Corycm
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This whole Florida-Florida thing is wild.
Playoff day: living up to the hype.
Playoff day: living up to the hype.
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Jonathan Y
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Haha forreal. Even tho I'm a Tampa fan I'm bummed both of the FL teams cant move on! Florida is playing there asses off too
BjorgenFjorgen
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The salary cap is pretend.
Jonathan Y
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What a start to the playoffs!
BjorgenFjorgen
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Lol I just saw the replay of the disallowed Florida goal. What a garbage call.
Hollywood
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Florida Panthers forward Sam Bennett will have a hearing Monday to answer for his hit on Tampa Bay Lightning forward Blake Coleman during Game 1 of their first-round playoff series Sunday night.
Bennett received a minor penalty for charging in the third period of Florida's 5-4 loss after he checked Coleman into the boards from behind, presumably in response to Coleman's hit on Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov.
Lightning forward Brayden Point scored on the ensuing power play and then potted the winner less than six minutes later with 1:14 remaining.
Tampa Bay head coach Jon Cooper called Bennett's hit "predatory" postgame but added he was pleased the club converted with the man advantage.
Game 2 is scheduled for Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET.
Bennett received a minor penalty for charging in the third period of Florida's 5-4 loss after he checked Coleman into the boards from behind, presumably in response to Coleman's hit on Panthers captain Aleksander Barkov.
Lightning forward Brayden Point scored on the ensuing power play and then potted the winner less than six minutes later with 1:14 remaining.
Tampa Bay head coach Jon Cooper called Bennett's hit "predatory" postgame but added he was pleased the club converted with the man advantage.
Game 2 is scheduled for Tuesday at 8 p.m. ET.
Hollywood
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Two days after earning her medical degree, Dr. Hayley Wickenheiser took yet another step in her multi-faceted career.
The Toronto Maple Leafs elevated her to senior director of player development Monday and named fellow Canadian hockey legend Danielle Goyette the department's director.
Wickenheiser joined the Maple Leafs as assistant director of player development in 2018. She fulfilled her duties with the team while studying at the University of Calgary.
The 42-year-old shared her academic achievement Saturday.
Wickenheiser is arguably the greatest Canadian women's hockey player ever. She's the all-time points leader with 379 in 276 games, and she won four Olympic gold medals along with seven World Championship titles before retiring in 2017. She was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2011 and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2019.
Goyette is also a decorated Canadian star. The 55-year-old was teammates with Wickenheiser for many of the aforementioned triumphs, including gold-medal victories in 2002 and 2006. The Hockey Hall of Fame inducted Goyette in 2017. She most recently served as head coach of the University of Calgary's women's hockey team, a post she occupied since 2007.
The Maple Leafs made two other personnel moves Monday. Player development consultant Darryl Belfry will now handle the technical development of the team's players and staff, while Will Sibley was promoted from director of video and prospect analysis to director of development operations and analysis.
The Toronto Maple Leafs elevated her to senior director of player development Monday and named fellow Canadian hockey legend Danielle Goyette the department's director.
Wickenheiser joined the Maple Leafs as assistant director of player development in 2018. She fulfilled her duties with the team while studying at the University of Calgary.
The 42-year-old shared her academic achievement Saturday.
Wickenheiser is arguably the greatest Canadian women's hockey player ever. She's the all-time points leader with 379 in 276 games, and she won four Olympic gold medals along with seven World Championship titles before retiring in 2017. She was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2011 and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2019.
Goyette is also a decorated Canadian star. The 55-year-old was teammates with Wickenheiser for many of the aforementioned triumphs, including gold-medal victories in 2002 and 2006. The Hockey Hall of Fame inducted Goyette in 2017. She most recently served as head coach of the University of Calgary's women's hockey team, a post she occupied since 2007.
The Maple Leafs made two other personnel moves Monday. Player development consultant Darryl Belfry will now handle the technical development of the team's players and staff, while Will Sibley was promoted from director of video and prospect analysis to director of development operations and analysis.
Hollywood
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Hollywood
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Florida Panthers forward Sam Bennett will sit out Game 2 of their first-round playoff series against the Tampa Bay Lightning for boarding forward Blake Coleman in Game 1 on Sunday.
Bennett checked Coleman into the boards from behind in the third period of Sunday's 5-4 Lightning win.
Bennett was handed a minor penalty for charging, and Tampa Bay's Brayden Point converted on the ensuing power play before scoring the winning goal late in regulation.
Bennett struggled for most of the season with the Calgary Flames before they traded him to Florida on April 12. The 24-year-old clicked immediately with his new club, collecting three goals and two assists in his first three games with the Panthers. He recorded six markers and nine helpers in 10 regular-season contests with Florida.
Game 2 is scheduled for Tuesday night.
