• The Canadian Press

    Vancouver Canucks sign winger Vasily Podkolzin to two-year extension

    VANCOUVER — The Vancouver Canucks have signed former first-round draft pick Vasily Podkolzin to a two-year extension. The 22-year-old Russian winger split the 2023-24 season between the NHL team and its American Hockey League affiliate, the Abbotsford Canucks. Podkolzin was called up to the NHL club in early March and has played a depth role, registering two assists and six penalty minutes in 18 games. The six-foot-one, 190-pound forward had 28 points (15 goals, 13 assists) and 15 penalty minute

  • The Canadian Press

    Maple Leafs sign defenceman Cade Webber to two-year entry-level contract

    TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have signed defenceman Cade Webber to a two-year, entry-level contract, the NHL club announced Thursday. The contract carries an average annual value of US$875,000. The 23-year-old Weber had six assists in 38 games during the 2023-24 NCAA season with Boston University. He helped the Terriers reach the 2024 Men's Frozen Four semifinals. Webber, from Meadville, Penn., has 16 points (one goal, 15 assists) in 123 career NCAA games with Boston University. He was name

  • The Canadian Press

    'Completely new game': Leafs turn their attention to playoff matchup with Bruins

    TAMPA, Fla. — Sheldon Keefe usually spends time during intermissions breaking down film of that evening's opponent. Even the smallest edge can make the difference in a league separated by razor-thin margins. With the NHL playoffs resting just over the horizon, however, the Maple Leafs head coach was focused elsewhere between periods during Toronto's largely meaningless regular-season finale against the Tampa Bay Lightning. "I was watching video of another team," Keefe said following Wednesday's

  • CBC

    Arizona Coyotes fans devastated at prospect of losing their team

    For the first time since 1997, no one from three generations of the Dunaway family group attended the Arizona Coyotes' fan appreciation night — the final game of the regular season — amid reports Wednesday's game against the Edmonton Oilers was the last one before the team is relocated. Greg Dunaway gave away his season tickets because he and his father are travelling and his wife was worried the atmosphere wouldn't be a positive one for their six-year-old son. "I don't want my son to watch it.