Hockey

Leaf centre’s one-time Islanders teammate and coach looks back on the early days of a career that is about to include membership in an exclusive NHL scoring club.

If you were voting for a Vezina Trophy winner two months into the regular season, Vancouver Canucks goaltender Thatcher Demko would draw considerable attention.

It's been one month since Brad Marchand and Timothy Liljegren raced for a puck in Boston on a play that led to the Leafs defenceman crashing into the boards. Toronto trails Atlantic-Division-leading Boston by six points. So, there's no need for added motivation going into a game like this, Mark Masters writes.

Hours after the Flames dealt blueliner Nikita Zadorov to the Vancouver Canucks, Calgary’s defencemen combined for three goals in a 4-3 overtime win over the Dallas Stars Thursday night at the Saddledome. Salim Valji has more.

With Mark Giordano (broken finger) joining John Klingberg (hip) and Timothy Liljegren (high ankle sprain) on the injured list, the Leafs will be playing without half their top-six defencemen for the foreseeable future.

Hockey Canada’s independent third party (ITP), an arms-length department that receives and investigates complaints of abuse, received 1,872 complaints during its first year of operation, accepting and processing 187 of them.

Maple Leafs head coach tries to hold his players accountable “to the standard that's required” with an outburst directed at one of his players on the bench during Tuesday’s game against the Panthers. Mark Masters has more.

Los Angeles is off to a blistering start, racking up wins with some of the best underlying numbers you will find across the National Hockey League, Travis Yost writes.

The decision to have the former first-round pick change positions in the AHL last season is paying major dividends for the Flames this year, Salim Valji writes.