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Toronto players salute the crowd after the inaugural PWHL hockey game against New York.

PWHL Toronto heading to much bigger venue for playoffs

Mike Ganter · Postmedia News |Updated 23 hours ago |2 min read Premium content

PWHL Toronto will more than triple ticket availability for its upcoming playoffs. Beginning May 8, Toronto will host a first round opponent but make the move from Mattamy Athletic Centre to Coca-Cola Coliseum on the Exhibition Grounds. The move is ...

Jack Todd: Bob Cole's voice intertwined with Canada's hockey history

Jack Todd, Special to Montreal Gazette |Updated Apr. 29, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

It was fitting that Bob Cole died during the early stages of the national trauma we call the NHL playoffs. The play-by-play voice we associate with hockey more than any other this side of the untouchable Danny Gallivan, Cole died last week at age 90 ...

Maple Leafs forward Auston Matthews partially fans on a shot against the Bruins in Game Four of the First Round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena in Toronto, Saturday, April 27, 2024.

Better Bruins push Maple Leafs to the brink of elimination

Lance Hornby · Postmedia News |Updated Apr. 28, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

Well, no one could say Scotiabank was quiet at the end of that game. And poor special teams and a bad Game 7 history in Boston won’t likely be talking points in Toronto much longer in this series. The Maple Leafs were booed off the ice, their ...

Winnipeg Jets defenceman Brenden Dillon.

'Sigh of relief:' Jets defenceman Dillon day-to-day after suffering nasty gash against Avalanche

Ted Wyman · Postmedia News |Updated Apr. 28, 2024 |5 min read Premium content

Not much has gone right for the Winnipeg Jets in the last couple games of their playoff series against the Colorado Avalanche, but they may have at least dodged a bullet when it comes to the hand injury suffered by defenceman Brenden Dillon on Friday ...

Brad Marchand #63 of the Boston Bruins celebrates a goal by Jake DeBrusk (not shown) against the Toronto Maple Leafs in Game Three of the First Round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena on April 24, 2024 in Toronto.. The Bruins defeated the Maple Leafs 4-2. - Claus Andersen

STEVE SIMMONS: Marchand the Magnificent key to Bruins' Stanley Cup hopes

Steve Simmons · Postmedia News |Updated Apr. 25, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

Brad Marchand is six inches shorter than Auston Matthews, some 50 pounds lighter than Ryan Reaves, with a heart about the size of Zdeno Chara. And none of that is an exaggeration in any way. There really hasn’t been much to choose from between the ...

Apr 24, 2024; Toronto, Ontario, CAN; Toronto Maple Leafs forward Matthew Knies (23) battles with Boston Bruins forward Brad Marchand (63) during the second period of game three of the first round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena. Mandatory Credit: John E. Sokolowski-USA TODAY Sports

NHL roundup: Marchand leads Bruins to 4-2 win over Leafs in Game 3

Reuters |Updated Apr. 25, 2024 |2 min read

Brad Marchand scored the go-ahead goal with 8:07 remaining in the third period, lifting visiting Boston to an eventual 4-2 victory over Toronto and a 2-1 edge in their Eastern Conference first-round playoff series. Marchand, who added a late ...

Rick Bowness has coached the original Winnipeg Jets, the Phoenix Coyotes and the reincarnated Jets. Kevin King/Winnipeg Sun

Jets nod off for six minutes against Avs, pay the price

Paul Friesen · Postmedia News |Updated Apr. 24, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

Before Tuesday’s tilt with Colorado, Winnipeg Jets coach Rick Bowness, talking about the 8:45 p.m. start time, joked about having a nap on the bench during the game. Hours later his team went out and did just that. In good shape with a 2-1 lead past ...

Apr 13, 2023; Tempe, Arizona, USA;  Vancouver Canuck head coach Rick Tocchet watches game action in the first period against the Arizona Coyotes at Mullett Arena. Mandatory Credit: Matt Kartozian-USA TODAY Sports

Predators 4, Canucks 1: Goaltending wasn't the problem, everything else was

Ben Kuzma · Postmedia News |Updated Apr. 24, 2024 |8 min read Premium content

It was supposed to be about the goaltending challenge. It turned into concern about everything else as the air went out of the Vancouver Canucks ’ playoff ballon on Tuesday at Rogers Arena. Casey DeSmith supplanting Thatcher Demko , who was ...

Connor Hellebuyck #37 of Winnipeg Jets defends his net against Ross Colton #20 of the Colorado Avalanche in Game One of the First Round of the 2024 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Canada Life Centre on April 21, 2024, in Winnipeg, Canada. (Photo by David Lipnowski)

Georgiev finds redemption in Game 2 as Avalanche tie series with Jets

Scott Billeck · Postmedia News |Updated Apr. 24, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

There was a moment in Game 2 on Tuesday night where it felt like the Winnipeg Jets were about to take their first-round series by the scruff of the neck. They had just killed off Kyle Connor’s four-minute double-minor, and riding that wave of ...

Carla MacLeod is the head coach of Ottawa’s PWHL hockey team.

LOTS ON THE LION: PWHL Ottawa hosts Boston in a battle of teams vying for last playoff spot

Don Brennan · Postmedia News |Updated Apr. 24, 2024 |4 min read Premium content

Anyone walking through the rink-level corridors at The Arena at TD Place around 7 p.m. on Wednesday might be a little surprised by the music coming out of the PWHL Ottawa dressing room. They’re likely to hear a 1961 hit made famous by The Tokens, ...

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