The New York Times – Sports:
The three-time Stanley Cup winner with Chicago desperately wanted a trade to New York. He got his wish, and will be tested Saturday when the Rangers play the Bruins, the N.H.L.’s top team.
Category: Hockey, Ice
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Why Jaromir Jagr Won’t Quit Playing Hockey
The New York Times – Sports:
The former N.H.L. star recently turned 51 and is wrapping up his 35th season playing pro hockey with Rytiri Kladno of the Czech Extraliga. As the team’s owner and its biggest draw on the ice, Jagr knows his hometown club’s survival is all on him.
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A Missed $140 Million Payment Sends Sports TV Negotiations Into Overdrive
The New York Times – Sports:
The owners of the regional television channels branded as Bally Sports have nearly $9 billion in debt and owe hefty rights fees to M.L.B., N.B.A. and N.H.L. teams. Now, they’re all on the clock to find a solution.
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Jessica Pegula Opens Up About Her Mother’s Cardiac Arrest
The New York Times – Sports:
In an essay, Jessica Pegula, a tennis player, described the health ordeal that her mother, Kim, an owner and president of the Buffalo Bills and Buffalo Sabres, endured last year.
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Bobby Hull’s Golden Hockey Career Diminished by His Troubling Dark Side
The New York Times – Sports:
Once a star player in Chicago who changed goal scoring and how players were paid, Hull, who died Monday at 84, will rightly be remembered more for his misdeeds.
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Bobby Hull, Hockey Hall of Famer, Is Dead at 84
The New York Times – Sports:
The third player in N.H.L. history to score at least 50 goals in a season, he spent 15 seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks.
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Alex Ovechkin Has 802 Goals. Wayne Gretzky Is Next In His Sights.
The New York Times – Sports:
With two goals against the Winnipeg Jets, Ovechkin, the Capitals winger, passed Gordie Howe on the N.H.L. career list, leaving only one player in his path to being the greatest goal scorer of all time.
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Losers No More, Devils Overshadow Rival Rangers, and Everyone Else
The New York Times – Sports:
The Devils once relied on defense and slowing down the game to win, but this season they are keeping goals out of the net and scoring them in bunches as well.
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Borje Salming, N.H.L.’s First Star From Sweden, Dies at 71
The New York Times – Sports:
A Hall of Fame defenseman for the Toronto Maple Leafs, he led the way for other European hockey players in the league.