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Yankees Sequence of the Week: Fernando Cruz (4/28)

The Yankees picked up their fourth consecutive series win, taking the first two games from the Rangers at Globe Life Field. The offense may have gotten on the plane back to New York early as they got shut out by Nathan Eovaldi in the series finale, but they can still be proud of a 7-2 […]

Morning Skate: Pause

Happy Thursday, folks! It’s the last day of April, and the Bruins still have at least one more hockey game on the schedule, so that’s a reason to have yourself a good Thursday. The B’s and Sabres are off again today ahead of Game 6, which will be at TD Garden on Friday night. The […]

Islanders Goaltender Leaving NHL To Sign With SHL Team

Marcus Hogberg is going back to where it all started. The New York Islanders pending unrestricted free agent signed a three-year contract with the SHL's Linkoping HC, per Stefen Rosner of The Hockey News. This marks Hogberg's third stint with the Swedish club where he made his professional debut during the 2012-13 season, and his second departure from North American hockey after a two-year run with the Islanders organization that produced a handful of memorable moments alongside significan...

Thursday Stanley Cup Playoffs GameThread

Alexandre Texier scored the go-ahead goal early in the third period and Jakub Dobes made 38 saves in the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning at Benchmark International Arena on Wednesday. Brendan Gallagher and Kirby Dach also scored for the Canadiens, who took a 3-2 lead in the series. Dominic James scored his first career playoff goal and Jake Guentzel also tallied for the Lightning. Dan Vlader stopped 42 shots for his second shutout...

Former Maple Leafs Prospect Wants To Return to Toronto After KHL Stint

Semyon Der-Arguchintsev wants to come back to Toronto. The 25-year-old center's agent, Shumi Babaev, confirmed to R.org's Daria Tuboltseva that his client is considering a return to the Toronto Maple Leafs organization after three seasons in the KHL. "Semyon is considering the option of returning to Toronto," Babaev said. "We contacted former general manager Brad Treliving and expressed our desire to return to the club's system. Now we are waiting for the appointment of a new general manag...

Flyers followed Dan Vladar’s lead to eliminate Penguins in dramatic fashion

It won’t show up on the scoresheet, and it wasn’t directed at anyone in particular. But at one point in overtime, Dan Vladar sounded like he had enough. And he let his teammates know it. With just under six minutes to go in Game 6, and the game still looking for its first goal, Flyers defenseman Cam York cleared the puck. But once again — as was the case for nearly all of the overtime — the Penguins gobbled the puck up in the neutral zone and drove back in. York again played the puck behi...

New York Jets Flight Connections 04/30/26

Good morning Gang Green Nation! Here are your links to your New York Jets this glorious Thursday in April: Jack Bell – Notebook | Jets GM Darren Mougey’s Revamped Process Laid Groundwork for Draft Success Eric Allen – Jets Pick Up Fifth-Year Option on Edge Will McDonald IV Randy Lange – Does Kenyon Sadiq Hold […]

Kentucky Wildcats News: Marcio Santos Watch Edition

Yesterday, we learned Mark Pope was heading to Israel to meet with Marcio Santos, a Brazilian center playing for Maccabi Tel Aviv. Things seem to be moving quickly in this recruitment, so today, we’re keeping an eye on Santos to see if Kentucky can lock him down and bring him to Lexington. The 23-year-old has […]

AHL: Xhekaj, Kähkönen lead Rocket to Game 1 win to start playoff campaign

Florian Xhekaj scored a goal and Kaapo Kähkönen made 20 saves as the Laval Rocket beat the Toronto Marlies 3-1 on Wednesday night at Place Bell. The win gives Laval a 1-0 lead in their best-of-five North Division semifinal series. Joshua Roy scored the eventual game-winning goal and Samuel Blais scored into the empty net for the Rocket. The Rocket were playing their first game of the playoffs, while the Marlies beat the Rochester Americans 2-1 in their three-game series to advance. ...

Pens Points: End of the Line

Up until the very end, the Pittsburgh Penguins battled and fought to force a Game 7 against the Philadelphia Flyers in their first round series, but Dan Vladar was a brick wall in net and Cam York found a just enough daylight behind Arturs Silovs to score an overtime winner that gave the Flyers a […]

Thursday Morning Fly By: Moving on

*There’s no sense burying the lede here: the Flyers are moving on to the second round! It took a weird and wild overtime game to get there, but they pulled it off. [ BSH ] *Defenseman Cam York was the overtime hero, and he celebrated it in probably the funniest way possible. [ BSH ] *Of course, there’s a whole lot to dig into after a win as big as that one. [ NBCSP ] *In fact, we’ve got takeaways from both sides of the matchup. [ The Athletic ] *One of the bigger bits of ne...

Rumour Mongering: Alisson to Leave Liverpool Future in Club’s Hands

Per Paul Joyce, Liverpool FC goalkeeper Alisson Becker is receptive to a long-term move to Juventus. However, the Brazilian custodian wants to be respectful of Liverpool and will leave the decision in the club’s hands if a formal transfer offer is submitted by the Turin club. The club had previously triggered an extension in March, […]

Thursday Habs Headlines: Juraj Slafkovský needs more bite

Montreal Canadiens news and notes Juraj Slafkovský is too nice on the ice and the Tampa Bay Lightning are using that to their advantage. [ Journal de Montreal ] Given what we’ve seen so far in the Stanley Cup playoffs, should the Canadiens have bought during the trade deadline? [ Journal de Montreal ] The Canadiens are exploring options for a Game 6 outdoor watch party after safety concerns led to the removal of barricades. [ CBC ] Veterans will have to help keep emotions...

Lightning lose at home to Canadiens, 3-2, face elimination

The Tampa Bay Lightning battled back from one goal deficits twice against the Montreal Canadiens in Game Five of their first round series. Unfortunately, they couldn’t answer Alexandre Texier’s early third-period goal as Jakub Dobes made 17 of his 38 saves in the final frame to preserve a 3-2 Montreal win. The series heads back to Montreal with the Lightning facing elimination on Friday. The too-long-didn’t-read version of the game is that Montreal scored all of the big momentum goals. Th...

Flyers’ Cam York went full rockstar to kill the Penguins’ dreams

With the weight of the city of Philadelphia on his shoulders, Flyers defenseman Cam York was able to finish off the Pittsburgh Penguins in dramatic fashion. Potentially ending that entire era of Penguins hockey with one quick flick of his wrist from the point in an improbable overtime period. And of course, he celebrated like a mad man. The Flyers and Penguins were butting heads for the entire 60 minutes through regulation — trading off brief glimpses of high-event hockey as both teams ha...

Takeaways: Flyers clinch series in dramatic Game 6 behind Dan Vladar, Cam York

The Pittsburgh Penguins wanted to be the 11th team in NHL history to force a deciding Game 7 after going down 3-0 in a series but the Philadelphia Flyers stopped them in their tracks and ended up with the series win Wednesday night. Through 60 minutes, the goaltenders were perfect. It was the first time since 2002 that the Flyers went to overtime in a scoreless game — a 1-0 win against Ottawa. Through the nerves, the sweat, and the anxiety, history repeated, and the Flyers are on to the s...

Toronto drops close game 5 in Cleveland

Toronto went to Cleveland with a singular mission. They wanted to do something neither team has done yet in this series: Win on the road. A challenging task on a regular day, even more so in the playoffs. The crowd is unwelcoming. The opponent is more comfortable. It’s no surprise they weren’t able to overcome […]