Bennett checked Coleman into the boards from behind in the third period of Sunday's 5-4 Lightning win.
Bennett was handed a minor penalty for charging, and Tampa Bay's Brayden Point converted on the ensuing power play before scoring the winning goal late in regulation.
Bennett struggled for most of the season with the Calgary Flames before they traded him to Florida on April 12. The 24-year-old clicked immediately with his new club, collecting three goals and two assists in his first three games with the Panthers. He recorded six markers and nine helpers in 10 regular-season contests with Florida.
Game 2 is scheduled for Tuesday night.
Hollywood
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One of ESPN's first hires for its future NHL broadcasts is a historic one.
The network is bringing on Leah Hextall to do play-by-play in addition to other roles, reports the New York Post's Andrew Marchand.
She will be the first female play-by-play voice to be regularly involved in a national NHL TV broadcast package, according to Marchand. It's unknown how many games she'll call when ESPN's new TV and multimedia rights deal with the league begins next season.
Hextall has been a broadcaster for nearly two decades. She became the first woman in Canada to do play-by-play for a nationally televised NHL game last season, working a game between the Calgary Flames and Vegas Golden Knights. She was also the first woman to call the NCAA men's hockey tournament when she did so for ESPN.
The network reportedly hired Ray Ferraro and Brian Boucher as lead analysts from TSN and NBC, respectively, last week.
Hextall's trailblazing accomplishment follows similar strides by female broadcasters in other sports. Beth Mowins has called the NFL for CBS, as well as Chicago Cubs games. Lisa Byington became the first woman to call the NCAA men's basketball tournament when she did that this past March.
The Walt Disney Company, which owns ESPN, signed a seven-year deal with the NHL to be its primary broadcast partner beginning in 2021-22. TNT followed suit with a seven-year contract of its own with the league. The NHL's current rightsholder, NBC, will not be part of the new agreement when its pact expires at the end of this season.
The network is bringing on Leah Hextall to do play-by-play in addition to other roles, reports the New York Post's Andrew Marchand.
She will be the first female play-by-play voice to be regularly involved in a national NHL TV broadcast package, according to Marchand. It's unknown how many games she'll call when ESPN's new TV and multimedia rights deal with the league begins next season.
Hextall has been a broadcaster for nearly two decades. She became the first woman in Canada to do play-by-play for a nationally televised NHL game last season, working a game between the Calgary Flames and Vegas Golden Knights. She was also the first woman to call the NCAA men's hockey tournament when she did so for ESPN.
The network reportedly hired Ray Ferraro and Brian Boucher as lead analysts from TSN and NBC, respectively, last week.
Hextall's trailblazing accomplishment follows similar strides by female broadcasters in other sports. Beth Mowins has called the NFL for CBS, as well as Chicago Cubs games. Lisa Byington became the first woman to call the NCAA men's basketball tournament when she did that this past March.
The Walt Disney Company, which owns ESPN, signed a seven-year deal with the NHL to be its primary broadcast partner beginning in 2021-22. TNT followed suit with a seven-year contract of its own with the league. The NHL's current rightsholder, NBC, will not be part of the new agreement when its pact expires at the end of this season.
Hollywood
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It's a hockey night in Pittsburgh! Let's even this one up!
Hollywood
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Florida Panthers goaltender Chris Driedger will be in net for Game 2 against the Tampa Bay Lightning on Tuesday night, head coach Joel Quenneville confirmed.
Sergei Bobrovsky started the first game of the series, stopping 35 of the 40 shots he faced in a 5-4 loss.
The goaltending duo split games almost evenly during the season, with Bobrovsky starting 30 contests to Driedger's 23. Bobrovsky finished the campaign with a .906 save percentage and 2.91 goals-against average, while Driedger achieved a .919 save percentage and 2.32 goals-against average.
Driedger, whose 27th birthday is Tuesday, played the Lightning three times during the regular season. The netminder went 2-0-1 with a .913 save percentage and one shutout, according to NHL.com's Dan Rosen. This contest will mark the first postseason start of his pro career.
Sergei Bobrovsky started the first game of the series, stopping 35 of the 40 shots he faced in a 5-4 loss.
The goaltending duo split games almost evenly during the season, with Bobrovsky starting 30 contests to Driedger's 23. Bobrovsky finished the campaign with a .906 save percentage and 2.91 goals-against average, while Driedger achieved a .919 save percentage and 2.32 goals-against average.
Driedger, whose 27th birthday is Tuesday, played the Lightning three times during the regular season. The netminder went 2-0-1 with a .913 save percentage and one shutout, according to NHL.com's Dan Rosen. This contest will mark the first postseason start of his pro career.
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Hollywood
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If the Leafs can't beat the Habs then they are truly cursed!
Turbo
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A limited number of fans in the Bell Centre would be allowed for Game 6.... incentives.
