The Florida Panthers repeated as Stanley Cup champions, becoming the NHL’s first back-to-back winners since Tampa Bay in 2020 and ’21 and the third team to do it this century.
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The NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs begin Saturday. Here’s what to watch for
One top seed has never won a Stanley Cup. The other wasn’t expected to make the playoffs at all. And a pair of brothers who burned bright for Team USA in February are set to return to the ice.
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Alex Ovechkin scores goal #895 to break Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL scoring record
The Washington Capitals star made history with a power play goal from the left faceoff circle — as Gretzky, who last set the record more than 25 years ago, looked on.
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Alex Ovechkin has tied Wayne Gretzky’s all-time NHL goals record
The Washington Capitals star came into Friday’s game two goals shy of tying the NHL’s career record, set decades ago by the great Wayne Gretzky. The Capitals have six games left in the regular season.
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As Ovechkin nears the NHL goals record, the hockey world leans in to savor the moment
For years, Wayne Gretzky’s record of 894 career regular-season goals was widely thought to be untouchable. Now, the Washington Capitals star has just a handful to go to claim the record as his own.
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Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Hull died with CTE, researchers say
Bobby Hull, an electric left-winger known as the ‘Golden Jet’, marveled hockey fans for his will to win. Named one of the NHL’s greatest players, Hull was found to have had CTE after his death.
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Why Australian Open live streams look like Wii tennis — and what it means for sports
The Australian Open’s animated tennis livestreams are making a splash. U.S. leagues have used similar technology to put Simpsons on the football field and superheroes on ice skates.
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NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother are killed on bicycle ride
The player, nicknamed “Johnny Hockey,” and his younger brother, Matthew, were struck and killed by an SUV one day before they were to appear in their sister’s wedding.
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Bobby Orr’s commitment to values is still shining bright
Sometimes we receive gifts when we least expect them. It’s Christmas 2023, but I got a present four months early. I’ll share with you. On Labor Day this year, my wife Anne and I embarked on a Great Lakes cruise aboard Le Bellot, an intimate 184-passenger French ship. Our third port of call was Parry […]
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The Bruins suffered an epic collapse
Leading their first-round series, 3-1, the Bruins lost three straight — two at home in overtime — to the Florida Panthers. Boston is out of the Stanley Cup playoffs
