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The afterglow of the men's gold quickly devolved into a political firestorm, one that stretched from Milan to the U.S. Capitol and beyond.

The last-in-the-division Blues surprised the Wild with two goals late in the third period to hand Minnesota a regulation loss.

While a new voice behind the bench can help the Kings move on from last season's playoffs disaster, it's shocking it took this long.

D.J. Smith will take over behind the bench with the Kings sitting outside the playoffs.

With 22 games left, the odds are completely stacked against the Leafs falling to the bottom five of the league -- even with a sell-off.

With just two regulation wins in their last 15 games, the Leafs look like a team that has given up. Are they fixable?

Mired by an abysmal stretch of games, how many of the Leafs' problems are due to coaching versus talent?

Gold medalists Jack Hughes, Quinn Hughes, Hilary Knight and Megan Keller appeared on "Saturday Night Live" hosted by actor Connor Storrie.

Interested teams just have to look past some of this year's team-wide struggles to isolate what these two can bring to a lineup.

Over two decades as a pro, Mark Giordano saw it all. As a coaching rookie, he sees that as his edge: 'I know what guys are thinking.'