The Anaheim Ducks have placed executive vice president and general manager Bob Murray on administrative leave, pending "an ongoing investigation related to professional conduct," the team announced Tuesday.Murray, 66, has been with the organization since 2005.The team said it "recently became aware of accusations of improper professional conduct" against Murray. The Ducks reviewed the matter internally and then hired the…

Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon missed practice on Tuesday with a lower-body injury, and his status for Thursday's game against the Vancouver Canucks is not known.J.T. Compher jumped up to the first line at practice, taking the center position, flanked by Gabriel Landeskog and Mikko Rantanen with MacKinnon out. The second line featured Valeri Nichushkin, Nazem Kadri and Andre Burakovsky.Though…

Jarrod and Erin Skalde have reached a resolution with the Pittsburgh Penguins following claims that she was sexually assaulted by former Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins coach John "Clark" Donatelli in 2018.Details of the settlement were not disclosed. Romanucci & Blandin, the law firm representing Erin Skalde, said on Tuesday that the legal matter "has come to satisfactory conclusion for all parties involved."Jarrod…

The Chicago Blackhawks' fall from grace has been one of the steepest in NHL history.The team's calamitous mishandling of former player Kyle Beach's claims that he was sexually assaulted by former video coach Brad Aldrich in 2010 has led to sweeping changes. General manager Stan Bowman and senior director of hockey operations Al MacIsaac both resigned after an investigation into…