Team USA hockey defenseman leaves World Juniors game on stretcher after being struck by puck
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IIHF president Luc Tardif on Olympic hockey arena delays: 'We're going to have a tournament'
International Ice Hockey Federation president Luc Tardif expects a "fantastic tournament" when NHL players return to the Olympics next month — despite some significant construction delays at the main arena.
Team USA's Cole Hutson struck by puck in World Juniors game - ESPN
Cole Hutson, a standout defenseman for the U.S. World Junior team, was taken off the ice on a stretcher and briefly hospitalized after being struck by a puck against Switzerland on Saturday night in a preliminary-round game in the IIHF World Junior Championship at St. Paul, Minnesota.
NHLers 'not going' to Olympics if ice isn’t ready and safe, reiterates deputy commissioner
NHL commissioner Gary Bettman is “disappointed” that the main arena slated to host ice hockey at February’s Olympics isn’t yet completed with less than two months to go before the Games are scheduled to be played.
Final Rivalry Series games against U.S. a crucial test for Canadians before Olympics
For the players fighting to make the Canadian women’s Olympic hockey team, two Rivalry Series games against the United States this week could be an opportunity to cement their spots on the team.
Olympic hockey in Milan will be played on shorter ice than NHL dimensions
Hockey, one of the premier events at the Winter Olympics and one that is welcoming NHL players back for the first time in more than a decade, will take place on ice shorter than NHL-regulation size.
Sources: Winter Games ice surface not NHL size, drawing concern - ESPN
While the NHL is concerned about the status of the ice hockey arena for the Milan-Cortina Games, sources told ESPN on Wednesday there are no indications the league would pull out of the event — despite reports that the ice arena surface is about 3 feet too short.
PWHL Vancouver’s Hannah Miller relishing time at Canadian Olympic camp while awaiting IIHF ruling
As she sat on a plane bound for Hockey Canada’s orientation camp in Calgary at the end of the summer, Hannah Miller felt grateful.