The continued existence of fighting in the NHL forces players to occasionally join forces with people they’ve punched.

Among those deeply moved by Millen's death is Dick Irvin Jr., the retired Montreal broadcast icon who called more than 2,500 ...

Watching Wayne Gretzky highlights can be like peering into another universe ... he posted the only four 200-point seasons in NHL history. During his record-setting 215-point campaign in 1985-86 ...

Alex Ovechkin stands beside Wayne Gretzky as the top goal-scorers in NHL history ... from players about torpedo bats is that hitting is about the player. If you can’t hit a 97 mph fastball ...

A hockey player has been suspended after shoving a referee while on the ice, sending the official sliding into a wall. The push by Bridgeport Islanders forward Adam Beckman was committed during a game ...

A lot has gone into ... NHL history with 3,735 hits. It started with his first shift in the League when he delivered such a violent check on defenseman Radoslav Suchy that it dislodged a pane of ...

"It's just a matter of time, whether it's late this year, early next year, whenever," Gretzky told NHL.com last September as Ovechkin closed in on his record. "I mean, he's a great player.

As Cuylle explained, they can't all turn into ... want to get hit anymore." Cuylle's average of 14.9 hits per 60 minutes played leads the Rangers and ranks 14th in the NHL among players who ...

It took a little over two years after that to hit 500 - doing so in January 2016 against the Ottawa Senators. He became the 20th player in NHL history to cross the 600 goal threshold on March 12 ...

When players sign this late in ... From Sportsnet, 32 Thoughts: The Podcast with NHL Insider Elliotte Friedman and Kyle Bukauskas is a weekly deep dive into the biggest news and interviews from ...

WASHINGTON — Alex Ovechkin skated over to his son Sergei at the glass. He bowed to Wayne Gretzky ... and second of the game — to tie Gretzky's NHL record and set off a wild celebration among ...