Colorado has raised the Stanley Cup for the third time in its history. The players of The Avalanche (club name) won the North American Ice Hockey League (NHL) final against Tampa Bay Lightningdouble title holder. Colorado, already crowned in 1996 and 2001, dominated the series 4-2 and above all put an end to the reign … Read more
Waiting for the final between Canada and the United States on Thursday (from 5:10 a.m.), Finland won the bronze medal of the women’s tournament by dominating Switzerland (4-0) on Wednesday. After a balanced start to the match, Finnish player Viivi Vainikka opened the scoring midway through the first period. The second half, much more closed, … Read more
Chasing a third consecutive title, he led twice before being caught, but found the resources to score the winning goal by Ondrej Palat less than seven minutes from time. The Czech took over a pass from Victor Hedman, the puck only being accompanied in the but by the opposing goalkeeper. Earlier, Jan Rutta had opened … Read more
Pierre-Édouard Bellemare’s Stanley Cup dream is slipping away. While his Tampa Bay team had returned to 2 wins to 1 on Monday in the NHL play-off final, Colorado took off again overnight from Wednesday to Thursday on Florida ice. The Avalanche, however heard twice in the meeting – after the opening of the entry score … Read more
A “remontada” with Canadian sauce. In the quarter-finals of the World Hockey League, Canada came close to taking the door Thursday night against Sweden (4-3, ap). Led 3-0 after 40 minutes of play, Claude Julien’s players were heading for an early elimination. William Nylander, disappointing and released with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the NHL … Read more
Author of 60 goals this season, which had not happened for ten years, Auston Matthews won the Hart Trophy, which crowns the MVP of the NHL season, during the NHL Awards, on the night of Tuesday to Wednesday. The Toronto Maple Leafs star also won the Ted Lindsay Trophy, awarded to the league’s best player … Read more
Penalized by the late reopening of the Lafayette ice rink, the Besançon Doubs Hockey Club has struggled to fill up with young members this season. The Besançon club wants to do better when it resumes next September. Ten long months of closure. Supposed to reopen last September, the Lafayette ice rink was finally able to … Read more
The Colorado Avalanche, which hopes for a third coronation after those of 1996 and 2001, only leads 2-1 in the NHL final. In this best-of-seven series, Tampa Bay, two-time defending champion, closed the gap with Colorado in its quest for a new Stanley Cup by winning its first victory Monday (6-2). Humiliated 7-0 on Saturday … Read more
Three days after a first victory snatched in overtime, the Avalanche won a second in a much more authoritative way (7-0) against the Lightning on Saturday to escape in the final of the North American Hockey League on ice (NHL) opposing them. Game 3 is Monday in Tampa Bay. The first team to four wins … Read more
Drafted at the last minute in the Elite group of the World Championship (following the exclusion of Russia and Belarus, due to the invasion of Ukraine), the French team managed to stay there . In four games already played, the Blues have beaten Kazakhstan and Italy, by the same score (2-1), and lost against Slovakia … Read more
