Hockey
Hockey
Longtime former Wheat Kings staffer passes
1 minute read Yesterday at 11:32 PM CDTLyn Shannon, a fixture in the Brandon Wheat Kings office for many years, died last week.
Shannon, who served as executive assistant to former owner Kelly McCrimmon and the club, spent 31 years with the team handling everything from accounting to billet coordination to the Wheat Kings education fund and many other tasks.
She retired in May 2021.
She is survived by her husband Barry, daughter Tricia, son Tom, their spouses and five grandchildren.
Advertisement
Hockey
Hurricanes use stifling defense to blank Golden Knights 3-0 in Game 6 and win the Stanley Cup
6 minute read Preview Monday, Jun. 15, 2026Hockey
Shaw scores OT winner for Marlies, who lead Wolves 2-0 in Calder Cup final
2 minute read Sunday, Jun. 14, 2026CHICAGO - Logan Shaw's second goal of the game, scored at 3:46 of overtime, lifted the Toronto Marlies to a 5-4 win over the Chicago Wolves on Sunday to grab a 2-0 lead in the best-of-seven Calder Cup final.
The Marlies, who surrendered a goal to Juuso Valimaki with 17 seconds left in the third period that forced overtime, can win the American Hockey League championship series at home with Games 3, 4 and 5 (if necessary) scheduled for Coca-Cola Coliseum.
Benoit-Olivier Groulx also scored twice for Toronto on Sunday, while Alex Nylander added a single. Vinni Lettieri and William Villeneuve each chipped in with three assists.
Valimaki scored twice for the Wolves, who lost Friday's series-opener 4-2. Charles Alexis Legault and Noah Philp also scored for the hosts, while Justin Robidas and Ryan Suzuki each had two assists.
Hockey
Tortorella doubles down on Carter Hart as Golden Knights face elimination in Game 6
4 minute read Preview Saturday, Jun. 13, 2026Hockey
Lettieri leads Marlies to 4-2 win over Wolves in Calder Cup opener
1 minute read Friday, Jun. 12, 2026NORTH CHICAGO - Vinni Lettieri's goal at 11:32 of the third period snapped a 2-2 deadlock and lifted the visiting Toronto Marlies to a 4-2 win over the Chicago Wolves in the opening game of the Calder Cup final on Friday at Allstate Arena.
Ben Danford and Cedric Pare also scored for the Marlies, while Lettieri — who finished with three points — scored into an empty net with nine seconds left and the Wolves pressing for the equalizer.
Bradly Nadeau and Skyler Brind'Amour scored for the Wolves, who outshot the visitors 28-25. Both teams were 0-for-3 on the power play.
The teams were tied 1-1 after the first period and 2-2 heading into the third.
Hockey
Vancouver Canucks sign defenceman Jack Thompson to one-year deal
1 minute read Preview Friday, Jun. 12, 2026Hockey
Svechnikov, Aho strike as Hurricanes top Golden Knights 4-2 to move within a win of the Stanley Cup
3 minute read Thursday, Jun. 11, 2026RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Andrei Svechnikov scored twice and Sebastian Aho added a second-period goal in a breakout game for Carolina’s top-line performers, helping the Hurricanes beat the Vegas Golden Knights 4-2 on Thursday night to move within a victory of winning the Stanley Cup.
Captain Jordan Staal added his fifth goal in the series on a night when Carolina overcame multiple hiccups from these playoffs, from a shaky power play to being outplayed in the second period of this series.
And there had been the waiting game for Aho and Svechnikov — two roster mainstays in an eight-year postseason run — to find a better offensive groove.
It all came together in Game 5, with Svechnikov’s short putaway at the post on the power play giving Carolina a 4-1 lead midway through the third period. And unlike most multi-goal leads in what has been a wild and thrilling series, this one held up, with Brandon Bussi finishing with 22 saves in his second career postseason start.
Hockey
Lightning’s Nikita Kucherov wins the Hart Trophy as NHL MVP, his second such honor
1 minute read Preview Thursday, Jun. 11, 2026Hockey
Joe Sakic backs Avs coach Jared Bednar, plans to run it back again with core led by Nathan MacKinnon
5 minute read Preview Thursday, Jun. 11, 2026Hockey
Darnell Nurse gives the Oilers a short list of teams he would accept a trade to, AP source says
2 minute read Preview Thursday, Jun. 11, 2026Hockey
Golden Knights need improved play from Eichel, Hart and special teams to beat the Hurricanes
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jun. 10, 2026Hockey
Players’ union asks NHL for a Mike Babcock investigation if Oilers want to hire him, AP sources say
3 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jun. 10, 2026Hockey
Veteran Staal scoring at a pace not seen in the Stanley Cup Final since Bossy in 1982
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Jun. 9, 2026Hockey
A wild Stanley Cup Final swings again as Hurricanes win 5-3 to make series 2-2 with Golden Knights
4 minute read Preview Wednesday, Jun. 10, 2026Hockey
Avs captain Landeskog nets Mark Messier Leadership Award, Masterton Memorial Trophy
3 minute read Preview Tuesday, Jun. 9, 2026Hockey
Clague signs two-year deal in Russia
1 minute read Tuesday, Jun. 9, 2026Kale Clague is taking his hockey career to Europe.
The former Brandon Wheat Kings defenceman has signed a two-year contract with Avtomobilist Yekaterinburg of the Kontinental Hockey League after eight pro seasons spent mostly in the American Hockey League.
He has also played 94 games in the National Hockey League with the Los Angeles Kings — the team that drafted him int he second round in 2016 — Montreal Canadiens and Buffalo Sabres.
The two-time Canadian world junior team member spent last season with the AHL’s Manitoba Moose, where he had nine goals and 18 assists in 67 games.
LOAD MORE HOCKEY ARTICLES