• The Canadian Press

    Hockey Canada names Jon Cooper as Olympic, 4 Nations Face-Off coach

    CALGARY — Tampa Bay Lightning head coach Jon Cooper will lead Canada at the 2025 4 Nations Face-Off and the 2026 Winter Olympics, Hockey Canada announced Monday. It will be Cooper's first time as Canada's head coach since leading the national men's team to a silver medal at the 2017 world hockey championship. Cooper, from Prince George, B.C., has led the Lightning to four Stanley Cup finals, including back-to-back titles in 2020 and '21. He recently completed his 12th season with Tampa Bay and i

  • The Canadian Press

    Oilers, Panthers shown love on social media for thrilling Stanley Cup final

    The Edmonton Oilers' 2-1 Game 7 loss on Monday night to the Florida Panthers in the Stanley Cup final drew a mix of reactions on social media. Edmonton found itself down 3-0 in the NHL's best-of-seven championship series before attempting an improbable comeback by winning the next three games to extend their post-season to Monday. The Oilers were looking to become just the second team to come back from a 3-0 deficit in the final. The only team to do that is the 1941-42 Toronto Maple Leafs. Edmon

  • The Canadian Press

    Oilers' McDavid wins Conn Smythe Trophy after Game 7 loss

    SUNRISE — Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid has been awarded the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the NHL playoffs after an incredible post-season that finished just short of a Stanley Cup.

  • The Canadian Press

    Edmonton Oilers on the brink of a Stanley Cup win after improbable comeback

    EDMONTON — A storybook Stanley Cup win is there for the Edmonton Oilers. A win away from rewriting some NHL history, the Oilers headed to Florida on Saturday for Monday's Game 7 that seemed improbable a week earlier. No team in the NHL's expansion era has trailed 3-0 in the Stanley Cup final and come back to win the best-of-seven championship. Only the 1942 Maple Leafs did it 82 years ago. Only four teams in NHL history have trailed a best-of-seven playoff series 3-0 and won it: Toronto (1942),