A day after Bill Peters resigned as head coach of the Calgary Flames, his former boss in Carolina spoke out about his conduct with the Hurricanes. Former Carolina general manager Ron Francis issued a release Saturday afternoon explaining that after a game, a group of players and staff members from the Hurricanes told him of
Month: November 2019
This column is an opinion by sports freelance writer Vicki Hall. For more information about CBC’s Opinion section, please see the FAQ. In 2018, the Calgary Flames hired old-school head coach Bill Peters, in part, to demand accountability from the team’s star players. On Friday, the Flames announced Peters had resigned in the aftermath of allegations of racism and physical abuse.
The Maple Leafs need a backup goaltender Steve Simmons of the Toronto Sun: Toronto Maple Leafs backup goaltender Michael Hutchinson hasn’t won a game in his six starts this season. The Maple Leafs like him, they’d love for him to succeed, but it’s just not happening so far. He plays well for a stretch but
2:50 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — The Red Wings have acquired goaltender Eric Comrie in a trade with the Arizona Coyotes. Detroit sent minor league defenseman Vili Saarijarvi to Arizona in Saturday’s deal. The 24-year-old Comrie was 2-3 with a 4.21 goals-against average in five games over the previous three seasons with the Winnipeg
In November alone, Wolves forward Nicolas Roy has shown up on the transactions wire eight times. Perhaps some of those moves were paper transactions to help the Golden Knights’ cap situation, but Roy’s still had his share of trips between Chicago and Las Vegas. “A lot of travel, but it’s part of the game to
On Friday, it was announced during a press conference that the Calgary Flames have accepted the resignation of Bill Peters. Geoff Ward will serve as interim head coach and Peters will be out as head coach effective immediately. The official announcement from the Flames reads: This morning, #Flames GM Brad Treliving received and accepted a
I promised myself I would not write bad stuff about the Montreal Canadiens. Mired in a terrible stretch of hockey with only three wins in their last 10 games, it’s easy to join the mob of angry fans. But I want to abstain for now. So, I deleted the piece I started about general manager
It’s about hockey, sure. But not just about hockey. The more we make the discussion about abusive practices in coaching just about hockey, the less potential for comprehensive change in sport we’re unleashing. Hockey, after all, has more impact than any other sport in this country. Last weekend, Canadian tennis players competed for the prestigious
Defenceman Jared Spurgeon had a goal and two assists, Zack Parise stayed hot and Minnesota scored three goals in a 4:13 span of the second period to cruise to a 7-2 victory over the Ottawa Senators on Friday. The Wild had their highest-scoring game of the season, beating the Senators for the eighth straight time
Canadiens may need to make a move … Do they go big? Stu Cowan of the Montreal Gazette: The Montreal Canadiens are now winless in six . The Canadiens have just over $8.2 million in salary cap space. Does GM Marc Bergevin look to make a move involving prospects to give the Canadiens a better
8:49 PM ET ESPN News Services Blackhawks defenseman Duncan Keith left Friday’s 5-2 loss to Colorado with a groin injury midway through the second period after logging 9:30 of ice time. Chicago coach Jeremy Colliton said Keith wouldn’t travel to Denver for Saturday’s rematch with the Avalanche, but Colliton didn’t know the severity of the
Bruce Landon has just about seen it all when it comes to minor league hockey. He’s been a goaltender, general manager and team owner in Springfield, Massachusetts. And he’s a big reason why the tradition of hockey in the city, which dates back to the 1920s, continues today. Landon is retired now, but recently wrote
From all of us at The Hockey Writers, we hope everyone out there enjoyed a very happy Thanksgiving with their friends and families on Thursday. So far in 2019-20, the Arizona Coyotes have had a lot to be thankful for – their outstanding goaltending and defense has led the way to a 15-8-3 start through
WASHINGTON — Dmitry Orlov scored 3:03 into overtime, and the Washington Capitals rallied to beat the Tampa Bay Lightning 4-3 on Friday. Orlov, Jakub Vrana and Evgeny Kuznetsov each had a goal and an assist for Washington, which trailed 3-1 after two periods. Alex Ovechkin tied the game with his team-leading 17th goal 11:36 into
It’s one of hockey’s unwritten codes, and anyone who has played can tell you it’s ingrained young: What happens in the dressing room stays in the dressing room. As fundamentals go, it’s well taught and quickly learned. For too long it’s a concept that’s been allowing coaches and players, from peewee to the pros, to
Amid a reckoning in the NHL and mounting allegations of abuse and harassment in university sports, athletes are renewing a call for an independent body to probe complaints and oversee a universal code of conduct. Former Olympic skier Allison Forsyth says if such an organization had existed in the late 1990s, it likely could have
The Dallas Stars could look for a defenseman Mike Heika of the NHL.com: (mailbag) Asked if sees the Dallas Stars trading one of their extra forwards … Don’t see that happening as they likely feel the extra depth will be needed. There will be injuries throughout the season and it doesn’t hurt to scratch someone
12:06 PM ET Bill Peters is out as Calgary Flames coach, four days after a former player came forward and said the coach directed racial epithets toward him while they were in the minors 10 years ago. At a news conference Friday afternoon, Flames general manager Brad Treliving said Peters resigned. “Effective immediately, Bill Peters
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