Category: puck

At least they let him beat the traffic. During the second intermission of their game against the Red Wings on Tuesday night, the Oilers met with president of hockey operations and general manager Peter Chiarelli and told him he was fired. The team he built went on to lose 3-2, falling to 23-24-3 heading into […]

Puck and player tracking is coming to the NHL next season. Commissioner Gary Bettman announced the long-expected news Friday during All-Star Weekend in San Jose, Calif. The league is partnering with German company Jogmo World Corp. to put microchips on player jerseys and inside game pucks. Real-time data will be gathered by antennas in all […]

There is no man behind the curtain. Nothing inauthentic about David Quinn, who is very much the same coach with the same personality directing the Rangers through the traditional halfway mark of his first NHL season as he was behind the Boston University bench the previous five years. Quinn spoke at length with The Post […]

A man in Henrik Lundqvist’s position can’t afford to look ridiculous, and the Rangers goalie made sure he didn’t at the NHL All-Star Weekend. Making his fifth All-Star Game appearance in San Jose, Lundqvist, known as much for his satorial chops as his big-time stops, wore a custom suit adorned with quotes from one of […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — This past March, as the Islanders were nearing the end of another disappointing season that eventually brought an organizational overhaul, it became clear Mathew Barzal was their shining beacon of hope. He was pretty much a shoo-in for the Calder Trophy at that point, but even before he went on to […]

The NHL’s Winter Classic, a New Year’s tradition for the league, will have a southern flair to it in 2020. The next iteration of the outdoor game will take place at the Cotton Bowl in Dallas, for a matchup between the hometown Stars and the Nashville Predators. While the site is no surprise – it […]

The estimable Elliotte Friedman of Sportsnet’s 31 Thoughts column referred this week to an unidentified blockbuster trade then-but-not-now Edmonton general manager Peter Chiarelli had been working on, but did not complete, at the 2016 entry draft. The blockbuster, Slap Shots has confirmed with multiple sources, would have been with the Rangers and it would have […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Gary Bettman has found his new favorite refrain, so prepare to hear it over and over again in the coming months as the commissioner and his owners try to iron out a new collective bargaining agreement with the Players’ Association. “The discussions have been cordial and constructive, even though they’re preliminary. […]

Four weeks and 14 games, or less. This is the final countdown for pending free agent Kevin Hayes, who by the trade deadline will either be working with a long-term contract extension in his back pocket or playing somewhere else. Chances are the 26-year-old center will be somewhere else by the time the clock strikes […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — The respect for Mathew Barzal was abundant, to the point the Islanders’ second-year center played on a unit alongside Penguins veterans Sidney Crosby and Kris Letang during the three-on-three All-Star Game on Saturday night. Barzal scored two goals and notched four assists during two 20-minute games that led to his Metropolitan […]