Hockey News

48 hours after UMass sophomore Cale Makar lost in the NCAA men's hockey national championship game, he scored a goal in Game 3 of the Colorado Avalanche's first-round series against the Calgary Flames.

San Jose Sharks center Joe Thornton was suspended one game for an illegal check to the head of Las Vegas' Tomas Nosek, the NHL said.

Tampa Bay had a regular season that ranks among the best ever in N.H.L. history. But this team will be remembered for a different reason if it's swept by Columbus.

Defenseman Jacob Bryson of Providence is skipping his senior season to join the Buffalo Sabres.

Vigneault, who led the Canucks and the Rangers to the Stanley Cup finals, takes over a team that has not won a championship since 1975.