Alleged NWHL employee leaks missed payment emails, league responds On Wednesday morning, many members of the media who cover women's hockey received an email titled "NWHL LIES." From the body of the email, completely unedited: I work for the NWHL and this was hard for me to write because I believe in women’s hockey, but I have to tell someone because so many people can get hurt because of … [Read more...]

NHL execs roll out parameters for deep expansion draft BOCA RATON, Fla. – NHL officials gave parameters for a possible expansion draft during the final day of their general managers meetings at the Boca Raton Resort and Club. The hope was this would provide one of the deeper expansion drafts in NHL history. The league has not specifically ruled on expansion yet, though it has applications … [Read more...]

Crying about draft lottery, NHL goalie gear (Puck Daddy Countdown) (Ed. Note: The column formerly known as the Puck Daddy Power Rankings. Ryan Lambert takes a look at some of the biggest issues and stories in the NHL, and counts them down.) 6. The expansion draft Last time we had one of these things, the proliferation of no-movement and no-trade clauses really hadn't caught on around the … [Read more...]

NHL expansion for 2017-18 to be determined by June BOCA RATON, Fla. – NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said the league will decide on expansion for the 2017-18 season by June. Speaking with reporters after the general managers meetings at the Boca Raton Resort and Club, Bettman noted that if expansion doesn’t happen in 2017-18 the process with applicants in Quebec City and Las Vegas can … [Read more...]

Wednesday picks: Flyers to grab playoff spot Welcome to NHL Picks where CBSSports.com hockey writers Chris Peters and Adam Gretz make their predictions for all of the day's games. Philadelphia Flyers at Chicago Blackhawks, 8 p.m. ET, NBCSN With a win over the Detroit Red Wings Tuesday, the Philadelphia Flyers put themselves in a position to climb into the last wild card spot in the Eastearn … [Read more...]

Flyers top Wings in pivotal game for playoff run The Philadelphia Flyers have been playing some great hockey over the past month and have been able to climb back into the Eastern Conference wild-card race. They had an opportunity to really gain some ground Tuesday night with one of their many head-to-head matchups with the teams they are chasing in the standings when they hosted the Detroit Red … [Read more...]

Caps beat Canes, become first to clinch playoffs The Washington Capitals have the NHL's best record by a significant margin and seem to be well on their way to winning the second Presidents' Trophy in team history. On Tuesday, they became the first team in the NHL to clinch a playoff spot this season when they beat the Carolina Hurricanes 2-1 in overtime thanks to Alex Ovechkin's league-leading … [Read more...]

NCAA Hockey 101: Omaha's monumental collapse It's not usually a big deal when a team that rarely makes the NCAA tournament happens to slide in one year and then fails to do so again in the next. In a nation with a number of national powers who can reliably count on making the tournament, there really aren't that many at-large bids open to most of the other 50 or so teams.  Between the … [Read more...]

NFL refs support NHL officials; Horcoff returns; Virtanen and Bieber (Puck Headlines) Here are your Puck Headlines: A glorious collection of news and views collected from the greatest blogosphere in sports and the few, the proud, the mainstream hockey media. Have a link you want to submit? Email us at [email protected].  • It's not only the elderly from New York who move south to … [Read more...]

NHL three-point wins and their many complications There’s a cause and effect for NHL rules changes.  The biggest catalyst, and hindrance when it comes to things like goalie equipment, is player safety. Then there’s increasing goal-scoring and, of course, the annual closing of loopholes based on one or two egregious incidents (i.e. enacting a coach’s challenge review process for offside plays … [Read more...]