3+ week, 3+ day ago (438+ words) The NHL now has a 900-goal club. Charter member: Alex Ovechkin, of course. The Washington star pushed his record total to a new level Wednesday night, scoring against Jordan Binnington of the St. Louis Blues to reach 900. The milestone came 2:39 into the second period of a 6-1 win. "A couple days ago somebody ask me, "Do you think about (900)?" Of course, it"s huge number, no one ever did it in NHL history and to be the first player to ever do it, it"s a special moment," Ovechkin said. "It"s nice it"s over to get it in the homestand so the fans, my family can be here. It"s pretty cool." Ovechkin was lurking in the offensive zone and was at the bottom of the right circle when he backhanded Jakob Chychrun"s rebound past a sliding Binnington,…...

4+ day, 6+ hour ago (187+ words) Here are five things to know about hockey player Hilary Knight, a three-time Olympian. Team USA will have a blast from the past when it takes the ice at the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. USA Hockey revealed the men's and women's ice hockey jerseys for the 2026 Winter Olympics and Paralympics on Wednesday. The jerseys take inspiration from the Team USA uniforms worn during the 1960 Squaw Valley Olympics, when the men's ice hockey team won its first Olympic gold medal. "The jersey celebrates the rich heritage of hockey in the United States, while embracing the modern spirit of the upcoming games in Milan," according to USA Hockey. The Nike jerseys, which come in "home" royal blue and "away" white, feature a bolded and diagonal "USA" across the chest and a gold-accented USA Hockey crest. "Land of the free, home of the brave…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago (259+ words) The Dallas Mavericks and Dallas Stars are at odds over their home at the American Airlines Center. DallasNews.com reporter Lia Assimakopoulos explains what led to dueling lawsuits between the ownerships of the city's biggest professional sports teams. Hockey is headed to Jerry World. The Dallas Stars will host an NHL Stadium Series game at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys, in 2027, the league announced on Monday. The tilt will be held at 7 p.m. CT on Feb. 20, 2027, and broadcasted on ESPN. The Stars' opponent will be announced at a later date. AT&T Stadium has hosted countless sporting events since it opened in 2009, including Super Bowl XLV, the College Football Playoff National Championship in 2015, the Final Four in 2014 and the Mike Tyson-Jake Paul fight last November. The stadium, located in Arlington, Texas, will also host FIFA World Cup matches…...

2+ week, 5+ day ago (629+ words) A teenage girl with cancer had her wish come true when she got to spend the day with the New Jersey Devils. Natalie Honzalek gave the New Jersey Devils a bracelet and they gave her a ring. The 15-year-old from Minnesota, who was diagnosed with a rare form of sarcoma cancer in her cheek, had her wish come true when she got to spend the weekend with her favorite hockey team. During her on-ice practice with the team and a VIP game experience, she gave two of her favorite players, Jack and Luke Hughes, the "Natalie Strong" bracelets her family distributed when she was going through chemotherapy treatment. "We had a bunch of those made to give out to family and friends and stuff, and we had some with us, and we just decided that it would be cool to…...

1+ hour, 40+ min ago (329+ words) 100 days out from the Milan-Cortina Winter Games, here's what makes this Olympics one for the history books. There is no backup stadium if the main ice hockey arena for the'Milan Cortina Winter Games'is not ready on time. Construction on the arena that is set to welcome'NHL players back to the Olympics'for the first time in more than a decade is behind schedule and its completion is going'right down to the wire. A test event at the Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena " the new, 16,000-seat venue on the outskirts of Milan " had to be moved, and new test events aren't scheduled until Jan. 9-11. "So necessarily we have to be able to organize the competition in an impeccable manner at Santagiulia." The first scheduled Olympic hockey game at the arena is a women's preliminary round match on Feb. 5, one day before the opening…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago (361+ words) Washington Capitals center Dylan Strome learned during the first intermission Thursday night against the Montreal Canadiens that wife Tayler had given birth to their third daughter. "There was just so many emotions going through my mind," said Strome, with tears streaming down his face after assisting on three goals in the Capitals' 8-4 victory. "First of all, you want to make sure everyone's OK, it's a pretty scary thing. At the time of the first period, I kind of thought I was going to make it home in time, maybe. Obviously, that didn't happen." The couple named the girl Sutton Kimberley. Strome said his wife "felt it" two hours before the 7 p.m. puck drop and gave birth at 7:30 p.m. He said there was no way to get back in time and emphasized the sacrifices Tayler makes while he spends so much time on…...