NHL.com Profile Banner
NHL.com Profile
NHL.com

@NHLdotcom

100,745
Followers
428
Following
352
Media
48,684
Statuses

News, analysis and the lighter side of hockey

Joined September 2018
Don't wanna be here? Send us removal request.
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
5 years
Cammi Granato has been hired by the NHL Seattle expansion team as the first female pro scout in the League.
84
869
4K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
6 years
Devils center Brian Boyle said his cancer is in remission after receiving the results from his most recent blood test Monday, writes @mikemorrealeNHL
47
677
3K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
3 years
Jaromir Jagr said he does not plan to retire after the 49-year-old forward completed his 33rd professional hockey season.
53
225
2K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
Oskar Lindblom completed his treatments for a form of bone cancer Thursday. "Feels awesome to be done. Can't wait to get back to normal life again and feel like I'm living," the Flyers forward said.
11
195
2K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
3 years
Oskar Lindblom is cancer-free a little more than one year after the Flyers forward was diagnosed with a rare form of bone cancer, his girlfriend announced on Instagram on Tuesday.
13
120
2K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
Alex Ovechkin told a Russian TV station that he will play for only the Capitals in the NHL. The 35-year-old left wing, entering the final season of a 13-year contract, said staying with Washington is "a matter of principle."
43
159
2K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
The Avalanche are discussing the possibility of wearing Nordiques jerseys during certain games next season to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the franchise moving to Denver.
110
200
2K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
The NHL has named Game 7 of the Eastern Conference First Round between the Bruins and Maple Leafs on May 13, 2013 as Game of the Decade:
245
503
2K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
3 years
Pierre-Luc Dubois will wear No. 80 with the Jets this season to honor his former Blue Jackets teammate, Matiss Kivlenieks, who died July 4.
9
196
2K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
3 years
Important Update: @Holts170 and the family tortoises have crossed the U.S.-Canada border safely and legally and can get to work for the @Canucks .
32
128
2K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
1 year
"We've been season ticket holders for a long time and my dad has always cheered for the opponent.
120
109
2K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
5 years
. @MapleLeafs forward Mitchell Marner's generosity resulted in a toy store shopping spree for his 6-year-old pal Hayden and her 2-year-old sister Harlow, writes @Zeisberger
18
199
2K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
5 years
Mike "Doc" Emrick, the lead play-by-play announcer for NBC's NHL coverage, won the Sports Emmy Award for Outstanding Sports Personality, Play-By-Play, for the record-setting sixth straight year
65
165
2K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
3 years
Content creator Josh Richards will serve as a special adviser to the NHL as a "voice of the fans," with the goal of growing the League's youth audience.
529
113
2K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
The University of Alabama in Huntsville is committing $17 million to preserve the only NCAA Division I hockey team in the southeastern U.S. The program was spared by last-minute fundraising efforts led by prominent alumni including Wild goalie Cam Talbot.
9
185
1K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
3 years
Josh Richards dreamed of making the NHL when he was a kid. That finally happened when it was announced the content creator will be a special adviser and "voice of the fans," with the goal of growing the League's youth audience.
23
49
1K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
1 year
As the Stanley Cup Playoffs get underway, @EdmontonOilers captain Connor McDavid ( @cmcdavid97 ) will have a special someone in mind every time he takes the ice: superfan Ben Stelter:
21
113
1K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
Dale Hawerchuk, the leading scorer in the first iteration of the Jets and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame, has died at the age of 57, his son Eric announced.
138
498
1K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
3 years
Blue Jackets goalie Elvis Merzlikins said he wants to win the Vezina Trophy this season as a tribute to former teammate Matiss Kivlenieks, who died July 4.
25
108
1K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
5 years
NHL Network today announced that 2018 United States Olympic Gold Medalist and five-time World Champion Kendall Coyne Schofield has joined its on-air lineup as a studio analyst.
25
148
1K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
P.K. Subban of the New Jersey Devils received an engagement ring from fiancee Lindsey Vonn in what she called a "non-traditional move." It was quite the Christmas for the couple.
76
92
1K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
11 months
The @PatMcAfeeShow keeps promise, donates to charity of @GoldenKnights choice after Stanley Cup title.
8
97
1K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
3 years
The NHL and NHL Players' Association have reached a tentative agreement to play a 56-game regular season starting Jan. 13, 2021.
21
311
1K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
2 years
Two Black on-ice officials worked a game together for the first time in NHL history Thursday. Referee Jordan Samuels-Thomas and linesman Shandor Alphonso officiated the Blackhawks' 5-4 shootout win against the Sharks in Chicago.
32
103
1K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
5 years
Seventeen-year NHL veteran Scott Hartnell has joined @NHLNetwork as a studio analyst
37
112
1K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said a plan to play three games per day in four arenas without fans is being considered as one way to resume the season, which has been paused since March 12 due to concerns surrounding the coronavirus.
188
395
1K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
NHL Event of the Decade: the 2014 Winter Classic at Michigan Stadium between the Maple Leafs and Red Wings.
28
193
1K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
10 months
Thomas Greiss retired from the NHL on Wednesday after 14 seasons.
