Peter Repčík: Outstanding Performance in the Junior CHL

Peter Repčík: Outstanding Performance in the Junior CHL

Peter Repčík (photo: Journal Express/Ghyslain Bergeron) How did the Slovak youngsters in the junior CHL do on the night from Saturday to Sunday? We recommend: Pekarčík experienced a successful return to action: He extended his streak OHL Slovaks did not score in the OHL. Martin Mišiak and Ondrej Molnár scored a minus point in Erie’s … Read more

Washington Capitals Forward Nicklas Bäckström Takes Indefinite Leave of Absence for Health Reasons

Washington Capitals Forward Nicklas Bäckström Takes Indefinite Leave of Absence for Health Reasons

Nicklas Backstrom (photo: Instagram/Washington Capitals) The Washington Capitals team announced on Wednesday that veteran forward Nicklas Bäckström will take an indefinite leave of absence from hockey due to health reasons. The 35-year-old Swede recorded one assist in the first eight games of the season. In the last one, he only started in January because of … Read more

Columbus Blue Jackets’ Offensive Struggles Continue in Shutout Loss to New York Islanders

Columbus Blue Jackets’ Offensive Struggles Continue in Shutout Loss to New York Islanders

The only thing Jack Roslovic could do was throw his head back in disbelief. Roslovic, who’s been on a tear recently for the Blue Jackets, couldn’t get a puck past Semyon Varlomov on Saturday night if he’d offered the Islanders’ goalie a bribe. More: Columbus Blue Jackets breakdown: point streak ends in shutout loss to … Read more

The Tampa Bay Lightning vs Buffalo Sabres NHL Game: Buffalo Defeats Tampa Bay 3-2 in Overtime

The Tampa Bay Lightning vs Buffalo Sabres NHL Game: Buffalo Defeats Tampa Bay 3-2 in Overtime

The Tampa Bay Lightning hockey players lost to the Buffalo Sabers 2:3 in overtime on Wednesday night in the NHL. Slovakian defender Erik Černák played his 300th game in the pro league in the away team’s jersey. Tomáš Tatar played his third game for Colorado, he did not score on the ice of Seattle. His … Read more

Montreal Canadiens Hockey Players Struggle with Injuries: Kirby Dach’s Serious Knee Injury

Montreal Canadiens Hockey Players Struggle with Injuries: Kirby Dach’s Serious Knee Injury

Montreal Canadiens hockey players are really unlucky. In the past season, their players missed a total of 751 duels due to injury, they were clearly the first in the league in this statistic. They did not start the new year any better. In the second game, the center of the second attack was injured Kirby … Read more

Ex-NHL Enforcer Georges Laraque’s Sports Collectibles Shop Robbed – Help Identify the Thief

Ex-NHL Enforcer Georges Laraque’s Sports Collectibles Shop Robbed – Help Identify the Thief

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A sports shop owned by ex-Montreal Canadiens enforcer Georges Laraque was robbed overnight Thursday, and he is asking anyone who might recognize the thief to contact him. Laraque posted video footage to his various social media accounts on Friday showing his store, Ultime Sports Collection Laval, getting … Read more

Why Jan Myšák’s NHL Career Hasn’t Taken Off: Experts and Coaches Weigh In

Why Jan Myšák’s NHL Career Hasn’t Taken Off: Experts and Coaches Weigh In

He is one of the biggest Czech talents of recent years, and many expected that by this time he would have played in the NHL. However, hockey player Jan Myšák has not yet broken through even on the farm. It’s a mystery to some experts. The rookie camp of the Montreal Canadiens will start on … Read more

Erik Karlsson: Swedish Hockey Player Moves to Pittsburgh Penguins, Acquiring Remo Pitlick and Dillon Hamaliuk

Erik Karlsson: Swedish Hockey Player Moves to Pittsburgh Penguins, Acquiring Remo Pitlick and Dillon Hamaliuk

Swedish hockey player Erik Karlsson is moving from San Jose to Pittsburgh. The Penguins also acquired forwards Remo Pitlick with Dillon Hamaliuk and a third-round pick in the 2026 draft. Photo: SITA/AP, Godofredo A. Vásquez The shark on the jersey of Swedish defender Erik Karlsson will be replaced by a penguin from the new season. … Read more

Improving Juraj Slafkovski’s Performance in the NHL: The Path to Success

Improving Juraj Slafkovski’s Performance in the NHL: The Path to Success

Juraj Slafkovski’s rookie season in the NHL was neither exceptional nor successful. Just when it seemed that the first pick of last year’s draft finally got a feel for game pace, the knee did not allow him to play more than 39 games and collect 10 points in the jersey of the Montreal Canadiens. However, … Read more

Arizona Coyotes Place Forward Alex Galchenyuk on Unconditional Waiver, Contract Termination Under Investigation

Arizona Coyotes Place Forward Alex Galchenyuk on Unconditional Waiver, Contract Termination Under Investigation

Alex Galchenyuk (photo: nhl.com) The Arizona Coyotes placed forward Alex Galchenyuk on the unconditional waiver list with the goal of terminating his contract. The move comes just 12 days after signing a one-year, two-way contract worth $775,000 at the NHL level and $225,000 at the minor league level. The club wrote in the announcement that … Read more