They are the only team since the playoffs expanded to 16 teams in 1979-80 to be the first to clinch after being the last to ...

The Western Michigan Broncos advanced to the National Collegiate Hockey Conference finals at the Frozen Faceoff on Friday.

The feat hasn’t been seen in the NHL in the last 45 seasons. According to NHL PR, no team has gone from being the final ...

A matchup that could not have been imagined at the start of the 2024-25 season could materialize as the Toronto Maple Leafs ...

Bleacher Report dubbed Ovechkin the "King of March" after he surpassed Gretzky (157) for the most goals in a single calendar ...

Riley had five points (three goals, two assists) in 14 games with the Jets in 1979-80, his final NHL season. He had 61 points (31 goals, 30 assists) in 139 games with Washington and Winnipeg.

Washington was the final club ... both clubs. No NHL team had gone from being the last to secure a playoff spot in one season to the first to clinch the following season since 1979-80.

While the Stanley Cup playoffs races remain tight and delightfully chaotic, the races for the NHL Awards have also seen ... eight straight league MVPs from 1979 through 1987.

Sorokin is the second Islanders goalie with a goal; Hockey Hall of Famer Billy Smith was credited with the first goalie goal in NHL history against the Colorado Rockies on Nov. 28, 1979.

having started his NHL career in Hartford in 1979 — but that distinctive booming voice still has not been back behind a microphone since the final game of the 2018 season. Until this week.