85
164
1K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
Alex Trebek, the host of "Jeopardy!" for 36 years, died of stage 4 pancreatic cancer at the age of 80. The NHL, NHLPA and members of the hockey community shared tributes to the devoted hockey fan from Sudbury, Ontario.
10
100
1K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
The Seattle Kraken, who will begin play as the NHL's 32nd team during the 2021-22 season, released their name, logo and colors.
50
189
1K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
Joey Moss, longtime locker room attendant for the Oilers, died Monday. He was 57. Moss worked for Edmonton since the 1984-85 season, when he was recommended for the position by Wayne Gretzky.
6
81
1K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
2 years
Paige Dowd, wife of Capitals forward Nic Dowd, and Kodette LaBarbera, wife of former NHL goalie Jason LaBarbera, created The Assist to help hockey fans with sensory disorders enjoy games in a comfortable manner.
20
164
1K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
3 years
Henrik Lundqvist, who announced his retirement Friday, will have his No. 30 retired by the Rangers this season.
4
119
1K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
"It's fun to be out there." Oskar Lindblom skated with Philadelphia Flyers teammates Tuesday for the first time since his cancer diagnosis In December.
6
110
1K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
The University of Alabama-Huntsville's NCAA Division I hockey program was reinstated by the school Friday after Flames goalie Cam Talbot and supporters raised more than $521,000 to save it.
19
186
1K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
5 years
Brady Keeper became the first person from Pimicikamak Cree Nation in Manitoba to make it to the NHL when he made his debut with the @FlaPanthers . So of course there were mom tears.
5
148
1K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
9 months
"Growing up in Buffalo, Rick Jeanneret was not just the voice of the Sabres, he was the voice for our city."
9
134
1K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
5 years
. @NHLFlyers Carter Hart and Jakub Voracek will be using special sticks on Thursday to support childhood cancer patients. @NHLAdamK has the story.
2
188
1K
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
Oskar Lindblom pulled on his Flyers jersey for the team photo Monday. The 23-year-old forward hasn't played since it was announced Dec. 13 that he was diagnosed with Ewing's sarcoma, a form of bone cancer.
4
89
997
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
5 years
You know him as Doc on @NHLonNBCSports and soon you'll know Mike Emrick as a National Sports Media Association Hall of Fame inductee.
33
133
990
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
Canadian hockey equipment company @goaliesonly has put everything else on hold in order to produce 18,000 protective gowns for EMS workers during the coronavirus pandemic.
15
243
983
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
3 years
A new friend of @NHLFlyers Carter Hart, a five-year-old fan also named Carter who is battling a rare form of cancer, was sent the goalie's first-ever Reverse Retro jersey as a gift.
9
63
943
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
9 months
The NHL and NHLPA are in discussions to create an international competition for 2025 that would start a rotation of events, including a return to the Olympics in 2026.
40
174
941
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
2 years
Auston Matthews and the Maple Leafs will end a 55-year drought and Toronto will win the Stanley Cup for the first time since 1967.
355
100
929
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
2 years
Leah Hextall, Cassie Campbell-Pascall and Linda Cohn will make history as ESPN's first all-female NHL broadcast team for the Coyotes-Canadiens game on Monday. "I want [this] to be normalized, but we have to realize it isn't yet," @leahhextall said.
122
158
940
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
3 years
Walter Gretzky, regarded as the most famous father in hockey, died Thursday at 82. "For my sister and my 3 brothers, Dad was our team captain -- he guided, protected and led our family every day, every step of the way," Wayne Gretzky wrote on Twitter.
5
136
912
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
The @Canes put David Ayres back in net for a start against the @MapleLeafs , virtually, anyway, via @EASPORTSNHL , and he won again. He even participated in the Storm Surge.
32
129
910
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
3 years
The NHL will play outdoors in Lake Tahoe with no fans amid a lake, trees and mountains, celebrating hockey's roots in a way it long envisioned but never had the chance to pull off until now.
15
145
916
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
The Islanders will play all home games in the 2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs, as well as all regular-season home games in 2020-21, at Nassau Coliseum, not at Barclays Center.
43
120
879
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
Howie Meeker, a four-time Stanley Cup champion with the Maple Leafs who was known by later generations of fans as an analyst on "Hockey Night in Canada," died Sunday. He was 97.
29
95
869
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
Dale Hawerchuk and Wayne Gretzky were rivals in the NHL, but on Monday, the day before Hawerchuk died of cancer at 57, the two Hall of Fame forwards reminisced about when they were teammates.
9
89
865
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
3 years
Tony Esposito, Hockey Hall of Fame goalie, died Tuesday at age 78 from pancreatic cancer. The younger brother of Phil Esposito, Tony won 418 games for the Black Hawks from 1969-84.
22
185
856
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
The @EdmontonOilers will be dedicating their final scrimmage of training camp to the memory of the late Colby Cave.
6
73
832
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman will make an announcement at 4:30 p.m. ET regarding the Return to Play Plan for the 2019-20 season. It will air on NBCSN & NHL Network in the U.S., Sportsnet & TVA Sports in Canada, & streamed live on and NHL social platforms.
