Olympic hockey: Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon lead Canada’s loss in Switzerland

Olympic hockey: Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon lead Canada’s loss in Switzerland A collection of talent that includes Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon can often feel unfair, and the NHL’s top scorers put on a clinic Friday afternoon. McDavid and MacKinnon both finished with three points and were in the lead Canada to a 5-1 […]

Paul Maurice attached to Team Finland after players questioned their leadership

Tension is reportedly simmering behind the scenes at Team Finland – or at least it was. According to Fins sales point Helsingin SanomatSeveral Finnish NHL players lost confidence in head coach Antti Pennanen after disappointing performances during the NHL 4 Nations Face-Off and the World Championship. The report adds that several players have quietly pushed […]

Rangers at the Olympics: Flirtin’ With Disaster

If the Rangers organization hasn’t been embarrassed enough over the past calendar year, their presence at the Olympics, especially with USA Hockey, could leave Rangers fans with paper bags on their heads for the foreseeable future. as things are going poorly, and anything short of gold would be considered a failed mission for Team USA. […]

Key traits that define this season’s Stanley Cup contenders

Every NHL season produces some great regular season teams. However, the 2025-2026 campaign has made one thing clear above all: being ‘good’ is not the same as being built for June. The league is faster than ever, defensive systems are tighter and depth is more important in the brutal grind. The gap between a contender […]

Penguins Update: When the going gets tough…

…the difficult beginning.’ Anyone who has read PenguinPoop I’ve known for a long time that this has been my mantra over the years. Partially rooted in my distant hockey past, when early Penguins teams during the goon squad era were routinely torn apart by the likes of Philly’s reckless Broad Street Bullies, Boston’s Big, Bad, […]

Notes from Scott Howson’s annual media conference

Patrick WilliamsTheAHL.com Features Writer ROCKFORD, Ill. …AHL President and CEO Scott Howson met with local and national media Wednesday for his annual state-of-the-league address. A tradition started by Howson’s predecessor, Dave Andrewseach season’s press conference is an opportunity to gauge where the league stands during the AHL All-Star Classic. For starters, Howson was impressed this […]

France Announces 2026 Men’s Olympic Roster – The Hockey Writers NHL News Latest news, analysis and more

Team France has announced their squad for the 2026 Olympic Games in Milan. This will be the first time NHL players have competed in the Olympics since 2014. Because the men’s tournament started on February 11, 2026, teams were given a deadline of December 31, 2025 to submit their selections. Team France will look to […]

Insider highlights the changing and potential new reality for Auston Matthews

What’s wrong with Auston Matthews? That was the question Toronto Maple Leafs fans – and much of the hockey world – were asking themselves for the first three months of the 2025-2026 season and, honestly, for most of 2024-2025 as well. A short stretch after the Christmas break looked like the Hart Trophy version of […]