Men’s hockey

Sports 05/03/19, 01:31

Meghan Duggan need only look around sports to get excited about what an NHL-run women's hockey league might look like.The NBA did it with the WNBA. Soccer leagues in Europe and the U.S. have done it. And that was enough for the 2018 U.S. Olympic gold-medal winning captain and more ...

Hockey 05/02/19, 10:26

The Latest on women's hockey players announcing boycott in demand for one league (all times Eastern):11:15 a.m.U.S. star Kendall Coye Schofield tells The Associated Press that the National Women's Hockey League has repeatedly shown it is not a viable, long-term option for players.Coyne Schofield and more than 200 other players ...

Sports 05/02/19, 10:14

Unhappy with the status quo, more than 200 of the world's top female hockey players declared Thursday they will not compete in North America next season in a dramatic attempt to establish a single, economically viable professional league.The players announced their decision in a joint statement released to The Associated ...

Sports 04/18/19, 17:24

Hilary Knight put aside the jet lag and fresh memories of helping the United States win its latest world hockey championship to begin looking ahead to next season.Yes, the star forward intends on playing professionally in October. The only question Knight can't answer is where."Yeah, exactly," she told The Associated ...

Sports 03/31/19, 15:52

The Canadian Women's Hockey League's abrupt decision to cease operations leaves North America with one pro league, and opens questions regarding the future of the women's sport on both sides of the border."Unfortunately, while the on-ice hockey is exceptional, the business model has proven to be economically unsustainable," the CWHL ...

Hockey 02/10/19, 19:11

On a day the NWHL wanted to keep the focus on its All-Star celebrations and a record crowd for a professional women's hockey game in the United States, Lee Stecklein couldn't help but look beyond to what the future could be.One combined league for women to hone their games and ...

Sports 01/31/19, 16:32

Women's hockey star Kendall Coyne Schofield says she doesn't believe NBC Sports analyst Pierre McGuire questioned her knowledge of the sport during an awkward pre-game interaction.McGuire was criticized on social media for telling Coyne Schofield which sides the Pittsburgh Penguins and Tampa Bay Lightning were on during their broadcast of ...

Hockey 01/25/19, 23:52

Edmonton's Connor McDavid won the NHL's fastest skater competition for the third straight year, beating out U.S. women's hockey star Kendall Coyne Schofield and six other All-Stars.The other winners in the NHL All-Star skills competition Friday night were Calgary's Johnny Gaudreau in the puck control contest, the New York Rangers ...

Sports 12/21/18, 10:36

This was a year of moments. Justify won the Triple Crown. The U.S. beat Canada in a shootout for gold in women's hockey at the Pyeongchang Olympics, and John Shuster pulled off a curling shot ...

Sports 11/10/18, 12:42

Two-time Olympic medalist Shannon Szabados is used to facing shots in men's leagues this time of year. Now, the veteran goaltender is perfectly happy competing in the Four Nations Cup and for Buffalo in the women's pro league."I loved my time playing men's hockey," Szabados said. "I don't know at ...

Hockey 11/04/18, 08:36

GRAND FORKS, N.D. — It has been nearly a year since the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team won the opening game of a weekend road series.The 16th-ranked Badgers did little Friday to help change that fact in rival North Dakota’s charged environment.Hurt by defensive-zone turnovers and outworked, UW suffered ...

Hockey 10/25/18, 16:44

A month ago, when he had only practices against his teammates to use as evidence, Sean Dhooghe said he had a feeling that his summer strength and conditioning work was going to pay off.Four games into the season, it has been obvious, not because of the volume of goals that ...

Hockey 10/17/18, 23:37

Neither Wyatt Kalynuk nor Tyler Inamoto could remember ever seeing one of their game stat lines include a plus-5 notation.It hasn’t happened for a while with the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team, either.Kalynuk and Inamoto, sophomore defense partners, were on the ice for five even-strength UW goals and no ...

Hockey 10/17/18, 11:19

Players want a single North American women's professional hockey league. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman does, too. And now National Women's Hockey League founder and Commissioner Dani Rylan is on record saying she is working toward that objective."One league is inevitable," Rylan wrote in an email to The Associated Press, her ...

Hockey 10/09/18, 19:21

Peter Tischke is the first to concede his offensive skills are limited.But there he is, among the 10 players on the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team’s initial power-play units for the season.The Badgers have at least two reasons to have Tischke, a senior defenseman and captain on the second ...

Hockey 10/03/18, 19:59

By the time Peter Tischke’s playing career with the University of Wisconsin men’s hockey team is over at the end of this season, it’s exceedingly likely he’ll land with a pro team.But if it’s all about the journey, the senior defenseman will at the very least be able to appreciate ...