Las Vegas awarded NHL expansion franchise
The NHL is making a big bet on Las Vegas. The league will expand to Las Vegas for the 2017-18 season after awarding its 31st franchise to billionaire businessman Bill Foley on Wednesday. Commissioner...
View ArticleWranglers scrap plan for Plaza casino hockey arena
LAS VEGAS (AP) A Las Vegas minor league hockey team that's searching for a new home says it won't pursue a plan to...
View ArticleT-Mobile Arena’s ice gets approval from Las Vegas youth hockey players
The playing surface of Las Vegas’ NHL expansion team was tested for the first time Wednesday when about 100 local youth hockey players skated on it for two hours with no complaints. ......
View ArticleCross-Ice Hockey Prominent at NHL Development Camps (USA Hockey Inc)
(Source: USA Hockey Inc) Feb. 19, 2016 | Sixty skaters, 12 coaches and six skill stations inside one historic rink. That was the scene on Valentine's Day at Princeton University, when the Princeton...
View ArticleU of I club hockey team looks for temporary home
CHAMPAIGN, Ill. — The Ice Arena at the University of Illinois won't be able to open until at least mid-September because...
View ArticleFor NHL, relocation makes more sense than expansion
Add comment + - commissioner speaks with the media at a press conference announcing the start of the NHL season at the Westin Times Square in New York. (Jan. 9, 2013) Photo Credit: Getty advertisement...
View ArticleDeveloping hockey (International Ice Hockey Federation)
(Source: International Ice Hockey Federation) VIERUMAKI - Some steps away from the ice rink at the Sport Institute of Finland in Vierumaki other programs of the 2016 IIHF Women's High-Performance Camp...
View ArticleLas Vegas residents seem happy to get NHL team
Jason Zucker learned how to play hockey in a casino. Growing up in Las Vegas, the Minnesota Wild forward would drive to a rink located about 20 minutes off the popular strip where you have to walk past...
View ArticleRanking the NHL expansion options
Tweet0 Share0 Comment0 Share0 Share0 Stumble It0 Print0 More Photo: Bloomberg/Getty Images Given the NHL's desire to balance its conferences by adding two teams to the West, Seattle would appear to be...
View ArticleNHL is ‘eager to avoid’ expansion to Canada?
Quebec City was one of only two cities to submit bids for an NHL expansion franchise last week, which means it’s time for major Canadian newspapers to explain why the League’s inherent bias against the...
View Article'This is our kid. He’s from our state': Arizona hockey beaming with pride...
TORONTO — Ron Filion was trying to run a hockey practice, but the Toronto Maple Leafs game kept getting in the way. “Coach Ron! Coach Ron!” the kids shouted when they skated onto the ice Wednesday...
View ArticleGirls’ Day in NZ (International Ice Hockey Federation)
(Source: International Ice Hockey Federation) AUCKLAND - It was a success. The World Girls' Ice Hockey Weekend started in New Zealand and gave newcomers a taste of the ice and brought back former...
View ArticleSmoots puts on Scrooge’s scowl for Rep’s ‘Christmas Carol’
By of the Journal Sentinel A Mequon lawyer whose clients sued her for fraud in civil court two years ago has been indicted by a federal grand jury on 33 counts including bank and wire and mail fraud,...
View ArticleNHL 17 looks to recapture the series’ glory days
This is a big year for fans of EA Sports’ NHL series. Although EA has released two NHL titles on current-generation consoles, it feels like now is when the company is ready to truly get in gear on the...
View ArticleOYO Sports Launches New Hockey Rinks for all 30 National Hockey League Teams...
BOSTON, Nov. 11, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- OYO Sports, the leading manufacturer of licensed sports minifigures across the major U.S. sports leagues, today announced new additions to its expanding line of...
View ArticleWhat A Mostly Black Hockey Club For Kids Tells Us About The Sport's Future
Neal Henderson couldn’t find a place to teach his son to play hockey. A native of St. Croix who fell in love with the sport while growing up in Canada, he relocated to the suburbs of Washington, D.C.,...
View ArticleAuston Matthews vindicates NHL expansion efforts in U.S.
BUFFALO, NY – One of the more important games in Toronto Maple Leafs history, as far as myth-building goes, didn’t actually involve the Maple Leafs. Or maybe it did. Auston Matthews honestly can’t...
View ArticleAP source: NHL settles on Las Vegas for expansion
A person with direct knowledge of the NHL's decision says the league has settled on Las Vegas as its choice for expansion, provided organizers can come up with a $500 million fee. The person spoke...
View ArticleNHL 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 settled on Las Vegas as the home for its next expansion franchise, provided...
View ArticleFirst hockey game in Toronto history
We’re not sure if they used a boot heel for a puck, what they did for nets, boards and benches or whether the men watching doffed their top hats and shouted “hip, hip hooray” for a goal. No sepia-toned...
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