Hockey

When a whistle stopped play with four minutes, 27 seconds remaining in the Rangers’ season-ending 4-1 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night, the TV broadcast cut to a...

Minnesota’s Matt Dumba on Saturday became the first NHL player to kneel during the U.S. national anthem when he did so before the opening playoff game between the Oilers and...

EDMONTON, Alberta — It is said that hockey is the heartbeat of Alberta’s capital city. If that’s so then the 2020 N.H.L. playoffs are like a defibrillator that has shocked...

The National Women’s Hockey League announced plans on Wednesday to postpone the start of its season from November to January, becoming one of the first North American professional leagues to...

Hockey has finally returned! The 2020 Stanley Cup Qualifiers begin on Saturday, August 1 in Edmonton and Toronto. But before the puck drops on those contests, a slew of NHL...

After a four-month pandemic pause to the N.H.L. season, the Rangers and the Islanders find themselves at the same point — with a berth in a play-in round in the...

Eddie Shack, a colorful, pugnacious wing who became a fan favorite at Maple Leaf Gardens playing for Toronto’s four Stanley Cup championship teams of the 1960s, and who remained in...

The N.H.L. announced finalists for its major awards last week, and it was both a reminder of how long ago those performances were and how compelling the postseason tournament will...

The Seattle Kraken will hit the ice late next year, after that NHL expansion franchise on Thursday tapped a fearsome, mythical sea creature for the team’s catchy new name. Seattle...

Seattle’s expansion National Hockey League team will be known as the Kraken. The team unveiled the name on Thursday along with the new logo, a stylized blue “S” with an...