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Newfoundland Growlers head coach Ryane Clowe is on an indefinite leave from the ECHL team due to medical reasons, the Toronto Maple Leafs confirmed Tuesday. Clowe, who appeared in 491 career NHL games before retiring in 2015, has missed five games over the past month and is expected to miss more time moving time moving forward.

Ilya Kovalchuk has cooled off after a strong start in his return to the NHL, and is now in the midst of a six-game point drought. Prior to his current skid, Kovalchuk posted five goals and 14 points in his first 14 games back in the league after a five-year stint in the KHL.

Carolina Hurricanes centre Victor Rask will make his season debut on Thursday, two months after suffering a fluke hand injury in his home. Rask had surgery in September on his right fourth and fifth fingers after suffering an injury cutting food in his kitchen.

New Jersey Devils winger Taylor Hall is averaging a point per game this season but, after posting 93 points last season, the 2018 Hart Trophy winner is searching for more offence. “Personally, I feel I haven’t played my best hockey, but there’s still a lot of games left,” Hall told NorthJersey.com on Tuesday.

Ottawa centre has six goals and nine assists in the seven games since the Uber video controversy broke, Frank Seravalli writes.

Anaheim has approved a deal that will keep the Ducks in the local Honda Center through at least 2048. The City Council on Tuesday approved a deal that extends the current Ducks agreement, which ends in 2023, by 25 years.

Former Toronto Maple Leafs winger, and later head coach, Dan Maloney has died, the NHL Alumni Association confirmed on Tuesday. Maloney was 68.

Following Patrik Laine's sixth three-goal game of his career against the Canucks on Monday night, Paul Maurice, Bryan Little and Laine speak about the offence that's been generated on the Jets powerful second-line and why they feel the line meshes so well.

It looks like the Boston Bruins will be without forward Patrice Bergeron for an extended period of time. The team announced that Bergeron will miss upwards of four weeks with a suspected shoulder injury.

Leafs Lunch host Andi Petrillo with Gord Miller and Craig Button are joined by TSN Hockey Insider Darren Dreger to get the latest status update on William Nylander’s contract negotiations as the deadline to sign up him draws closer.

It took a bit of time, but Matt Duchene has started to look very comfortable as an Ottawa Senator. He currently leads the Sens in goals and points, highlighted by 15 points in his last seven games. This all comes at the perfect time because it's a contract year for the centre. Brent Wallace has more.

The Stanley Cup champion Washington Capitals will be without the services of defenceman Brooks Orpik for four to six weeks after undergoing a procedure on his right knee, the club announced on Tuesday.

Black Friday came early for Mike Yeo. The St. Louis Blues fired Yeo as the Blues’ head coach early Tuesday morning, within hours of a listless shutout loss to the NHL’s most anemic offence in the Los Angeles Kings. TSN's Frank Seravalli has more.