Hollywood
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Montreal Canadiens head coach Dominique Ducharme confirmed youngsters Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Cole Caufield won't be in the team's lineup for Game 1 against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday, according to Sportsnet's Eric Engels.
Ducharme also revealed rookie defenseman Alexander Romanov will miss the first contest, according to Engels.
The pair of forwards have been practicing as extras this week. Ducharme expects to use the duo at some point and will prepare them to play when they get in the lineup, the bench boss added.
These were the lines employed at Tuesday's practice:
Caufield appeared in 10 games with the Canadiens down the stretch of the campaign, scoring four goals and adding one assist. Kotkaniemi skated in all 56 games this season, recording five goals and 15 assists. Romanov played in 54 contests, scoring one goal and adding five assists.
Ducharme also revealed rookie defenseman Alexander Romanov will miss the first contest, according to Engels.
The pair of forwards have been practicing as extras this week. Ducharme expects to use the duo at some point and will prepare them to play when they get in the lineup, the bench boss added.
These were the lines employed at Tuesday's practice:
Caufield appeared in 10 games with the Canadiens down the stretch of the campaign, scoring four goals and adding one assist. Kotkaniemi skated in all 56 games this season, recording five goals and 15 assists. Romanov played in 54 contests, scoring one goal and adding five assists.
Hollywood
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Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman announced the club has agreed to a contract extension with head coach Jeff Blashill.
Yzerman also announced that assistant coach Dan Bylsma will pursue other opportunities in the NHL for the upcoming season.
Blashill just completed his sixth season with the club as head coach, with the Red Wings finishing in seventh place in the Central Division with a 19-27-10 record.
Since taking over as head coach in 2015, Blashill has largely overseen the franchise's rebuild in Detroit. He has a career record of 172-221-62 and has missed the playoffs the last five seasons.
Detroit made significant strides this campaign under Blashill after having one of the worst seasons in league history last year. The club surpassed its win total (17) from last season despite playing 15 fewer games.
Yzerman also announced that assistant coach Dan Bylsma will pursue other opportunities in the NHL for the upcoming season.
Blashill just completed his sixth season with the club as head coach, with the Red Wings finishing in seventh place in the Central Division with a 19-27-10 record.
Since taking over as head coach in 2015, Blashill has largely overseen the franchise's rebuild in Detroit. He has a career record of 172-221-62 and has missed the playoffs the last five seasons.
Detroit made significant strides this campaign under Blashill after having one of the worst seasons in league history last year. The club surpassed its win total (17) from last season despite playing 15 fewer games.
Hollywood
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Rick Tocchet is looking to line up his next head coaching gig.
The former Arizona Coyotes bench boss will interview with the New York Rangers and the expansion Seattle Kraken for each club's vacancy at head coach, sources told TSN's Pierre LeBrun.
Tocchet and the Coyotes mutually parted ways earlier in May. The team went 125-131-34 over four seasons under his leadership. Though the club missed the playoffs in three of those four campaigns, Tocchet led the franchise to its first postseason series win since 2012 in the bubble last summer.
Before joining the Coyotes, Tocchet captured back-to-back Stanley Cups as an assistant coach with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2016 and 2017.
The Rangers also reportedly interviewed longtime NHL bench boss Gerard Gallant, who was recently selected to coach Canada at the upcoming world hockey championship.
New York dismissed former team president John Davidson and general manager Jeff Gorton on May 5 after the Rangers failed to make the playoffs for the third time in four seasons.
The former Arizona Coyotes bench boss will interview with the New York Rangers and the expansion Seattle Kraken for each club's vacancy at head coach, sources told TSN's Pierre LeBrun.
Tocchet and the Coyotes mutually parted ways earlier in May. The team went 125-131-34 over four seasons under his leadership. Though the club missed the playoffs in three of those four campaigns, Tocchet led the franchise to its first postseason series win since 2012 in the bubble last summer.
Before joining the Coyotes, Tocchet captured back-to-back Stanley Cups as an assistant coach with the Pittsburgh Penguins in 2016 and 2017.
The Rangers also reportedly interviewed longtime NHL bench boss Gerard Gallant, who was recently selected to coach Canada at the upcoming world hockey championship.
New York dismissed former team president John Davidson and general manager Jeff Gorton on May 5 after the Rangers failed to make the playoffs for the third time in four seasons.
Hollywood
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The Montreal Canadiens are the first NHL team north of the border to announce plans to let fans back into their building.
The team will permit 2,500 spectators to attend games at the Bell Centre beginning May 28.
The Canadiens begin their opening-round playoff series against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Thursday. A potential Game 6 in Montreal is scheduled for May 29.
Though most American teams allowed at least some fans back into their arenas this season, Canadian clubs have played in front of empty stadiums throughout the pandemic.
Hollywood
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IN RUST WE TRUST!