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05.06.2022 / 07:49

Edmonton Oilers fall behind 3-0 in West Final to Avalanche

The Edmonton Oilers are on the brink of elimination after a 4-2 loss to the Colorado Avalanche Saturday night at Rogers Place.

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Toronto Maple Leafs eliminated from NHL playoffs after 3-2 OT loss to Florida

Toronto Maple Leafs are out of the Stanley Cup playoffs.Nick Cousins scored at 15:32 of overtime and Sergei Bobrovsky made 50 saves as the Florida Panthers downed Toronto 3-2 on Friday to win the teams’ second-round playoff series 4-1.Cousins buried his second goal of the playoffs off the rush shortside on Leafs rookie Joseph Woll in the extra period to send his team to the Eastern Conference final for the first time since 1996.Aaron Ekblad and Carter Verhaeghe, with a goal and an assist each, provided the rest of the offence for the Panthers.Florida _ the team with the fewest points to qualify for the post-season _ took all three games in Toronto and improved to 6-1 on the road this spring after also upsetting the record-setting Boston Bruins.

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Toronto Maple Leafs tip Tampa Bay Lightning 2-1 to finally advance in NHL playoffs

TAMPA, Fla. — The Maple Leafs finally exorcised their playoff demons — and are off to the second round of the NHL playoffs.

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Evander Kane nets hat trick as Edmonton Oilers win Game 3 against Calgary Flames

Evander Kane struck for a natural hat trick over a six-minute span in the second period to lift the Edmonton Oilers to a 4-1 win over the Calgary Flames Sunday night at Rogers Place.

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All officials for world junior hockey championship in Edmonton will be from Canada

Edmonton to host 2021 world junior hockey championship with no fans The 10-team world under-20 men’s tournament is scheduled for Dec. 25 to Jan.

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Tampa Bay Lightning defeat Dallas Stars 2-0 to win Stanley Cup

Tampa Bay Lightning are the 2020 Stanley Cup champions, hoisting the NHL’s championship trophy Monday in a near-empty Rogers Place to cap off a surreal, bifurcated, bubbled hockey season for the ages.Brayden Point and Blake Coleman scored the goals and Andrei Vasilevskiy stopped 22 shots for his first career playoff shutout in a 2-0 win, giving Tampa Bay a 4-2 triumph in the best-of-seven series.The Lightning players exploded off the bench as the seconds ticked to zero, swarming Vasilevskiy, their whoops and hollers echoing off the empty seats and capacious tarps.No fans have been allowed in to these so-called bubbled playoffs, with players isolated between contests to prevent contracting COVID-19.NHL commissioner Gary Bettman walked out to

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B.C. Hockey League approves back-up plan if health officials don’t allow fans to attend games

COVID-19 rules don’t allow much-needed gate revenue.On Friday, the junior-A league said its board of governors has unanimously approved an alternative plan that involves player fees, a reduced schedule and government support.Unlike professional leagues, which financially benefit from television deals, minor and amateur sports leagues in North America are heavily dependent on gate revenues to make financial ends meet.

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How did the NHL consolidate from 2 bubbles to 1 to finish the Stanley Cup Playoffs?

Tampa Bay Lightning and New York Islanders left the familiar confines of the NHL’s Toronto bubble last weekend, they masked up to board physically distanced buses and then flew west across Canada on separate charter flights.They were handed boxed lunches on the planes, got on different buses when they landed and checked into the Edmonton bubble. The Lightning went first Saturday, followed the next day by the Islanders and NHL employees.

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Oskar Lindblom returns to Flyers' lineup for Game 6 after battle with cancer

Oskar Lindblom #23 of the Philadelphia Flyers skates in warm-ups prior to Game Six of the Eastern Conference Second Round against the New York Islanders during the 2020 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Scotiabank Arena on September 03, 2020 in Toronto, On PHILADELPHIA - Oskar Lindblom returned to the Flyers' lineup for Game 6 of the Stanley Cup playoffs against the New York Islanders after battling a rare bone cancer.A native of Gavle, Sweden, Lindblom was off to a career season when he diagnosed in December with Ewing’s sarcoma, a tumor that grows in the bones or in the tissue around bones.

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Stanley Cup Playoffs to resume with 3 games each Saturday, Sunday

The NHL's second-round playoff series will resume with three games each on Saturday and Sunday after players prompted the league to postpone two days of action to protest racial injustice.In the NHL's Eastern Conference hub city of Toronto, Tampa Bay and Boston will play Game 4 of their series at noon EDT Saturday, followed by Philadelphia and the New York Islanders playing Game 3 at 7 p.m. EDT.

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NHL players move into their new bubbles

NHL players and staff from 24 teams have made the move into their bubble cities in Toronto and Edmonton, ahead of the official start of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, next week. Mike Le Couteur reports.

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Coronavirus: Calgary Flames dads adjust to life away from family

#StayAtHome pic.twitter.com/NUEHxE6DjV— Erik Gustafsson (@ErkanGustafsson) April 5, 2020“The hardest day was leaving my house in Sweden,” forward Mikael Backlund said. “Thankfully Tillie (his daughter) doesn’t understand that I was leaving.

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15 NHL players test positive for COVID-19 after returning for league training

“Return to Play” plan, in which 16 teams will play in series to determine their standing for the Stanley Cup Playoffs. “There have been in excess of 1,450 COVID-19 tests administered to this group of NHL players,” the league said.Phase 2 refers to players participating in training activities within the league’s reopening process.

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Rick Zamperin: Prime Minister cracks open door to potential NHL hub city in Canada

NHL‘s two hub locations for this summer’s Stanley Cup Playoffs have received some encouraging news.With the COVID-19 pandemic top of mind, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Tuesday that the federal government is “open” to the National Hockey League operating a hub city in Canada, as long as local public health authorities allow it.Trudeau says the decision rests with the NHL and the provincial and municipal governments in which the hub cities are located.

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Winnipeg Jets to re-broadcast most iconic games of 2.0 era

While the NHL is on pause due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the Winnipeg Jets will re-broadcast some of the most unforgettable moments in Jets 2.0 history.

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