BOSTON — The Boston Bruins have re-signed forward Sean Kuraly to a three-year deal. The contract has an annual cap hit of $1.275 million, the team said. Kuraly scored six goals last season, his first full season in the NHL. He had two goals and a pair of assists in the playoffs. Also Tuesday, the Bruins […]
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Bettman, Brodeur, O’Ree top Hockey Hall of Fame class
(AP) — Willie O’Ree didn’t know he had broken the NHL’s color barrier when he made his debut in 1958. Martin Brodeur couldn’t see the three Stanley Cup titles and jaw-dropping career ahead when he played his first game in goal for the New Jersey Devils in 1992 and, a year later, Gary Bettman didn’t […]
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Bruins among suitors for John Tavares
(AP) — The first big free agent re-signing with his own team is just the beginning of what’s to come around the NHL. Defenseman John Carlson signed a $64 million, eight-year deal with the Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals. His agent and the representatives for other pending unrestricted free agents were able to start talking […]
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NHL draft: Maine native Wahlstrom picked 11th overall by Islanders
Oliver Wahlstrom puts on a New York Islanders jersey after being selected with the 11th pick of the NHL draft in Dallas on Friday, June 22, 2018. (AP Photo/Michael Ainsworth) DALLAS — Yarmouth native Oliver Wahlstrom was taken by the New York Islanders with the 11th overall pick in the NHL draft Friday night, becoming […]
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Yarmouth’s Wahlstrom expected to be first-round selection in NHL draft
Maine native Oliver Wahlstrom, 18, who has been played on U.S. national U-17 and U-18 hockey squads, is expected to be taken in the first round of the NHL Draft on Friday. (Rena Laverty/USA Hockey National Team Development Program) Nine years after he scored a jaw-dropping goal that would make him an internet sensation, Yarmouth […]
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Caps on top: Washington wins first Stanley Cup
LAS VEGAS — After 43 seasons, the Washington Capitals are finally sitting on top of hockey. Lars Eller scored the tiebreaking goal with 7:37 to play, and the Capitals raised the Stanley Cup for the first time in franchise history after a 4-3 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 5 on Thursday night. […]
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Capitals on verge of Stanley Cup title after blowing out Golden Knights in Game 4
WASHINGTON — The Washington Capitals are one win away from the first championship in their 43-year history after routing the Vegas Golden Knights 6-2 on Monday night to take a commanding 3-1 lead in the Stanley Cup Final. T.J. Oshie, Tom Wilson and Devante Smith-Pelly all scored in the first period to get the Capitals […]
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Caps hold off Knights in Game 2, even Stanley Cup Final
LAS VEGAS — Alex Ovechkin, Braden Holtby and the Washington Capitals stayed cool in the 100-degree Vegas heat and evened the Stanley Cup Final. Holtby made 37 saves, Ovechkin scored a power-play goal and Lars Eller added a goal and two assists in the Capitals’ 3-2 victory over the Vegas Golden Knights in Game 2 […]
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Ovechkin, Holtsby shine as Caps beat Lightning in Game 7
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. — Alex Ovechkin scored early and Andre Burakovsky added two second-period goals to help the Washington Capitals put a decade of playoff frustration behind them with a 4-0 victory over the Tampa Bay Lightning in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference final Wednesday night. Braden Holtby stopped 29 shots for his second […]
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Lightning eliminate Bruins with 3-1 win in Game 5
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — The Tampa Bay Lightning, with a primary assist from a team that handled them during the regular season, are back in the Eastern Conference final for the third time in four years. Thank you, Boston Bruins. “I guess I can say it now. Boston set the bar for us, and we […]