Harold Kreis is the new coach of the German national team. The German Ice Hockey Federation (DEB) officially introduced the 64-year-old as national coach on Monday. Former NHL pro Alexander Sulzer acts as his assistant. Both received a three-year contract. Kreis will take up his full-time position after the end of the current PENNY DEL … Read more
The Carolina Hurricanes are currently the measure of all things in the Eastern Conference. On Sunday they won 4-1 at home in the PNC Arena against the Boston Bruins and easily won the duel between the two division leaders in the East. At the same time, the guests extended their winning streak to five games … Read more
Bobby Hull, arguably the greatest player in Chicago Blackhawks history and one of the most feared goalscorers of the 1960s, died Monday at the age of 84. Inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1983, Hull is Chicago’s all-time leading scorer with 604 goals. In 2017, he was named one of the league’s 100 … Read more
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman was named a 2023 Lifetime Achievement Award recipient in the January 30-February 5 issue of Sports Business Journal (SBJ). He will receive the award at the Sports Business Awards ceremony on May 24 in New York. “Since his initial grant of the NHL media rights in 1994 made headlines in the … Read more
goalkeeper Matt Murray of the Toronto Maple Leafs is currently recovering from an ankle injury he sustained while warming up ahead of Friday’s 6-2 game against the Ottawa Senators. A teammate was absent from training on Saturday Ilya Samsonov but also because he was spared. This resulted in a strange situation. The team did not … Read more
The Ottawa Senators clearly swept the Montreal Canadiens off the ice 5-0 on Saturday night at the Canadian Tire Center and thus clinched their third win in a row. The second row in particular ran around double packers Claude Giroux hot, but also goalkeeper Anton Forsberg stuck out. “He played well,” said the German center … Read more
Emergency backup goaltender Matt Berlin played for the Edmonton Oilers in Saturday’s 7-3 win over the Chicago Blackhawks at Edmonton’s Rogers Place. “It was wild all day, but the end of the day was incredible,” said Berlin. “Something I will never forget for the rest of my life.” The 25-year-old, who is in his third … Read more
The Seattle Kraken lost their home game in the Climate Pledge Arena on Wednesday evening 2:3 against the Calgary Flames, but the German Kraken goalkeeper stood out Phillip Grubauer out. The Rosenheimer convinced with 41 saves and thus underlined his rising form curve. Seattle lost the lead and was overtaken by Calgary With this exit, … Read more