The NHL shared multiple schedules for the 2020-21 season with the NHLPA on Thursday, including one for a 56-game campaign. The schedules are reportedly based on a Jan. 1st start date, but both sides have considered pushing that date back. Jan. 15th start date is now being discussed as Jan. 1st no longer seems realistic....
According to Elliotte Friedman, at least four teams are looking into the possibility of playing the entire 2021 NHL season outdoors with others also interested in the potential ability to try it. There are significant hurdles, starting with cost. Even the most no-frills outdoor event would run into the millions. Last month, Deputy Commissioner Bill...
Neil Armstrong, passed away early this morning. Neil worked as an NHL linesman and officiated 1,744 regular-season games before retiring in 1978. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1991. Neil’s son, Douglas Armstrong is a Canadian professional ice hockey executive, currently the general manager for the St. Louis Blues. In spite...
Hockey fans have been waiting patiently on a confirmation to next season’s start and we finally have one! From an NHL team exec this monrning, FWIW: “NHL is season is starting Jan 13th. Confirmed last night. We are going to be playing 56 games.” — Greg Wyshynski (@wyshynski) December 8, 2020 January 13th will kickoff...
The NHL has released all season openers along with the full 2020-21 NHL Season schedules for all 31 teams. The NHL’s 2020-21 regular season will commence Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021, with a five-game slate, highlighted by the Tampa Bay Lightning raising their second Stanley Cup championship banner before facing the Chicago Blackhawks at Amalie Arena....
On this day in 1987: Ron Hextall became the first goalie to actually score a goal. Billy Smith was known as the first tendy to get credit for a goal (1979) when he was the last Isles player to touch the puck before a Colorado Rockies back pass went into the net but Hextall was...
The 2020-21 NHL Season schedules for all teams will be released today at 3pm EST. Around 3 p.m. ET today https://t.co/dcgcgb1i1q — Pierre LeBrun (@PierreVLeBrun) December 23, 2020 Stay Tuned to see how your team’s season looks ahead! Subscribe to this author’s posts feed via RSS Love Reading About Hockey? Subscribe to keep up-to-date with...
The NHL’s Canadian teams have been told they could be made to play their games in theUnited States due to a number of issues with Canadian health authorities. The league had beenlooking forward to a 56-game season that would start on January 13 and see all teams playtheir home games in their own arenas, however,...
The National Hockey League has taken another step closer to returning for a new season. The NHL has confirmed that there is a tentative agreement between the league and the NHLPA to officially start a 56-game regular season on Jan. 13. #NHL/#NHLPA Agreement: 23-man roster with $81.5 million salary cap. This includes creation of 4-6...
To the NHL’s aesthetic credit, the league’s resisted plastering advertisements on its uniforms. Sure, there have been creative ways to sell ads on boards, glass, and other things. But what players actually wear? Not yet. Sportsnet’s Elliotte Friedman reports that the NHL is kicking around the idea of seeing ads on players’ helmets, though. Crucially,...