• The Canadian Press

    Craig Berube named 41st head coach of Toronto Maple Leafs

    TORONTO — The Toronto Maple Leafs have named Craig Berube as their new head coach. The NHL club announced Berube as the 41st head coach in franchise history in a release Friday. Berube, who replaces Sheldon Keefe after he was fired May 8, won the Stanley Cup with the St. Louis Blues in 2019. Sent packing by the club in December after missing the playoffs last spring, the 58-year-old from Calahoo, Alta., owns a 281-190-72 coaching record over parts of eight NHL seasons with the Blues and Philadel

  • The Canadian Press

    Toronto Maple Leafs hire Craig Berube as coach, hoping veteran can turn around longtime playoff woes

    TORONTO (AP) — The Toronto Maple Leafs hired Craig Berube as their coach on Friday, bringing in someone with Stanley Cup-winning experience to try to end the longest championship drought in the most intense hockey market in the NHL. Berube coached the St. Louis Blues to the Cup in 2019. The Maple Leafs have not won since 1967, when the league had just six teams. Toronto President Brendan Shanahan and general manager Brad Treliving moved quickly to hire Berube as the replacement for Sheldon Keefe

  • The Canadian Press

    Draisaitl, Edmonton Oilers thinking 'one game at a time' ahead of must-win Game 6

    VANCOUVER — The Oilers have been here before, heading back to Edmonton with their season on the line. The team is looking for a different result this time around. “You just have to take it one game at a time," Oilers star Leon Draisaitl said Friday. "We’ve got to go home and win one game at home. That’s all we have to do.” Edmonton is in must-win territory after dropping a 3-2 decision to the Vancouver Canucks in Game 6 of their second-round Stanley Cup playoff series on Thursday. The Canucks ho

  • The Canadian Press

    Stars centre Roope Hintz out for Game 6 with upper-body injury; Avs without centre Yakov Trenin

    DENVER (AP) — The Dallas Stars will be without centre Roope Hintz for a second straight game because of an upper-body injury. Hintz will miss Game 6 of their second-round series with the Colorado Avalanche on Friday night. The Stars can advance to the Western Conference Final for the second year in a row with a win. The 27-year-old Hintz left Monday’s 5-1 victory at Colorado after blocking a shot in the first period. Earlier in the game, he went down hard when he was cross-checked by Nathan MacK