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My Top 5 | Brendan Gallagher

By: Chris Lomon

Which former NHL star – a Ted Lindsay Award recipient – tops Brendan Gallagher’s list of sports idols?

October 23, 2018

Suter family leaves American mark on NHL blueline

By: Chris Lomon

After joining his Uncle Gary as one of 11 U.S.-born defenceman to score 500 points, Ryan Suter will soon join him on a list of players who have skated in 1,000 NHL games.

October 23, 2018

Player of the Week | Nathan MacKinnon

By: Nadia Vocaturo

Nathan MacKinnon led the league with seven points, alongside Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog, while building his season-opening point streak to eight games.

October 22, 2018

Jordin Tootoo, first Inuk player in NHL, retires after 13 seasons

By: Canadian Press

Jordin Tootoo, the first Inuk player in the history of the NHL, has announced his retirement from the league after 13 seasons.

October 19, 2018

Lee honours idol Howe through best friends

By: Chris Lomon

What’s the ideal way to honour your hockey idol? If you’re Anders Lee, you name your two beloved dogs Gordie and Howie.

October 18, 2018

Red Wings claim winger de la Rose off waivers from Montreal

By: Canadian Press

The Detroit Red Wings have claimed winger Jacob de la Rose off waivers from Montreal.

October 17, 2018

Player Q&A | Josh Manson

By: NHLPA Staff

The popular trend he thinks will be embarrassing in five years, the strangest game-day superstition he's heard of and more from Josh Manson!

October 17, 2018

Long and winding path leads to veteran status for Muzzin

By: Tim Wharnsby

A Stanley Cup, a World championship and World Cup of Hockey title, but nothing has come easy for the Los Angeles Kings veteran defenceman.

October 17, 2018

Crosby, MacKinnon team up to deliver laughs – and a few tears too

By: Nadia Vocaturo

Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon deliver in a blooper reel as good as the Tim Hortons commercial it was shot for, and an unforgettable moment for Kenya’s only men's ice hockey team.

October 16, 2018

My Top 5 | Carter Hutton

By: Chris Lomon

He’s enjoying a starring role between the pipes with the Buffalo Sabres in 2018-19, the 32-year-old’s first campaign tending the twine with the Eastern Conference club.

October 16, 2018

Dion Phaneuf has become good influence on Kings star Drew Doughty

By: Canadian Press

Drew Doughty has won a Norris Trophy as the NHL's best defenceman and a pair of Stanley Cups with the Los Angeles Kings. But he'll be the first to tell you that he still needs work. That's where Dion Phaneuf comes in.

October 16, 2018

Tomas Plekanec scores in his 1,000th NHL game, Canadiens beat Red Wings 7-3

By: Canadian Press

It looked like Tomas Plekanec "drank from the fountain of youth" before Monday night's game.

October 15, 2018

Marleau at home wherever he goes

By: Chris Lomon

Patrick Marleau’s penchant for being the perfect role model came long before he ever skated on NHL ice. Russ Farwell knows all about that.

October 15, 2018

Player of the Week | Auston Matthews

By: Nadia Vocaturo

Auston Matthews scored his league-leading 10th goal of the season to extend a six-game point streak (10-4–14), while showing some flair away from the rink as well.

October 15, 2018

Avalanche claim forward Marko Dano from Jets off waivers

By: Canadian Press

The Colorado Avalanche have claimed centre Marko Dano off waivers from Winnipeg.

October 15, 2018

NHLPA statement on reduction of Austin Watson suspension

By: NHLPA Media Release

The NHLPA issued the following statement this evening regarding the impartial arbitrator’s decision to reduce Nashville Predators forward Austin Watson’s suspension from 27 to 18 NHL games.

October 12, 2018

NHL/NHLPA Media Release regarding Micheal Haley

By: NHL/NHLPA Media Release

The National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) and the National Hockey League (NHL) announced today that forward Micheal Haley of the Florida Panthers will be away from the team while taking part in the NHL/NHLPA player assistance program.

October 12, 2018

NHL and NHLPA statement on Austin Watson suspension

By: NHLPA Media Release

The NHLPA and NHL announced today that Nashville Predators’ forward Austin Watson’s 27-game suspension has been reduced to a suspension covering the first 18 games of the 2018-19 regular season.

October 11, 2018

Be A Player: Rewind | Pavel Bure

By: Nadia Vocaturo

"Russian Rocket" Pavel Bure gets up close and personal with a gator and discusses the meaning of a special NHLPA Goals & Dreams donation and the opportunity to play with his brother, Valeri.

October 11, 2018

Byron honoured to wear the 'A'

By: Chris Lomon

It’s an honour Paul Byron never saw coming, but one that he wears proudly and humbly.

October 10, 2018