Alex Killorn scored the go-ahead goal with 8:03 remaining as the visiting Tampa Bay Lightning pulled even in the Eastern Conference finals by defeating the Washington Capitals 4-2 in Game 4 on Thursday night at Capital One Arena.
Paul Stastny and Mark Scheifele scored twice each as the Winnipeg Jets routed the Nashville Predators 5-1 in game seven to book a spot in the NHL Western Conference finals against the Vegas Golden Knights.
The NHL wants to jump on a surge in interest in winter sports in China ahead of the 2022 Beijing Olympic Winter Games and perhaps one day rival the huge popularity of the NBA in the country.
After clinching the Round One of the hockey world league series and qualifying for the second round, Ghana is eying to book a ticket for the hockey world league finals in 2017.
Michal Repik (L) of the Czech Republic vies with Morten Madsen of Denmark during IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship in Moscow, Russia, on May 15, 2016. Denmark won 2-1 in a shootout.
Tomas Jurco of Slovakia (L) vies with Yannic Seidenberg (C) and Sinan Akdag (R) of Germany during IIHF ice hockey world championship Group B preliminary round game between Slovakia and Germany in St. Petersburg, Russia, May 10, 2016. Germany won 5-1.
Andris Dzerins (C) of Latvia vies with Maksims Sirokovs (front R) of Russia during IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Group A match in Moscow, Russia, May 9, 2016. Russia won 4-0.
Mikael Granlund of Finland (L) vies with Connor Murphy of USA during IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Group B match in St.Petersburg, Russia, May 9, 2016. Finland won 3-2.
Vilmos Gallo of Hungary (L) vies with Ben Hutton of Canada during IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Group B preliminary round game between Hungary and Canada in St.Petersburg, Russia, May 8, 2016.
Anything but the title would satisfy Argentina's female field hockey team at the upcoming Pan-American Games in Toronto, according to their head coach Santiago Capurro.
American forward Brandon Saad has parlayed a string of recent Stanley Cup titles into a six-year multi-million dollar contract with the Columbus Blue Jackets.
China's women's hockey team beat World No. 3 Argentina 2-1 on Saturday in the Hockey World League semifinals and claimed a berth at the 2016 Olympic Games, according to International Hockey Federation.
Czech ice hockey national team coach Vladimir Ruzicka called Friday legend forward Jaromir Jagr into the 28-member squad for the upcoming Hockey World Championship in Prague and Ostrava, Czech Republic on May 1-17.
Hosts China booked their first win at the IIHF Ice Hockey Women's World Championship DIV I Group B here on Tuesday after beating DPR Korea 5-2.
John Tavares tied an NHL All-Star Game record with four goals and Team Toews set a scoring mark of their own in a 17-12 triumph over Team Foligno on Sunday.
Canada's Olympic star Shea Weber blitzed the field in the hardest shot event on Saturday as the National Hockey League's All-Star skills competition made a triumphant return after a two-year absence.
Muhammad Irfan scored two penalty corners in as many minutes as Pakistan bounced back to stun world No.2 the Netherlands 4-2 for a place in the Champions Trophy semifinals on Thursday in Bhubaneswar, India.
Buoyed by the success and popularity of the hockey 5s event at the Youth Olympic Games in Nanjing, Leandro Negre, the president of the Federation of International Hockey (FIH), said Wednesday that hockey's governing body is looking at the possibility of introducing a hockey 5s World Cup in the near future.