Victor Wembanyama couldn’t hold it in any longer. As the final seconds ticked away in the Spurs’ Game 7 victory over the Thunder, the 22-year-old superstar, who has led the Spurs back to the NBA Finals for the first time since 2014, grabbed his jersey and screamed at the floor with tears streaming down his…
Shai Gilgeous-Alexander may have won the MVP award again, but after his season-ending performance against the Spurs in Oklahoma City, he made it clear that individual accomplishments don’t matter to him. “My goal failed,” Gilgeous-Alexander said after the Thunder’s Game 7 loss. “I didn’t achieve what I wanted to achieve. But I learned the most…
Patrick WilliamsTheAHL.com Features Writer The Calder Cup playoffs are in full swing, but planning for the 2026-27 season is already well underway. With just over four months until the start of next season, several NHL organizations and their AHL affiliates are already taking action to build out their rosters and depth charts. It remains to…
Four goals in the final five minutes of last night’s Game 2 lifted Colorado to a 5-2 victory over Chicago, but the Hawks know they’ve come close to falling into an 0-2 series deficit on the road. ‘We haven’t gotten to this point yet because we’re a lucky team,’ Colorado head coach Mark Lightstu explain….
The Colorado Eagles scored twice in a span of 52 seconds late in the third period to beat the Chicago Wolves 5-2 on Saturday night in Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals in Loveland, Colorado. The best-of-seven series is one game apiece, with both teams heading to Chicago for the next three games, starting…
Chicago won a special teams battle in Game 1, giving them a 1-0 series lead heading into tonight’s Game 2 of the Western Conference Finals in Colorado (8:05 ET, ). All five goals in the Wolves’ 3-2 win Thursday came on the power play, but Chicago converted two penalty kills in the third period to…
Michael Pezzetta The Toronto Marlies defeated Wilkes-Barre/Scranton 2-1 at 14:53 in overtime in Game 2 of the Eastern Conference Finals on Friday night. With the Marlies holding a two-game lead, the team heads to Toronto for the middle three games of a best-of-seven series, with Game 3 set for Monday (7 p.m. ET, ). For…
Texas Stars re-sign captain Curtis McKenzie Signed a one-year contract with the American Hockey League through the 2026-27 season. McKenzie will return to the Stars for his 11th season with the organization and 14th season in professional hockey. In the 2025-26 season, he represented the Texas team in all 72 games, contributing a total of…
Photo: John E. Sokolowski/Getty Images New York Islanders Team Named Jay McGee Head coach of the Hamilton Hammers, the Islanders’ new American Hockey League affiliate. McGee, 48, has spent the past five years as head coach of the Hamilton and Brantford Bulldogs of the Ontario Hockey League. Last season, McGee led Brantford to achieve the…
NBA Commissioner Adam Silver said the league will use artificial intelligence to automatically handle a type of penalty, such as out-of-bounds decisions, to speed up the game and reduce possession disputes. Silver compared the system to the Hawk-Eye technology used in tennis, where an electronic line call quickly determines whether a ball is in or…