Winter Classic Jerseys Unveiled

Winter Classic Jerseys Unveiled! 

Playing outside is where hockey got its start, and the greats’ stories are typically filled with tales of improvised backyard rinks and frozen ponds. According to Wiggan, the striping honors not only the 1917 Stanley Cup-winning American team but also teams like the Portland Rosebuds and Seattle Eskimos* (1928–31), who played at the Civic Ice…

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Don Waddell is named president of hockey operations, general manager, and alternate governor by the Blue Jackets

Don Waddell, a longtime NHL executive, has committed to a multi-year contract to work as the Columbus Blue Jackets’ general manager, alternate governor, and president of hockey operations. The announcement was made today. John Davidson, who has led the team’s hockey operations for ten of the previous twelve years, has also consented to take on…

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Red Wings achieve NHL history’s first-ever postseason sweep thanks to a Sawchuk stop

Legendary hockey reporter Stan Fischler, known as “The Hockey Maven,” writes a weekly scrapbook for NHL.com, sharing his humor and insight each Wednesday. This week, Fischler takes a seven-decade look back at one of hockey’s greatest goalies, Terry Sawchuk, who credited a single save during the 1952 Stanley Cup Playoffs with boosting his confidence and…

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