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The NHL's coronavirus pause: Possible playoff host cities, virtual draft, player concerns and more
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Sunday, 12 April 2020 18:34
It has been 32 days since the NHL decided to hit the pause button on the 2019-20 season, joining a staggering list of cancellations and postponements related to COVID-19.As players, execs and fans continue to adjust to the new normal, we will be providing updates every Monday, answering all the burning questions on the various angles of the NHL's relation…
D Hults signs entry-level contract with Kings
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Saturday, 11 April 2020 16:44
Penn State junior defenseman Cole Hults signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the Los Angeles Kings, the team announced Saturday.Hults will skip his senior season with the Nittany Lions to join the Kings, who drafted him in the fifth round in 2017.Hults, 21, had 17 goals 78 points in 111 games with the Nittany Lions. He leaves the program as…
Source: Blackhawks, Denver's Mitchell reach deal
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Saturday, 11 April 2020 17:03
The Chicago Blackhawks' top defensive prospect, Ian Mitchell, has decided to forgo his senior season at Denver and sign an entry-level NHL contract, a source confirmed to ESPN.Mitchell has not yet signed a contract, but both sides agreed on terms. Barstool Sports first reported the agreement.Mitchell, 21, was a second-round draft pick of the Blackhawks in 2017. He spent three…
Longtime Blackhawks defenseman Stapleton dies
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Friday, 10 April 2020 15:17
TORONTO -- Pat Stapleton, a longtime NHL defenseman who famously kept an air of mystery over whether he possessed the puck from the winning goal of the 1972 Summit Series, has died. He was 79.The Strathroy Rockets, a Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League team with which Stapleton was involved, said on its website he died Wednesday night. No cause was…
Ex-Kings, Rangers coach Tom Webster dies at 71
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Friday, 10 April 2020 16:29
Tom Webster, the former NHL and WHA forward who went on to coach the New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings, died Friday. He was 71.The Carolina Hurricanes announced Webster's death. Webster scored 53 goals and helped the franchise -- then the New England Whalers -- win the World Hockey Association's first title in 1972-73. He also was an assistant…
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