Hockey
Ovechkin passes Esposito with 718th career goal
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Tuesday, 16 March 2021 20:53
WASHINGTON -- Alex Ovechkin took sole possession of sixth place on the NHL's career goal list in the most Alex Ovechkin way possible: ripping a one-timer past a goaltender from just inside the faceoff circle on the power play in a big game for the Washington Capitals.Ovechkin scored his 718th goal to pass Phil Esposito and became the second active…
Devils' Hischier sidelined 3 weeks after surgery
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Tuesday, 16 March 2021 19:06
NEWARK, N.J. -- New Jersey Devils captain Nico Hischier is expected to miss three weeks following surgery Monday to repair a frontal sinus fracture.Hischier was injured in a 5-2 loss to the Washington Capitals on Feb. 27, when he was struck in the visor by a deflected puck.Hischier has scored three points (two goals, one assist) in five games this…
NWHL luminary Rylan Kearney resigns from roles
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Tuesday, 16 March 2021 15:50
NEW YORK -- National Women's Hockey League founder and former commissioner Dani Rylan Kearney resigned Tuesday from her post as an adviser to the league and president of the entity that owns four of its six teams.The NWHL and W Hockey Partners announced her departure. W Hockey Partners owns the Buffalo Beauts, Connecticut Whale, Metropolitan Riveters and Minnesota Whitecaps.Rylan launched…
Kirill the Thrill: How sensational rookie Kaprizov has transformed the Wild
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Tuesday, 16 March 2021 08:01
Some rookie stars arrive in the NHL with their own gravitational pull, knocking a franchise out of its orbit.Minnesota Wild coach Dean Evason saw it happen first hand while with the Washington Capitals when Alex Ovechkin arrived. He was a player whose pulsating lifeforce, on and off the ice, infused every aspect of the team."When he first came in ...…
Russian hockey player, 19, dies after hit by puck
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Tuesday, 16 March 2021 06:03
MOSCOW -- A 19-year-old Russian hockey player has died after being hit in the head by the puck during a game, his club and the league said Tuesday.Defenseman Timur Faizutdinov was playing for Dynamo St. Petersburg's junior team in a playoff game against Loko Yaroslavl on Friday when he was struck by a puck hit from the neutral zone.Faizutdinov collapsed…
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