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Several NHL coaches and players sent video tributes, including fellow Nova Scotian Sidney Crosby.

Nineteen-year-old Macklin Celebrini will join Sidney Crosby, Connor McDavid and Nathan MacKinnon on the Canadian men's Olympic hockey team, as NHLers return to the Winter Games for the first time in more than a decade.

Watch on Wednesday at 12 p.m. ET as Hockey Canada will announce the men's Olympic hockey team, featuring the return of NHL players to the 2026 Winter Games.

After a slow start, forward Porter Martone Martone has found his rhythm and is poised to lead Canada into a New Year's Eve clash against Finland (8:30 p.m. ET) with first place in Group B on the line.

The NHL, as part of the celebrations planned for the Winter Classic game between the Florida Panthers and New York Rangers at loanDepot Park - home of baseball's Miami Marlins - is going to make snow fall at the ballpark on Friday.

Gavin McKenna scored a hat trick as Canada finally flexed its muscles at the world junior championship in a 9-1 victory over Denmark on Monday night.

General manager Steve Staios announced Sunday goaltender Linus Ullmark is taking a leave of absence for personal reasons, but did not offer further comment. But teammates were offering their full support to Ullmark on Monday morning.

Former Ottawa Senators forward Filip Chlapik scored the winning goal as Sparta Prague eliminated Canada from the Spengler Cup hockey tournament with a 5-1 quarterfinal win Monday in Davos, Switzerland.

The NHL is set for an Italian return to the Winter Games in February on the heels the last season's spine-tingling 4 Nations Face-Off that saw Canada again top the U.S. in OT. 'The 4 Nations was kind of the appetizer to what the Olympics could be,' . ...

Swedish winger Ivar Stenberg has forced himself into the conversation as the potential No. 1 pick at the 2026 NHL draft with an impressive showing in the professional ranks back home. But he says he doesn't think or talk about the possibility.