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8:07 PM ET SUNRISE, Fla. — For Matthew Tkachuk, winning most valuable player at the 2023 NHL All-Star Game was an honor Saturday. But having the chance to represent the host Florida Panthers and finally play on a team with his brother made the event even more memorable. Tkachuk, 25, was named MVP with four

6:57 PM ET ESPN News Services SUNRISE, Fla. — Detroit Red Wings forward Dylan Larkin had a hat trick, Toronto Maple Leafs winger Mitchell Marner had three assists and the Atlantic Division topped the Central Division 7-5 in the All-Star Game final on Saturday. All-Star Game MVP Matthew Tkachuk — playing alongside his brother Brady

7:39 PM ET Associated Press ARLINGTON, Va. — The Washington Capitals have signed winger Sonny Milano to a three-year extension worth $5.7 million. General manager Brian MacLellan announced the contract Saturday, adding to an already busy All-Star break for taking care of future business. The Capitals extended forward Dylan Strome for $25 million over five

Feb 3, 2023 ESPN staff Sidney Crosby, Alex Ovechkin, Connor McDavid & Co. descended upon South Florida over the weekend. Editor’s Picks 1 Related The NHL’s finest competed in a slew of events ranging from hardest shot to accuracy shooting Friday night at the home to the Florida Panthers, FLA Live Arena, and on the

3:46 PM ET FORT LAUDERDALE — The NHL will head north for its 2024 All-Star Weekend, with Toronto tapped as host city for next winter’s festivities. League commissioner Gary Bettman made the announcement during a Saturday news conference ahead of this year’s All-Star Game in South Florida. He invited Maple Leafs president and former NHL

12:15 AM ET SUNRISE, Fla. — Washington Capitals star Alex Ovechkin said partnering with son Sergei and Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby for an NHL All-Star skills event Friday night was a “special moment” for all three and the game of hockey. Crosby, 35, and Ovechkin, 37, were a dual-entry in the breakaway challenge trick-shot

Feb 2, 2023 Associated Press FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Kim Davis sees a change in hockey from when she was a girl growing up in Chicago. Back then, she said, the sport didn’t seem like a place for Black girls like her. “There were no intentional messages that said the sport was for me, or

Feb 3, 2023 Associated Press FT. LAUDERDALE, Fla. — The Washington Capitals signed forward Dylan Strome to a five-year extension worth $25 million. The team announced the contract Friday during NHL All-Star Weekend, which is taking place in south Florida — where the draft was held in 2015 when Strome was picked third overall. Strome

Feb 3, 2023 FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Hockey fans have seen Sidney Crosby raise the Stanley Cup, win Olympic gold and receive MVP honors. They had never, until this week, seen him emerge saturated and giggling after tumbling into a water-filled tank on a Florida beach. For the past two seasons, the NHL has incorporated

8:42 PM ET Vegas Golden Knights captain Mark Stone will be out indefinitely after having back surgery, the team said Wednesday. The left winger is expected to make a full recovery. Stone was injured Jan. 12, after playing less than four minutes of the Golden Knights’ 4-2 win over the visiting Florida Panthers. He began

5:09 PM ET ESPN News Services DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. — New Jersey Devils associate coach and former Florida Panthers head coach Andrew Brunette was arrested Wednesday in South Florida and charged with driving under the influence. Brunette was pulled over in the Deerfield Beach area, north of Fort Lauderdale, according to Broward County jail records.

3:13 PM ET The NHLPA executive board will meet this week in Florida to discuss the possible appointment of U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh as its new executive director, sources confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday. Walsh, who served as Mayor of Boston from 2014 to 2021, has emerged as the leading candidate to succeed

7:00 AM ET ESPN staff Gary Bettman took office as the NHL’s first-ever commissioner on Feb. 1, 1993. It’s been an eventful three decades since. League owners tapped Bettman — a New York-born, Ivy League-educated lawyer who previously served as the NBA’s general counsel and senior vice president — to succeed outgoing president Gil Stein

Jan 30, 2023 Bo Horvat leaving Vancouver was always thought to be a possibility. It became a reality on Monday, with the Canucks trading their captain to the New York Islanders. Horvat heads to Long Island in exchange for forward Anthony Beauvillier, prospect forward Aatu Raty and a conditional first-round pick in this year’s draft,

Jan 30, 2023 The rumor and speculation is now over regarding Vancouver Canucks center Bo Horvat. The New York Islanders have traded forwards Anthony Beauvillier and Aatu Raty, along with a conditional first-round pick in the 2023 draft (top-12 protected), in exchange for Vancouver’s now-former captain. The Canucks are retaining 25% of Horvat’s salary. In

Jan 31, 2023 New York Islanders There are basically two universes we need to consider when it comes to the New York Islanders acquisition of Bo Horvat from the Vancouver Canucks on Monday: The universe where Mathew Barzal shifts to the wing and the universe where he doesn’t. The Islanders now have more centers than

Jan 31, 2023 CAA is now representing women’s hockey players, hoping to minimize the gender gap and help grow the sport, the agency told ESPN on Tuesday. The Creative Artists Agency has signed eight women’s hockey players, including two-time Canadian Olympic medalist Blayre Turnbull and Boston College captain Hannah Bilka, to its initial roster, promising

Jan 30, 2023 ESPN News Services Hockey Hall of Famer Bobby Hull, a 12-time All-Star and two-time Hart Trophy winner, has died, the Chicago Blackhawks announced Monday. He was 84. “We send our deepest sympathies to the Hull family,” the team said in a statement. “The Hull family has requested privacy during this difficult time.