the first Barbadian. This week’s Future Star is diverse forward Kyle Lewis, w

Grafton junior golfer Hollie Fuller backed up a win at the Evans Head Junior Golf Classic with an Open title victory in a good weekend on the course

Goalie Week: Memorable Masks by Bill Meltzer @BillMeltzer / philadelphiaflyers.com Ever since Hockey Hall of Fame goaltender Jacques Plante, in 1959, became the first NHL goaltender to permanently don a face mask and the use of masks went from a curiosity piece to a necessity over the next decade-plus, the masks themselves evolve...