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Gary Bettman
Sidney Crosby
September 30, 2016
NHL 2016-17: Odds stacked against Penguins repeating
After the Penguins paraded the Stanley Cup through the streets of Pittsburgh, Sidney Crosby took it to his hometown of Cole ...
Wayne Gretzky; Gary Bettman
September 27, 2016
IIHF slightly upgrades odds NHL players will be in Olympics
International Ice Hockey Federation President Rene Fasel feels better about the chances of having NHL players compete at the ...
Auston Matthews, Henrik Lundqvist, Victor Hedman, Daniel Sedin
September 23, 2016
World Cup of Hockey delivering on promise of quality play
The NHL has gotten almost everything it hoped for so far at the World Cup of Hockey. In holding the first World Cup since ...
Mike Babcock
September 07, 2016
ESPN gets back in the hockey game with the World Cup
The NHL is back on ESPN, for a limited time only. More than a decade after the league and the top U.S. sports network split ...
August 09, 2016
Blues-Blackhawks in Winter Classic added after Rams left
Before the Rams left town in January, the St. Louis Blues were already in line to get an outdoor NHL stadium series game — ...
July 27, 2016
Bettman: Research on concussion-CTE link 'remains nascent'
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman's reluctance to link hits to the head in hockey with a degenerative brain disease found in ...
June 23, 2016
Panel studying stadium plan in Vegas gets new numbers
A day after Las Vegas won a bid for an NHL expansion team, a governor's panel studying a proposed 65,000-seat domed stadium ...
June 14, 2016
AP Source: NHL settles on Las Vegas for expansion
The NHL is ready to roll the dice on Las Vegas. A person with direct knowledge of the NHL's decision says the league has ...
June 14, 2016
The Great One among those to pay respects to Mr. Hockey
Gordie Howe's casket was guided down a hallway, flanked by some of the biggest names in sports: Wayne Gretzky, Scotty Bowman ...
Dennis Wideman
June 09, 2016
NHL appeals Wideman suspension reduction to NY federal court
The National Hockey League might be suffering buyer's remorse after agreeing players can appeal a commissioner's decision to ...
Gary Bettman
May 30, 2016
Bettman not bullish about NHL participation in 2018 Olympics
The NHL remains open to continuing to send its players to the Olympics, just so long as it doesn't have foot the bill.
Rene Fasel
May 03, 2016
AP Interview: Fasel worried NHL players will skip 2018 Games
The head of ice hockey's international body says there is a strong possibility that NHL players won't be competing at the ...
Alex Ovechkin
April 22, 2016
No Canada: NHL playoff ratings plummet north of the border
With NHL playoff viewership down nearly two-thirds across Canada, the television executive who committed Toronto-based ...
April 22, 2016
Hats over rats: NHL commish on what fans can throw on ice
Attention, Florida Panthers fans: Throwing those toy rats on the ice during a game means drawing the ire of NHL Commissioner ...
April 20, 2016
Rats, Octopi and sharks! NHL needs pest control for playoffs
Rats! And Octopi. Even a lifeless shark. Real or rubber, NHL arenas in the postseason have a way of turning into an ...
Ed Snider
April 11, 2016
Ed Snider, founder of Philadelphia Flyers, dies at 83
Ed Snider was weakened by cancer, the disease that kept him from his beloved Philadelphia Flyers. General manager Ron Hextall ...
Carl Hagelin
April 06, 2016
Concussions, hits to the head landed atop NHL agenda in 2007
During the 2006-07 season, a concussion sustained by Sabres co-captain Chris Drury — as a result of a blindside check by ...
April 01, 2016
Blackhawks' Keith suspended 6 games for high-sticking
The Chicago Blackhawks will have to start the playoffs without reigning playoff MVP Duncan Keith, who was suspended six games ...
April 01, 2016
Killers and Mr. Las Vegas to open splashy Strip arena
The newest addition to the glittering Las Vegas Strip debuts next week without a slot machine or a blackjack table in sight.