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Former National Hockey League player Adam Johnson died after taking a skate to the neck during a game in the UK Saturday, his team confirmed.

Alex Graham, a 20-year-old professional hockey player in England, has died. He was only 20 years old.

A substitute gym teacher in Detroit has been fired and barred from working in education after she reportedly hit an 11-year-old in the head with a hockey stick while aiming for another student.

Celebrated Evangelical pastor Franklin Graham has defended a Christian hockey player’s right to sit out gay-themed activities, saying such faith-based choices don’t make him “homophobic.”

The NHL released a “diversity & inclusion” report related to “racial demographics,” “gender identity,” and “sexual orientation.”

A rising junior hockey star died in the locker room ahead of Tuesday’s preseason tournament game on Tuesday evening, according to reports.

A determined Massachusetts teen walked his high school graduation stage Friday after sustaining a hockey injury last September that left him paralyzed from the waist down, WCVB reported.

The National Hockey League (NHL) continued to distance itself from all things Russian hockey on Monday by announcing a suspension of ties with the Russian-based Kontinental Hockey League (KHL).

A U.S. Premier Hockey League player has been banned for life after he delivered a brutal punch to a referee’s face on the ice Sunday.

The Chinese genocide Olympics is becoming the defection games as now at least three Americans have abandoned the U.S.A. for China.

A 20-year-old prospective player for the St. Louis Blues was robbed at gunpoint on the grounds of the famed St. Louis Arch on Monday evening.

ANOKA, Minn. (AP) — Last month’s death of “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey standout Mark Pavelich was ruled a suicide, a Minnesota medical examiner said Monday.

MOSCOW — A Russian hockey player has died after being hit in the head by the puck during a game, his club and the league said Tuesday. He was 19.

MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — Mark Pavelich, the speedy center from the Iron Range who played on the “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey team, has died at a treatment center for mental illness. He was 63.

A Michigan family believes their son died from depression caused in-part by politicians who canceled school hockey over the coronavirus.

Minnesota has issued new sports rules that will force all hockey players from the ages of five and up to wear masks even while playing.

It’s not unusual for someone to get tackled to the ice at a hockey game. However, it is unusual when it’s the police who are doing the tackling.

The Vancouver Canucks hockey team is the latest sports organization to receive criticism that their team name or logo negatively impacts the Native American community.

Hall of Fame NHL player Bobby Orr has made his presidential preferences known, and he is endorsing President Trump.

The American Hockey League canceled the rest of its season Monday because of the coronavirus pandemic, shifting its focus toward an uncertain future.

Many NHL fans miss their teams. It’s been two months since the league suspended its season due to the Chinese coronavirus. Hockey lovers feel the void. Now, imagine being a fan of the Quebec Nordiques. The current stoppage of play is nothing to them. Fans in Quebec City haven’t seen their team skate in a quarter-century. If you ask former players, it is time for that to change.

Get used to the concept of pods and pucks if the NHL is going to have any chance of completing its season, with the most likely scenarios calling for games in empty, air-conditioned arenas during the dog days of summer.

Bauer Hockey Equipment, a company based in New Hampshire, has switched its manufacturing facilities from making hockey gear to making plastic face shields for medical workers responding to the coronavirus.

The Pittsburgh Penguins will pay arena employees for games missed due to the Chinese coronavirus outbreak, the team announced Friday.

Like I always say when the Carolina Thunderbirds face the Columbus River Dragons…well…just watch this video and see what happens when the Thunderbirds play the River Dragons.

Trump called up several members of the team on stage during his rally, many of them wearing “Keep America Great” hats.

Philadelphia police announced on Monday that they will not pursue charges against Flyers mascot “Gritty” for the alleged assault of a child during a photoshoot.

Cincinnati Cyclones fans gathered on Wednesday to donate over 10,000 teddy bears to give to children going through trauma.

One of the greatest hockey players who has ever lived, has come to the defense of fired NHL broadcaster Don Cherry.

TORONTO — Hockey commentator Don Cherry says the network that fired him “made it impossible” for him to address the comments that led to his dismissal.

Canada’s youth hockey organization, Hockey Canada, has decided to eliminate its “midget” hockey age category in the face of complaints that the term is insensitive and not inclusive.

The firing of hockey commentator Don Cherry by Sportsnet, a a TV channel owned by Canadian communications and media company Rogers Communications, has elicited thousands of online comments from users calling for a responsive boycott.

Don Cherry says he is unapologetic for the comments that got him fired as a hockey commentator in Canada.

Leftists in Canada succeeded in getting Canadian hockey icon Don Cherry fired after he made comments about the lack of poppies worn for Remembrance Day by recent immigrants in Ontario.

A small but mighty three-year-old who survived brain cancer got the opportunity of a lifetime when he got to drop the first puck at a Boston Bruins game.

The event is scheduled to begin at 3:10 p.m. EST.