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October 2025

  • Colin Horgan

    Carter Hart’s return shows hockey’s redemption machine never stops

    Colin Horgan
  • Carter Hart, right, is resuming his career at the age of 27 with the Golden Knights after spending his first six seasons playing for Philadelphia.

    Carter Hart to join Vegas Golden Knights after being acquitted of sexual assault

  • Construction continues at the Milano Santagiulia Ice Hockey Arena for the Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics in Assago, near Milan, Italy.

    Milan Olympic hockey arena delays may leave NHL stars on untested ice

  • Uvis Balinskis,Dylan DukeFILE - Florida Panthers defenseman Uvis Balinskis (26) and Tampa Bay Lightning Dylan Duke, right, scuffle during the third period of an NHL hockey preseason game, Saturday, Oct. 4, 2025, in Sunrise, Fla. (AP Photo/Lynne Sladky, File)

    Blood, bias and the Battle of Florida: how the NHL’s dirtiest rivalry exposed hockey’s old-boy rot

September 2025

  • Former Montreal Canadiens goaltender Ken Dryden waves to the crowd at the Bell Centre as his number is retired during a pre-game ceremony in 2007.

    Ken Dryden, Hall of Fame goalie who led Canadiens to six Stanley Cups, dies aged 78

    Ken Dryden, the Hall of Fame goaltender who won six Stanley Cups with Montreal before careers in writing, broadcasting and politics, has died at 78

August 2025

  • Standing on the ice, he holds the giant trophy on its side

    Notes and queries
    Why do sports trophies look so hideous?

    The long-running series in which readers answer other readers’ questions on subjects ranging from trivial flights of fancy to profound scientific and philosophical concepts
  • two men playing hockey in the stanley cup final

    The big bet
    Revealed: gambling logos and ads seen up to every 13 seconds during big sports games in US

    Critics warn of top sports becoming a ‘second-by-second gambling opportunity’ as new study shared with the Guardian reveals scale of marketing blitz
  • NHL commissioner Gary Bettman has sent mixed messages on social progress

    The NHL preached inclusion. So why has it got into bed with Donald Trump?

    Commissioner Gary Bettman and Panthers captain Matthew Tkachuk are on the US president’s sports council. It’s hardly a sign of social progress

July 2025

  • The NHLPA, NHL and IIHF announced the finalization of a landmark agreement in the presence of the IOC on Wednesday in Zurich.

    NHL stars to return to Olympic ice in 2026 after 12-year absence

    For the first time in more than a decade, the world’s best hockey players will take center stage at the Olympic Games

June 2025

  • 2025 NHL Draft<br>LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA - JUNE 27: Matthew Schaefer with NHL commissioner Gary Bettman looks on after being drafted by the NY Islanders with the number one overall pick during the first round of the 2025 Upper Deck NHL Draft at the Peacock Theater on June 27, 2025 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

    NHL draft: Islanders select Matthew Schaefer with No 1 overall pick during emotional ceremony

  • Panthers Stanley Cup Hockey<br>Florida Panthers left wing Matthew Tkachuk, front. and defenseman Gustav Forsling pour beer from the Stanley Cup onto fans at the Elbo Room, Wednesday, June 18, 2025, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., the morning after defeating Edmonton in Game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final. (Joe Cavaretta/South Florida Sun-Sentinel via AP)

    Florida Panthers crack and dent Stanley Cup during championship celebrations

  • Stanley Cup Oilers Panthers Hockey<br>The Florida Panthers celebrate with the Stanley Cup after defeating the Edmonton Oilers in Game 6 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final in Sunrise, Fla., Tuesday, June 17, 2025. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

    Florida is now the Stanley Cup’s semi-permanent home. What does that mean for Canada?

  • 2025 Stanley Cup Final - Game Six<br>SUNRISE, FLORIDA - JUNE 17: Matthew Tkachuk #19 of the Florida Panthers celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal against the Edmonton Oilers during the first period in Game Six of the 2025 Stanley Cup Final at Amerant Bank Arena on June 17, 2025 in Sunrise, Florida. (Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

    Merciless Panthers win second successive Stanley Cup after beating Oilers again

  • Brad Marchand helms Panthers past Oilers to brink of Stanley Cup repeat

  • Oilers stun Panthers in biggest Stanley Cup final road comeback in 106 years

  • Winnipeg Jets’ Connor Hellebuyck pulls off rare Hart-Vezina trophy double

  • Stanley Cup final: Panthers score six in Game 3 demolition of Oilers to take series lead

  • Brad Marchand the hero as Panthers clip Oilers in 2OT to level Stanley Cup final

  • Stanley Cup final: Draisaitl’s OT winner caps Oilers’ comeback over Panthers in Game 1

  • Florida Man v Canada: how the Stanley Cup final became a proxy war

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