36
363
824
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
3 years
Fred Sasakamoose, one of the first indigenous players in the NHL, died Tuesday at the age of 86. He had been hospitalized with COVID-19.
17
144
808
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
P.K. Subban donated $50,000 to the daughter of George Floyd. The Devils defenseman said he contacted NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman, who told him the League would match the donation.
19
175
803
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
5 years
Flyers goalie Carter Hart, who went 6-2-1 with a 2.33 goals-against average and .931 save percentage in nine appearances, has been named the NHL's "Rookie of the Month" for January:
6
114
793
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
5 years
Four women officials will experience NHL action for the first time at this weekend's rookie tournaments.
23
160
773
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
The @Canes prove that masks aren't just for goalies anymore in their 2019-20 team picture.
5
87
772
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
3 years
Jaromir Jagr said he does not plan to retire after completing his 33rd professional hockey season. The 49-year-old forward last played in the NHL in the 2017-18 season.
17
105
773
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
3 years
Sidney Crosby said Friday he wants to play the remainder of his NHL career with the Penguins. "This is where I'd love to play for the rest of my career." Full story:
33
106
763
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
2 years
"Well, when you're 30 and saying you're going to play until 50, some other people are laughing because they don't really know. And I knew it. I'm built differently." -- Jaromir Jagr, who turns 50 on Tuesday and is in his 34th professional season
15
110
766
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
The @Canes will have a franchise legend ring the siren before their next home game. That's right, David Ayres.
6
57
752
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
NHL players will return to the Olympics in 2022 and 2026. Participation is pending an agreement between the NHL, NHL Players' Association, International Olympic Committee and International Ice Hockey Federation.
13
188
740
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
3 years
Jaromir Jagr started his 33rd professional hockey season with an assist for Kladno in the Czech Republic. The 48-year-old made his pro debut for Kladno in the Czech league in 1988-89 and played 24 NHL seasons, starting with the Penguins in 1990-91.
20
93
726
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
5 years
A jersey was the perfect gift from @NHLFlyers goalie Carter Hart to 8-year-old fan Connor Parkkila. After all, the youngster helped Hart pick his number. @Pat_Pickens has the story.
5
128
722
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
2 years
The Hurricanes have unmatched depth at forward, defenseman and goalie, which is why they will win the Stanley Cup for the second time in their history.
26
115
732
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
3 years
David Ayres can't believe it has been one year since he went from being a maintenance operations manager to one of hockey's best Cinderella stories in one memorable night. Our @Zeisberger caught up with everyone's favorite EBUG.
13
103
719
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
David Ayres' win as EBUG for the Hurricanes has been voted the Greatest Moment of the NHL Season ... So Far. He shares a special Thank You to the fans:
11
85
706
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
Michael Hutchinson made 33 saves, and the Maple Leafs extended their point streak to 10 games with a 3-0 win against the Islanders. Auston Matthews had a goal and an assist for Toronto, which is 9-0-1 during the streak.
9
61
708
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
3 years
Renee Hess (founder of the Black Girl Hockey Club), Kevin Hodgson (executive director of HEROS) & Howard Smith (co-founder of Pittsburgh I.C.E.) have been named the three finalists for the 2020-21 Willie O'Ree Community Hero Award presented by MassMutual.
9
126
707
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman said in an interview on CNBC on Thursday that he expects to resume the season after a pause for coronavirus concerns and that no player has tested positive, to his knowledge.
24
143
679
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
3 years
Mike Bossy has been diagnosed with lung cancer. The Hockey Hall of Famer scored 1,126 points (573 goals, 553 assists) in 752 games during 10 seasons with the Islanders.
52
150
690
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
11 months
Bruce Cassidy will mark one year since becoming coach of the Vegas Golden Knights on Wednesday. He has a chance to celebrate the anniversary with the Stanley Cup.
29
51
695
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
6 years
Sidney Crosby has spoken: He says the best player in the NHL is Connor McDavid. "It's an easy pick," he told @Zeisberger
41
190
674
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
3 years
"It's obviously a nice milestone, but at the same time I feel like I have a lot of years left." Nicklas Backstrom will play his 1,000th NHL game Thursday, when the Capitals host the Sabres.
8
51
687
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
Marc-Andre Fleury pledged $100,000 and the @GoldenKnights are contributing a minimum of $500,000 to help game day and arena workers.
7
61
672
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
4 years
At his outdoor wedding over the weekend, @NYIslanders defenseman @DevonToews6 and his new wife made a donation to #HockeyFightsCancer in memory of the mother of former college teammate and groomsman @samanas7 .
8
93
682
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
5 years
Which NHL arena is the toughest place to play for an opponent? Our player survey says it is the home of the @PredsNHL
16
247
682
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
5 years
Ben Lovejoy retired from the NHL after an 11-season career. The 35-year-old defenseman, who won the Stanley Cup with the Penguins in 2016, announced his decision during a segment as a guest analyst on NHL Network
21
133
666
@NHLdotcom
NHL.com
3 years
Willie O'Ree will have his No. 22 retired by the Bruins on Feb. 18 to honor him for becoming the first Black player in the NHL 63 years ago.
12
165
671