Bartnick recaps Cup Final and NHL season
Congratulations to the Carolina Hurricanes, the 2026 Stanley Cup Champions. These aren’t your dad’s Canes or even yours. They played an exciting brand of hockey and didn’t fold in the Conference Finals. No more regular season Rod jokes for their chiseled head coach Rod Brind ‘Amour. Canes Captain Jordan Staal earned the Conn Smythe for his leadership, defense and clutch goals. Staal fought Brady Tkachuk at the start of the playoffs, owned the faceoff circle and scored six goals in the Final. When your name is on television graphics with immortals Gretzky, Lemieux, Bossy and Richard you’re doing something beyond. … Continue reading
Big NHL Storylines for the Upcoming Season
The 2026-27 season is shaping up to be a particularly exciting one for many reasons. Not least of which is an expanded 84 game schedule, which means more games and moments for fans to enjoy – as well as bigger challenges for teams managing roster depth. Another is the salary cap increase, which creates new opportunities for all teams. In terms of those teams, the big story of the year will undoubtedly be if the much-fancied Carolina Hurricanes can repeat their Stanley Cup victory from this year. But there’s plenty of time go until the new early start of play … Continue reading
Raddysh traded to Maple Leafs by Lightning after signing 8-year contract
Darren Raddysh was traded to the Toronto Maple Leafs by the Tampa Bay Lightning for a fifth-round pick in the 2026 NHL Draft on Friday. As part of the sign-and-trade move, the defenseman, who could have become an unrestricted free agent on July 1, signed an eight-year contract with Tampa Bay before being sent to Toronto. Financial terms were not disclosed. The 30-year-old defenseman had NHL career highs in goals (22), assists (48), points (70), plus-minus (plus-21), power-play goals (10), power-play points (26), game-winning goals (six), shots on goal (212) and ice time per game (22:42) playing in 73 games this … Continue reading
Latest Updates to EIHL roster for 2026-27
Stay up to date with how next season’s rosters are coming together! * indicates player is classified as non-homegrown I indicates player is new to the team in 2026/27 Belfast Giants Goalies: , Andrew Dickson, Jake Kupsky*, Jackson Whistle Defenseman: Christian Berger*, Mike Lee*, Josh Roach* Forwards: Peter Bates*, Scott Conway, Jake Gaudette*, David Goodwin*, Nicholas Guay*, Patrick Guay*, Jordan Kawaguchi*, JJ Piccinich*, Cole Shudra Cardiff Devils Goalies: Ben Bowns, Christian Stoever* Defenseman: Gleason Fournier*, Evan Mosey*, Jimmy Oligny*, Mark Richardson, Nick Welsh* Forwards: Sam Duggan, Ryan Barrow*, Bayley Harewood, Joey Martin*, Kohen Olischefski,* Jake Sacratini Coventry Blaze Goalies: Defenseman: David Clements, … Continue reading
Wolves rally past Marlies for 4-3 win in OT
TORONTO—The Chicago Wolves kept their 2025-26 American Hockey season alive by rallying to stun the Toronto Marlies 4-3 in overtime in Game 4 of the Calder Cup Finals on Thursday night at Coca-Cola Coliseum. Viktor Neuchev notched the winner in overtime while Bradly Nadeau, Domenick Fensore and Justin Robidas scored in regulation as the Wolves extended the best-of-seven series to a 3-1 Marlies advantage with Game 5 scheduled for Friday night in Toronto. Below is a link to highlights of Game 4 for use by media: Highlights – Calder Cup Finals Game 4 The Wolves came out of the gate … Continue reading
Bellemare retires after 10 seasons in NHL
Pierre-Edouard Bellemare, whose 700 NHL regular-season games are the most by a French player, announced his retirement Thursday. In a post on his Instagram account, Bellemare wrote, “And so comes the time for me to join the privileged group of individuals that make a statement about the end of their professional career.” Signed as an undrafted free agent by the Philadelphia Flyers on June 11, 2014, the 41-year-old forward had 138 points (64 goals, 74 assists) in those 700 games with the Flyers, Vegas Golden Knights, Colorado Avalanche, Tampa Bay Lightning and Seattle Kraken from 2014-15 through 2023-24, and 15 points … Continue reading
