11:02 PM ET ESPN News Services The NHL announced late Friday that 11 of the 200 players tested since training facilities were allowed to open on June 8 have tested positive for COVID-19. The league said the players, who weren’t named, are self-isolating. The Tampa Bay Lightning said Friday that three players and additional staffers

12:53 AM ET Connor McDavid just made a retired carpenter from San Diego over $100,000 richer. McDavid’s 2015-16 Upper Deck “The Cup” rookie patch autograph card sold for a final bid of $113,176 in the Lelands Spring Classic Auction on Friday. (The purchaser will pay a total of $135,811 due to a 20% buyer’s premium

1:28 PM ET Associated Press TORONTO — Canada has approved a National Hockey League plan to play in Canada during the coronavirus pandemic, Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland said Friday. The plan required an exemption as the U.S.-Canada border is currently closed to all non-essential travel until at least July 21 and those who enter

1:43 PM ET The Tampa Bay Lightning have temporarily shut down their training facility after several players and staffers have tested positive for coronavirus, a source confirmed to ESPN. Other players and staffers who have been at the facility are being tested. The Lightning and NHL will figure out how to proceed based off of

6:27 PM ET Former NHL player Daniel Carcillo is a lead plaintiff in a class-action lawsuit against the Canadian Hockey league, alleging he and other teenage players were “routinely victims to hazing, bullying, physical and verbal harassment, physical assault, sexual harassment, and sexual assault.” The lawsuit was filed Thursday with the Ontario Superior Court of

3:28 PM ET The NHL has assured its coaches that when hockey returns this summer, there will be no restrictions prohibiting them from doing their jobs, nor will any coaches of a certain age or another at-risk demographic be prevented from being behind the bench, deputy commissioner Bill Daly confirmed to ESPN on Thursday. The

10:38 AM ET Eric GomezMexico writer Admittedly, new Arizona Coyotes president and CEO Xavier Gutierrez’s first sports love was soccer. It wasn’t until his freshman year at hockey-mad Harvard, where he earned a degree in government, that Gutierrez discovered the sport that would make him a trail blazer. “[Hockey] was just so fast, and there

7:00 AM ET Who are the Buffalo Sabres? This isn’t meant to be a “Jeopardy!” answer to “This National Hockey League team has had six head coaches, four general managers and zero playoff appearances since 2011,” although that would be applicable. This is a legitimate question: Who are they? What style do they play? Is

7:15 AM ET More than 120 teams played professional hockey in North America during the 2019-20 season. List them in order of total games won and scroll down, all the way to the bottom, and you’ll find a team called the Battle Creek Rumble Bees. Their 1-45-2 record looks like a mistake in the standings

9:56 AM ET The Buffalo Sabres fired general manager Jason Botterill on Tuesday. The move comes less than a month after ownership publicly supported Botterill. “He’s our GM. Our plan is to continue with him,” team president and co-owner Kim Pegula told the Associated Press in May. “I realize maybe it’s not popular with the