Ville Koivunen has played only 47 NHL games, but his new contract already puts him in remarkable company in Pittsburgh Penguins history. Pittsburgh signed Koivunen to an eight-year, $32 million contract on Aug. 6, keeping the 23-year-old forward under team control through the 2033-34 season. The deal carries a $4 million average annual value and…
The Toronto Maple Leafs are heading into a season with two very different questions surrounding two very important players. Gavin McKenna is about to begin his NHL career with enormous expectations attached to being the first overall pick, while Auston Matthews is entering a season in which there may be more scrutiny on him than…
Sometimes a player’s importance to a hockey team can’t really be measured by goals and assists. Wendel Clark is a good example. If you looked only at statistics, there were players who had longer careers, scored more goals, and put up more points. Clark’s career was interrupted by injuries, and he never had the chance…
Landon DuPont, D, Canada Brock England, C, Canada Brock Cripps, D, Canada Camryn Warren, LW, Canada Kayden Stroeder, C, Canada Jaakko Wycisk, RW/C, Canada Lukáš KachlÃÅ™, D, Czechia Tomas Selic, RW, Slovakia Jonah Neuenschwander, C, Switzerland Gavin Burcar, C, USA Other Notable Standouts The 2026 Hlinka Gretzky Cup is now in the books after Canada…
The 2026-27 NHL season is now less than eight weeks away, with the Edmonton Oilers set to open their schedule at home against the Vancouver Canucks on Sept. 29. Edmonton is coming off an underwhelming 2025-26 campaign, which saw the team finish with its lowest point percentage since 2018-19 before being eliminated in the opening…
For several years now, the San Jose Sharks have quietly built one of the most enviable prospect pools in hockey. The rebuild that stripped the roster down to the studs also stocked the system with high-end talent, and even as players like Macklin Celebrini, Will Smith, Michael Misa, and Sam Dickinson graduated to full-time NHL…
Saturday was showtime in Canton, Ohio, as the Pro Football Hall of Fame’s five inductees saw their busts for the first time. In front of a packed house at Tom Benson Hall of Fame Stadium, Drew Brees, Larry Fitzgerald, Adam Vinatieri, Luke Kuechly and Roger Craig all had a chance to say thank you to…
Washington Commanders left tackle Laremy Tunsil sustained a torn triceps in practice today during 1-on-1 pass-rush drills. He’ll likely require surgery and will miss at least a significant portion of the regular season, per Mike Garafolo. Tunsil’s injury occurred while blocking defensive end Odafe Oweh. This is the second injury Tunsil, 32, has sustained in…
Adam Vinatieri’s pretty confident his former coach can take a joke. The legendary kicker, who won three Super Bowls with the New England Patriots and one with the Indianapolis Colts, took a lighthearted jab at former Patriots coach Bill Belichick in his Hall of Fame acceptance speech on Saturday. Vinatieri beat Belichick to earning a…
The Hlinka Gretzky Cup is the unofficial start of NHL Draft season, and the 2027 NHL Draft is already promising to be an exciting class. Exceptional status defender Landon DuPont is the early favourite ahead of Brock England and Alexis Joseph, while Dima Zhilkin, Jonah Neuenschwander, Brock Cripps and Milan Sundstrom make up a very…
