Olympic ice dancer Ben Agosto to teach at Broadmoor World Arena Ice Hall
Olympic ice dancers Tanith Belbin and Ben Agosto won a silver medal in ice dancing at the 2006 Olympic Winter Games which took place in Torino, Italy. For a time they may have been considered the the...
View ArticleLas 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 ArticleBest Places for Ice Skating in Chicago (AMLI Residential Properties Trust)
(Source: AMLI Residential Properties Trust) The Chicagoland area usually has plenty of natural ice this time of year, but with the constant freeze and thaw of the increasingly unpredictable winters,...
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 ArticleLas Vegas Awarded NHL Expansion Franchise
LAS VEGAS (AP) — 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...
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 ArticleA bijou for France (International Ice Hockey Federation)
(Source: International Ice Hockey Federation) CERGY-PONTOISE, France - The Women's Olympic Qualification tournament was the international debut for Aren'Ice, the new venue in Cergy-Pontoise outside of...
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 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 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 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 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 ArticleBoswell: Hockey and history – a few inconvenient facts about the 'NHL 100...
Take a bow Gary Bettman, Eugene Melnyk and Jim Watson. You overcame certain practical and pecuniary challenges, finally figuring out the ultimate Canadian no-brainer: how to combine hockey and history...
View ArticleMiami Ice: Kendall teen Randy Hernandez on unlikely path to hockey stardom
There were no frozen ponds in Randy Hernandez’s neighborhood. No pickup hockey games. He didn’t own skates. His family never watched NHL games on TV. And he was more familiar with Super Mario Brothers...
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 is stacking deck for Vegas expansion team to be great
WINNIPEG, Manitoba — Now that the NHL’s expedition to be the first major pro sports league to have a franchise in Las Vegas is taking shape, the question begs to be asked: Will the Vegas Golden Knights...
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...
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