Yahoo, which has been losing money on most of its high-profile online video efforts, said it reached a deal to stream live NHL hockey games for free. The games are in addition to NHL games currently offered on Yahoo through its partnership with NBC Sports Group. In addition to live games, Yahoo will provide condensed games and highlight packages. Financial terms of the deal were not disclosed.

Beginning-of-season odds of all 7 Canadian teams sweeping all bottom 7 positions: 1 in 2.04 million. This can still very well happen. Getting close to lottery/powerball odds!

Just when you thought things couldn’t get any worse for the embattled Montreal Canadiens comes news that a month-old baby is recovering in hospital after getting hit in the head with puck at the Bell Centre. According to the child’s mother, the souvenir puck was apparently tossed by P.K. Subban at the Provigo Habs public practice on Sunday. “At the end, the players took the time to throw pucks at their young fans,” the child’s mother Valerie Meloche wrote on Facebook.

Tragedy has struck the Russian U18 league as Metallurg Novokuznetsk captain Alexander Orekhov has passed away after being hit in the neck with a puck during a Jan. 14 game. Orekhov, 16, was struck with the puck in the second period of a game against Sibir Novosibirsk. According to Sport.sk, the shot that hit Orekhov struck him with enough force that it “damaged the carotid artery and broke several bones.”

One of the reasons I’ve made it as long as I have in the league is because I specifically know I’m not an All-Star.

At a London Lakers game a ref broke up a fight and allegedly punched a player in the face. The trainer of the kid who was punched, then ran onto the ice and punched the ref.

NHL tough guy John Scott will play in the league’s all-star game, even though he’s currently in the minors. The NHL says he will captain the Pacific Division team in the Jan. 31 game. Scott has just five goals, six assists and 542 penalty minutes in 285 NHL games but he was elected by fans to play in the all-star game. He was traded from Arizona to Montreal on Friday and immediately assigned to the American Hockey League, making his eligibility for the NHL’s showcase event unclear.

It cost almost $5 million to process hundreds of people through the justice system after the Stanley Cup riot in Vancouver five years ago. The government’s criminal justice branch set up a riot prosecution team that resulted in 284 guilty pleas and nine convictions at trial.

Mikael Granlund will never score a goal quicker than this. Watch as he scores immediately off the face off into an empty net, taking just two seconds for the play.

In a tense and thrilling climax to the 2016 World Juniors, Kasperi Kapanen's overtime winner at 1:33 gave host Finland a 4-3 gold medal victory over Russia.

Shannon Szabados made history Saturday night in leading the Columbus Cottonmouths to a 3-0 win over the Huntsville Havoc in Alabama, marking the first time a female goaltender has registered a shutout in a men's professional hockey match. The 29-year-old made 33 saves during the game, moving the team to 8-9-4 this season. The two-time Olympian is playing in her second full season with the Southern Professional Hockey League team, taking over starting...

Evander Kane, a Buffalo Sabres left winger, is the subject of a sex offense investigation by Buffalo police over an incident that allegedly occurred Sunday morning in a downtown hotel room near First Niagara Center, three police sources have told The Buffalo News. Kane has not been charged with any crime, and law enforcement officials would confirm only that there is an ongoing investigation by officers from the department’s Sex Offense Squad.

Detroit Red Wing Gordie Howe scores his 600th goal in a game against the Montreal Canadiens. He was the first (and the last, until Wayne Gretzky) NHL player to score 600 times in his career. He’d broken the previous record–544 goals, set by the legendary Canadien Maurice “Rocket” Richard–in November 1963.

Stupid hockey stick! I don't like you no more. I'm going home.

The Russian Hockey Federation was fined Monday over the national team snubbing Canada’s victory celebrations after the world championship final. The sport’s governing body, IIHF, said the Russian players deliberately left the ice before Canada’s national anthem was played after a signal from captain Ilya Kovalchuk. The Russian federation had claimed its players had been confused after the...

Marc Bergevin announced on Friday that the team has agreed to terms on a one-year contract (2015-16) with free agent forward Alexander Semin.

Milan Lucic had a special connection with Boston, and he recalled that connection and thanked Bruins fans Friday. The bruising winger was traded to the Los Angeles Kings on June 26, ending an eight...

Boston Bruins sign defenseman Matt Irwin to a one-year contract through the 2015-16 season