NHL

8:30 AM ET This is what a pending unrestricted free agent in the NHL is thinking right now: He doesn’t know when the offseason begins or when it ends or how long it lasts. He doesn’t know how the coronavirus shutdown will affect the financial ability of NHL teams to offer him a contract, nor

12:01 PM ET Steve Fainaru Close ESPN Senior Writer Winner, 2008 Pulitzer Prize in International Reporting Four-time first-place winner in Associated Press Sports Editors competition Co-author of New York Times best-selling book, “League of Denial” Mark Fainaru-Wada Close ESPN Staff Writer Investigative reporter for ESPN’s Enterprise and Investigative Unit since 2007 Co-author of New York

8:50 AM ET Bill Peters has been hired as the new head coach of Yekaterinburg Avtomobilist in Russia’s KHL. Peters, 53, resigned as coach of the Calgary Flames in November, days after a former player, Akim Aliu, came forward and said the coach directed racial epithets toward him while they were in the minors 10

7:30 AM ET Despite the shutting down of all hockey seasons, a number of prospects really stood out and helped surpass previous expectations over the course of the incomplete season. We take a look at one prospect from each organization who broke out, performing at a high enough level to build some capital within their

7:25 PM ET Associated Press The parent company that oversees the NHL’s Buffalo Sabres announced a series of cost-cutting measures, including layoffs and furloughs affecting 125 employees as a result of the coronavirus pandemic. Pegula Sports and Entertainment said 104 employees are being furloughed, and another 21 were laid off Tuesday. A person told The

7:30 AM ET In 2013, director Kevin Connolly’s “Big Shot” was released as part of ESPN’s “30 for 30” documentary series. It chronicled the fraudulent attempt by a Dallas businessman named John Spano to buy the New York Islanders for $165 million, and the subsequent fallout. It was notable for featuring a sit-down interview with

6:06 PM ET Hundreds of cars lined the shoulder of Highway 16 in North Battleford, Saskatchewan, on Monday to honor Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave as his family returned to their hometown. Cave, 25, died Saturday at a Toronto hospital after suffering a brain bleed earlier in the week. According to a memo posted to

7:30 AM ET After Florence Schelling retired from hockey in 2018, she became a consultant. She hated it. “That was really not my kind of job,” said Schelling, the longtime goaltender of the Swiss national team. “I really didn’t like it.” Six months in, she quit, and in February, 2019 went on a ski vacation

7:00 AM ET It has been 32 days since the NHL decided to hit the pause button on the 2019-20 season, joining a staggering list of cancellations and postponements related to COVID-19. As players, execs and fans continue to adjust to the new normal, we will be providing updates every Monday, answering all the burning

11:09 PM ET Scott Perunovich, a junior defenseman from Minnesota Duluth, has won the 2020 Hobey Baker Award, given annually to the top NCAA men’s ice hockey player. “I’m extremely honored and humbled to be this year’s Hobey Baker Award recipient,” Perunovich said during an interview with SportsCenter. Perunovich is the sixth Minnesota Duluth player

7:03 PM ET The Chicago Blackhawks‘ top defensive prospect, Ian Mitchell, has decided to forgo his senior season at Denver and sign an entry-level NHL contract, a source confirmed to ESPN. Mitchell has not yet signed a contract, but both sides agreed on terms. Barstool Sports first reported the agreement. Mitchell, 21, was a second-round

6:44 PM ET Penn State junior defenseman Cole Hults signed a two-year, entry-level contract with the Los Angeles Kings, the team announced Saturday. Hults will skip his senior season with the Nittany Lions to join the Kings, who drafted him in the fifth round in 2017. Hults, 21, had 17 goals 78 points in 111

11:09 AM ET Edmonton Oilers forward Colby Cave died Saturday morning after suffering a brain bleed earlier in the week. He was 25. Cave’s wife, Emily, released a statement on Saturday confirming the news. “It is with great sadness to share the news that our Colby Cave passed away this morning,” the statement said. “Both

6:36 PM ET Associated Press Tom Webster, the former NHL and WHA forward who went on to coach the New York Rangers and Los Angeles Kings, died Friday. He was 71. The Carolina Hurricanes announced Webster’s death. Webster scored 53 goals and helped the franchise — then the New England Whalers — win the World

5:25 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Pat Stapleton, a longtime NHL defenseman who famously kept an air of mystery over whether he possessed the puck from the winning goal of the 1972 Summit Series, has died. He was 79. The Strathroy Rockets, a Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League team with which Stapleton was involved,

4:52 PM ET Cities and venues across North America have reached out to the NHL to pitch themselves as potential hosts for neutral-site playoff games, NHL deputy commissioner Bill Daly told ESPN on Friday. “We do have people putting together the comprehensive laundry list of what we would need from facilities and evaluating some facilities

7:30 AM ET The 2019-20 hockey season was incomplete for most leagues. But even with playoff-less campaigns, we still have a large sample of prospect game play and plenty of evidence of progression. And we can certainly still name a Prospect of the Year based on what we saw throughout the season. Last season’s Prospect

1:03 AM ET Associated Press The man at the heart of the Maple Leaf Gardens sexual abuse scandal has died. Gordon Stuckless died Thursday night at a hospital in Hamilton, Ontario, after a brain hemorrhage Tuesday, lawyer Ari Goldkind said. Stuckless was in his early 70s. Stuckless was sentenced in 2016 to 6½ years in