Patric Hornqvist used to be a Nashville Predator. In Game 6 on Sunday night, he was the one who crushed their Stanley Cup dreams and handed the Pittsburgh Penguins their second straight Stanley Cup championship.

It all begins on Wednesday.

The Toronto Maple Leafs' rookie Auston Matthews has scored four goals in his first NHL game.

TV viewers of the World Cup of Hockey games have been seeing a virtual overlay on the boards that allows a single brand at a time to take over all of the boards in the Air Canada Centre.

The Las Vegas NHL expansion franchise, slated to begin play in the 2017-18 season is expected to announce their team name any day now, but as is our way, we’ve gotten a hold of the list of names they’re currently considering a...

The Great One is living up to his name in a new arena — the auction house.

Before we start, I just want to take a second to thank our fans in San Jose for their part in an amazing ride to the Stanley Cup finals. I’m back home in Canada for the summer, and so many people have come up to me and said, “Hey, that was a great run. I enjoyed watching it." Whenever they do, the memories come flooding back — each and every series. Beating the Kings in the opening round was huge because, there’s obviously no love lost between us and them. But beyond the L.A. series, there are two specific moments I’ll remember about this postseason until the day I die:

The NHL is coming to Vegas baby, Vegas. Commissioner Gary Bettman announced Wednesday in the ballroom of Encore at Wynn Las Vegas that the League has granted an expansion franchise to Las Vegas that will start playing as its 31st team in the 2017-18 season. The Las Vegas franchise was approved in a unanimous vote conducted during the Board of Governors meeting here Wednesday. The NHL becomes the first of the four major North American professional sports leagues to put a team in Las Vegas.

The NHL has settled on Las Vegas as its choice for expansion, provided organizers can come up with a $500 million fee, sources told ESPN's Scott Burnside. The league's board of governors is scheduled to hold a formal vote during its meeting on June 22. Two-thirds of the board must approve the recommendation. Quebec City was also considered for expansion, but a person who had been briefed on the decision told The Associated Press, which previously reported the decision, that Las Vegas was a "done deal" after the recommendation of the NHL's executive committee.

The Pittsburgh Penguins are the Stanley Cup champions. Kris Letang's goal in the second period was the eventual winner as Pittsburgh topped the San Jose Sharks 3-1 in Game 6 of the best-of-seven series. Pittsburgh last won the Stanley Cup in 2009.

Howe, also known as 'Mr. Hockey', had been diagnosed with dementia in 2012.

The LNAH has been called the toughest league in the world. Whereas the NHL averages around 0.3 fights per game, LNAH audiences are treated to more than four per game, with no shortage of bench-clearing brawls, fan fights, and, of course, poutine.

The Pittsburgh Penguins, now with a 3-1 series lead, are one win away from becoming Stanley Cup champions after defeating the San Jose Sharks in Game 4 of the Cup Final.

The place smelled of rebuilding — cut lumber and sawdust, the electrical scent of power tools. The former N.H.L. enforcer Stephen Peat, 36, stood with his father, Walter, inside a maze of studded walls that formed the shell of their new house. It was being built to replace the home that Stephen burned down last year. It was here in the back of the garage, Stephen said, where he left the blowtorch unattended. It was up there, in the bedroom above, Walter said, where he was startled awake and escaped down the stairs.

A matchup that features speed and plenty of star power could turn on which team shuts down the other's top dogs. Can the Penguins contain San Jose's Joes? Will the Sharks shut down Sid and Geno?

The coach's challenge has become one of the most controversial rules in hockey, taking countless goals off the board and dividing our hockey nation. The TSN Hockey panel (aka The Backcheck Boys) responded to the firestorm the only way they know how, by making a song about it.

Watch Jay Beagle gets Kris Letang's stick stuck in his helmet GIF on Gfycat. Hilarious!

The adventures of the greatest trophy in sports.

Canada's hockey humiliation was complete as the Ottawa Senators were eliminated from NHL playoff contention, leaving the post-season without a Canadian club for just the second time. With 11 days left in the regular season, the Senators were the last team carrying Canada's banner.