Ice Hockey-Neck guards mandatory for players at 2026 Winter Olympics, BBC reports
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) will make neck guards mandatory for players at the 2026 Milano Cortina Winter Olympics, the BBC reported on Wednesday.
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Playing hockey no longer a 'hobby' with 10 p.m. practices for PWHL's Sarah Nurse
Playing hockey for a living has changed the way some women in the Professional Women's Hockey League see themselves in the game.
Source: No added discipline for Stars' Rantanen for boarding - ESPN
The NHL Department of Player Safety has decided Dallas Stars forward Mikko Rantanen will not receive any supplemental discipline for his boarding major against the New York Islanders on Tuesday, a source told ESPN on Wednesday.
Celebrini joins Gretzky, Crosby as lone NHL teens with 30 points in first 20 games of a season
Macklin Celebrini might be the only one on the San Jose Sharks not excited to talk about his remarkable season that has the 19-year-old accomplishing feats only some of the greatest players ever have done at his age.
No. 17 Michigan State Downs No. 12 Kentucky in Early-Season Clash of Contenders
Kur Teng hit three of Michigan State's season-high 11 3-pointers on the way to scoring a career-best 15 points, and the 17th-ranked Spartans beat No. 12 Kentucky, 83-66, on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden in the opener of the annual Champions Classic.
Patrick Roy rips into Mikko Rantanen for 'disrespectful' hit - ESPN
New York Islanders coach Patrick Roy unleashed a profane tirade at Dallas Stars forward Mikko Rantanen on Tuesday night as Rantanen was ejected for injuring Islanders defenseman Alex Romanov.
Edmonton, Red Deer to co-host world junior hockey championship in 2027
Edmonton and Red Deer, Alta., will host the 2027 world junior hockey championship after two previous plans to share the international tournament between the cities were scuttled by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Canada's curlers 1st team announced for 2026 Paralympic Winter Games
Fewer than 110 days until the start of the Paralympics in Milan-Cortina, wheelchair curler Collinda Joseph feels more confident and free shooting rocks, which are delivered using a stick rather than gliding along the ice.