December 22, 2021 NHL players will not participate in 2022 Beijing Olympics amid rise of Omicron variant of COVID-19 The NHL’s long-awaited return to the Winter Olympics ended on Wednesday after the league announced that players will no longer be able to attend the Games in Beijing after an uptick in COVID-19 cases this month caused the NHL to postpone 50 regular-season games.
December 22, 2021 Enes Freedom reacts to NHL players withdrawing from Beijing Olympics NBA player Enes Kanter Freedom says no one should attend the Beijing Olympics over China's history of human rights violations.
December 21, 2021 NHL won't participate in Beijing Olympics: Jim Gray Ó£ÌÒÊÓÆµ contributor Jim Gray has the latest on sports leagues’ responses to the omicron variant on ‘The Story.’
December 21, 2021 Pavelski, Lindell score early as Stars beat Wild 7-4 Joe Pavelski and Esa Lindell scored on the first two Dallas shots on goal, and the Stars never trailed in defeating the Minnesota Wild 7-4 on Monday night.
December 20, 2021 NHL says it will pause season due to COVID-19 concerns The NHL took to Twitter late Monday to announce a brief pause to its season, two games before a scheduled Christmas break due to the surge in COVID-19 cases.
December 20, 2021 Blue Jackets, Canadiens shut down, 9 of 32 NHL teams paused More than a quarter of NHL teams have been shut down through at least the weekend, after the Columbus Blue Jackets and Montreal Canadiens became the eighth and ninth to have activities paused because of several positive COVID-19 test results among players.
December 19, 2021 Golden Knights edge Islanders in Robin Lehner's return Shea Theodore scored twice and added another in the shootout, former Islander Robin Lehner made 29 saves and the Vegas Golden Knights beat New York 4-3 on Sunday for their fifth straight victory.
December 19, 2021 NHL mulls player participation in Olympics over recent COVID issues The NHL is mulling keeping players home instead of sending them to Beijing for the Winter Olympics in two months over the recent COVID-19 outbreak that is ravishing teams.
December 19, 2021 Red Wings GM Steve Yzerman: Why are we testing athletes with no symptoms? Former NHL star and current Detroit Red Wings general manager Steve Yzerman has spoken out about testing healthy athletes for COVID as the NHL, NFL and NBA have become ravaged with reported cases.
December 19, 2021 Hurricanes get huge help from Jesperi Kotkaniemi and Jesper Fast in 5-1 win A revamped lineup hasn’t slowed down the Carolina Hurricanes. They’re still clicking at an impressive pace.