Ice Hockey

12/29/2025 |  NHL's best this week: Where should next outdoor game be held? (ESPN) The NHL will cross a long-anticipated market off the list for outdoor games, hosting the first such matchup in Florida on Friday. The Florida Panthers will host the New York Rangers in the Winter Classic at LoanDepot Park, the home of MLB's Miami Marlins.

12/23/2025 |  What It Takes to Pull Off Florida’s First Outdoor NHL Game (Front Office Sports) In 2021 at the NHL’s Board of Governors meeting in Palm Beach, Panthers GM Bill Zito and Lightning GM Julien BriseBois cornered an NHL executive with a proposal. “Right there on the spot, we went over to Steve and said, ‘Why don’t you let us play?’” Zito tells Front Office Sports.

12/16/2025 |  Boston Bruins honor victims of Brown University, Bondi Beach shootings (United Press International (UPI)) Dec. 16 (UPI) -- The Boston Bruins held a moment of silence Tuesday night before their home game against the Utah Mammoth to honor the lives lost over the weekend in two shootings, one at Brown University in Rhode Island and one at Bondi Beach, Australia.

12/15/2025 |  Blockbuster NHL Trades Reshapes League Ahead of Roster Freeze (DEADSPIN) The NHL’s week-long roster freeze begins when the clock strikes midnight on Saturday.
Already, hockey fans who clamor for Santa to bring them trade winds have received amazing presents that will affect the rest of the season and prelude the swap-and-shop fun until the March 6 trade deadline.

12/15/2025 |  Short rinks cut no ice with NHL players, including McDavid (Reuters Sports)

• NHL players unfazed by smaller Olympic rinks
• IIHF says rink size differences are insignificant
• Players prioritize ice quality over rink dimensions

TORONTO, Dec 15 (Reuters) - Canadian standout Connor McDavid and a number of his NHL peers are not concerned that the ice rinks for the 2026 Milano-Cortina Olympics will be smaller than what they are used to playing on.