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The Canadian PressLafrenière continuing breakthrough season as solid contributor for Rangers in NHL playoffs
After a breakthrough regular season, Alexis Lafrenière has continued to be a solid contributor for the New York Rangers in their run to the Eastern Conference final. Selected with the No. 1 overall pick in the 2020 NHL draft, the Quebec native came into the league with high expectations for a Rangers team looking to come out of a rebuilding process. Lafrenière made the team as a 19-year-old rookie, and finished with 12 goals and nine assists in 56 games in the league's pandemic-shortened season.
The Canadian PressDallas Stars get some needed rest at home after starting to 'run on fumes' in NHL playoffs
The Dallas Stars rested at home Sunday. No game, no practice and no travel for the first time in a month since the start of the NHL playoffs. “We were starting to run on fumes here at the end of this round,” coach Pete DeBoer said. “You can fill your tank up pretty quickly with a four- or five-day break. So a critical break for us.” Dallas still doesn't know who it will play when hosting Game 1 of the Western Conference Final on Thursday night since the other second-round West series between Edm
The Canadian PressAleksander Barkov, the Panthers' reluctant star, leads without having to say much
SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — Here’s the list of Aleksander Barkov’s top highlights from the Florida-Boston series: the go-ahead goal that sparked a Game 2 victory, scoring a spectacular game-winning goal to cap a comeback in Game 4, then blocking a shot late in Game 6 to keep things tied about 90 seconds before the Panthers won the game and clinched the series. He did it all. And Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk heaped praise his way afterward. “I don’t really even have words for what he’s doing for our
The Canadian PressCarolina Hurricanes re-sign coach Rod Brind'Amour and staff to multi-year deals
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — The Carolina Hurricanes have re-signed coach Rod Brind’Amour and his staff to multiyear contracts, keeping one of the best in the NHL behind the bench around for the long term. The team announced the re-signings Sunday for Brind'Amour, assistants Jeff Daniels and Tim Gleason, goaltending coach Paul Schonfelder and video coach Chris Huffine. “Rod has been instrumental to the success we’ve had over the last six seasons,” team president and general manager Don Waddell said. “Ev