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Everything you need to know about hockey’s 2016 World Cup tournament in Toronto.

Crosby excited about McDavid's debut -- just like everyone else

The Columbus Blue Jackets have signed David Savard to a five-year contract extension, the team's general manager Jarmo Kekalainen announced Tuesday. The 24-year-old Savard is coming off a career season when he had 36 poi...

TORONTO -- The scariest team in the 2016 World Cup of Hockey is the one that is probably the least likely to win the tournament. Team North America is a new concept in international hockey, grouping the best players 23 y...

Forward Steve Bernier was invited to New York Islanders training camp on a professional tryout offer, the Islanders announced Wednesday. Bernier, 30, tied his NHL high with 16 goals last season with the New Jersey Devils...

The Florida Panthers have invited forward David Booth to training camp on a professional tryout. Booth, 30, has appeared in 502 NHL games recording 120 goals and 111 assists with the Florida Panthers (2006-11), Vancouver...

TORONTO -- The NHL and the NHL Players' Association brought the 2016 World Cup of Hockey into focus Wednesday by putting on a grand show at Air Canada Centre that featured several of the best players in the world and ple...

Ranking the NHL's top 10 Eastern Conference defensemen.

Canucks coach Desjardins has surgery on hip

TORONTO -- Vancouver Canucks coach Willie Desjardins had surgery to repair a flare-up of a chronic hip condition and will not be on the ice at training camp, it was announced Wednesday. The Canucks said they expect Desja...

NHL players set for World Cup; Olympics unclear

2016 World Cup of Hockey schedule announced

2016 World Cup of Hockey schedule

Former Edmonton Oilers coach Ralph Krueger was named coach of Team Europe for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey on Wednesday. Team Europe will draw players from those European countries outside of the Czech Republic, Finland,...

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement  authorities confirmed to a Russian news service on Tuesday that they want to deport Los Angeles Kings...

TORONTO - Peter Chiarelli of the Edmonton Oilers and Stan Bowman of the Chicago Blackhawks will lead Team North America at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. Chiarelli, an Ottawa native, was part of Canada's management team f...

* Of the 974 players who appeared in at least one game during the 2014-15 NHL regular season, 243 (25%) were born outside North America. * Of those 974 players, 74 were born in Sweden; 59 were born in countries eligible ...

1938 - The Montreal Canadiens and Detroit Red Wings play a series of postseason exhibition games in Europe. This is the first overseas tour by NHL players. 1959 - The Boston Bruins and New York Rangers make the second to...

Jan. 24, 2015 The NHL and NHLPA, in cooperation with the IIHF, announce that the World Cup of Hockey will return in September 2016, with eight teams - comprised of the world's best hockey players - competing for a best-o...

TORONTO - The National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) and the National Hockey League (NHL®) announced today the appointment of Edmonton Oilers President of Hockey Operations and General Manager Peter Chiarel...

TORONTO - The National Hockey League (NHL®) and the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) announced today the appointment of German Ice Hockey Federation President Franz Reindl to the position of President...

TORONTO -- The National Hockey League (NHL®) and the National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) announced today the schedule for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. From Sept. 17 to Oct. 1, 2016, eight teams - Team C...