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Before Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final, every seat in T-Mobile Arena had a rally towel with Mitch Marner's face printed on it. By the end of the second period, the Vegas Golden Knights star had made it his night with a record-setting hat trick. With his natural hat trick in the second period, Marner recorded the fastest three goals by a single player in Cup finals history. He needed six minutes and 10 seconds to score thrice and give Vegas a 4-0 lead. The previous record was three goals in 6:21 in Game 1 of the 1957 Cup...

The Brett Howden shoe is in full swing here. Seconds after Carolina kills a penalty and gets the crowd going, Howden comes in and scores a gorgeous goal, not only beating all-world defenseman Jaccob Slavin to the net, but using his body to shield off his check and then beating Freddy Andersen with a slick move. That's now 13 goals for Howden - yes, you read that right. The guy is on fire. Vegas now has two goals on six shots. Carolina needs a spark here. They look a step behind Vegas.

President Trump called four-time Stanley Cup winner Claude Lemieux a “tremendous” supporter in a tribute to the NHL legend following his suicide death. “Claude Lemieux, a true legend of the game, and one of the fiercest competitors hockey has ever seen, has passed away,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Thursday. “Claude was a friend to the family, and a tremendous ‘Trump’ supporter.” “Claude will be missed by all who love winning and toughness,” Trump signed off the post, including a MAGA hashtag. Lemieux, 60, was found dead by his adult son in the warehouse of a furniture store owned by...

The Stanley Cup Playoffs field is down to four teams. The Colorado Avalanche and Vegas Golden Knights are in the midst of a heavyweight fight out West, and the Montreal Canadiens are facing off against the Carolina Hurricanes in what shout be a fast-paced series in the East.

'm all about respect and sportsmanship, but I also love a healthy dose of gamesmanship, and that seems to be what we're getting from the Vegas Golden Knights. Vegas is still in the playoffs and currently tied with the Anaheim Ducks 2-2. However, they were the talk of hockey at the end of the regular season when they fired then-head coach Bruce Cassidy with just eight games left in the season and the team on track to make the playoffs. It was a shocker — especially after Cassidy led the team to a Stanley Cup in 2023 — and the...

A Canadian junior hockey team's pockets are thousands of dollars lighter after one of the team's scouts got into trouble during an interview at the league’s draft. The problem? Telling a reporter she was good-looking.

When the national anthem singer at Tuesday’s Buffalo Sabres game had microphone issues, the crowd helped her out by singing along. The moment came as the Sabres hosted the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night at the KeyBank Center. Prior to puck drop, singer Cami Clune was chosen to do the honors of singing “O Canada.” As noted in a report from The New York Times, Sabres home games include both the Canadian and American national anthems, due to the city being so close to the border. At other U.S. venues, the Canadian anthem is only included when a Canadian team...

An investigation into a Newfoundland junior hockey game that exploded into three brawls and racked up 572 minutes in penalties has resulted in sweeping suspensions, according to a league official. Boyd Hillier, vice-president of the St. John's Junior Hockey League, said the violent game on March 7 between the St. John's Junior Caps and the Southern Shore Junior Breakers was a "black eye" on hockey in the region. The league has since handed out suspensions to 18 players and coaches worth a collective total of 53 games, Hillier said Saturday. Video appearing to show footage from the night of roiling...

The United States has defeated Canada on Olympic ice yet again to secure gold, this time in the Paralympic Games. After a 6-2 victory over Canada on Sunday, the U.S. took home gold in men’s Paralympics sled hockey. In doing so, they became the first country to ever win five consecutive Paralympic titles. They were also the first to sweep all three Paralympic and Olympic hockey events at a single tournament. Of course, the men’s and women’s ice hockey teams also won gold, doing so in overtime in both gold-medal games at the Milan Cortina Games last month. But this...

Watching Florida Panther forward Matthew Tkachuk gush over U.S. president Donald Trump at the White House while donning the Commander-in-Chief’s signature red tie may have been a hint, but a new report gleaned from publicly available voter registration data finds that the NHL’s American players are among the most right-leaning in professional sports. Only one league, Major League Baseball, had a higher percentage of American players who were registered as Republican at 53.7 per cent compared to just 7.8 per cent Democratic and 36.4 Independent. The NHL came second at 43.9 per cent Republican, 5.6 per cent Democratic, and 48.6...

