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Jets' He becomes first Chinese-born player to sign NHL deal
AFP, Published on 18/12/2024
» NEW YORK - Kevin He became the first Chinese-born player to sign a deal with an NHL club when the 18-year-old forward inked an entry-level contract with the Winnipeg Jets on Tuesday.
Travel misery grinds on as US digs out from superstorm
AFP, Published on 29/12/2022
» BALTIMORE - Thousands more flights were canceled across the United States on Wednesday, with no end in sight to days of travel misery as the country digs out from a deadly superstorm.
Hockey 'optimistic' that NHL stars will return to Winter Olympics
AFP, Published on 17/02/2022
» BEIJING - Ice hockey's governing body said Thursday that it will work with the National Hockey League to avoid another "frustrating" absence of NHL stars from future Winter Olympics.
NHL postpones nine more games, 90 in all, for virus issues
AFP, Published on 01/01/2022
» NEW YORK - Nine more games were postponed on Friday by the National Hockey League over Covid-19 issues, these following new attendance restrictions in Canadian cities due to the deadly virus.
World heads into New Year facing Covid 'tsunami'
AFP, Published on 30/12/2021
» PARIS - Millions around the world braced Thursday for drastically curtailed New Year celebrations as record coronavirus cases fuelled by the Omicron variant saw the WHO warn a Covid "tsunami" threatens to overwhelm healthcare systems.
Latest shutdown casts doubt on NHL's Beijing Olympic participation
AFP, Published on 20/12/2021
» LOS ANGELES - The National Hockey League on Sunday suspended all games involving cross border travel between Canada and the United States, putting in doubt the players ability to participate in the 2022 Beijing Olympics.
Blackhawks fined $2million, execs out over sex assault probe
AFP, Published on 27/10/2021
» NEW YORK - The National Hockey League fined the Chicago Blackhawks $2 million and two senior executives left the franchise on Tuesday after an investigation found the team failed to properly deal with allegations of sexual misconduct made against a former video coach in 2010.
How Covid-19 has hit global sport again
AFP, Published on 12/01/2021
» PARIS - Formula One's Australian and Chinese Grands Prix joined the list of events cancelled or postponed on Tuesday as the coronavirus pandemic hit the world of sport once more.
NHL postpones playoff games over police shooting in Wisconsin
AFP, Published on 28/08/2020
» LOS ANGELES - The National Hockey League postponed playoff games scheduled for Thursday and Friday in solidarity with other North American sports leagues protesting the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Wisconsin.
Canadiens thump Flyers for ailing coach
AFP, Published on 15/08/2020
» Montreal goaltender Carey Price made 30 saves as the Canadiens beat the Philadelphia Flyers 5-0 on Friday to level their NHL Eastern Conference playoff series at one game apiece.