The U.S. men’s ice hockey team continued their Olympic gold medal celebrations back home with a whirlwind tour on Tuesday that began with an Air Force flight into Washington, D.C., and ended with a standing ovation at the State of the Union address. But amid the praise, the team has faced some backlash on social media. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt was among those in the administration to welcome the American hockey players before visiting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office. Leavitt shared a photo on social media posing with deputy director of communications, Margo Martin, and...

'They allowed themselves to be co-opted by a clown. And now you're a clown. You look like a clown. Donald Trump-hating Megan Rapinoe has accused the USA men's hockey team of ruining their achievement of Olympic gold by laughing at the president's joke about the women's success. Trump addressed the men's team in the locker room on Sunday after their thrilling overtime win against Canada. He invited them to the State of the Union before warning them he'd invite the women's team, too, otherwise he'd be impeached. His gag was met with laughter by the US players, something they've been...

Team USA's men’s hockey team didn't have to pull out their wallets while celebrating their Olympic gold medal in Miami on Monday night. Instead, Pat McAfee stepped in to pick up the six-figure tab. Following a 2-1 overtime victory against Canada to secure gold at the Milan Cortina Winter Games, the American squad touched down in South Florida and headed straight to E11EVEN nightclub. The celebration featured players spraying the crowd with Armand de Brignac and Bel Aire Gold champagne, alongside a heavy rotation of E11EVEN Vodka, Don Julio 1942, Dame Mas Tequila, Happy Dad, and Michelob Ultras. Throughout the...

The U.S. Olympic Men’s Hockey Team visit the White House, February 24, 2026.

....So, to see the United States men's hockey team finally win Olympic gold in my lifetime was a dream come true. What has happened since has been nothing short of a disappointment. As the celebrations from the 2-1 overtime win over Canada spilled off the ice and behind closed doors, FBI director Kash Patel joined Team USA in the locker room in a leaked video that has since gone viral. In the video, Patel is seen celebrating and drinking beer with the team, whose victory came on the same day an armed man breached the perimeter at President Donald Trump's...

A TON of American fans set their alarms to catch the Red, White and Blue's gold medal win ... with NBC announcing the 2026 Winter Olympics finale averaged 20.7 million viewers!! The folks over at the Peacock released the numbers for the contest on Tuesday ... saying the game was the most-watched pre-9 AM ET sporting event in U.S. history.

'That's the first time I've ever seen them get up,' Trump says of congressional Democrats after introducing gold medal US hockey team

The USA men's hockey team is anxious to attend President Donald Trump's State of the Union address Tuesday night, according to gold medal game hero Jack Hughes and his brother, Quinn. The USA women's gold medal hockey team declined an invitation, citing scheduling conflicts. The men's team captured its first gold since 1980 thanks to Jack Hughes' overtime heroics during a 2-1 win over Canada. (snip) "We're so proud to represent the U.S. and when you get the chance to go to the White House and meet the President, we're proud to be Americans and that's so patriotic," Jack Hughes...

Team USA women's hockey stars are headed to Las Vegas to celebrate Winter Olympics gold with Flavor Flav - despite shunning Donald Trump over 'previously scheduled... commitments.' That is according to the rap icon, who claims Hilary Knight and Co accepted his offer to throw a party in Sin City after they appeared to be mocked by the president. In a leaked clip from inside the locker room in Milan, Trump phoned the men's hockey team after they defeated Canada to win a first gold medal in 46 years. As FBI director Kash Patel partied with Mike Sullivan's players, Trump...

Ellen Weinberg Hughes is the mother to two of the heroes of the American Men's Olympic team. She was also a consultant to the women's Hockey Olympic team as she is a skilled hockey player in her own right. Here is a video of her playing with the boy's league when she was 12 years old. What an awesome little time capsule. Little did she know she may never make the pros herself, but all three of her sons would and two would be gold medal winners