1:40 PM ET Associated Press Hockey Hall of Famer and popular longtime NHL executive Jim Gregory, best known for being one of the first to start bringing European players to North America, has died at the age of 83. The league said Gregory died Wednesday at his home in Toronto. A cause of death was

11:30 AM ET Rick DiPietroESPN.com Close Rick DiPietro played goaltender for 11 seasons in the NHL for the New York Islanders, and is currently an analyst for ESPN Radio 98.7 in New York. After seven games, Los Angeles Kings goalie Jonathan Quick — a two-time Stanley Cup champion and former All-Star — has a 2-5

1:19 AM ET Tory BarronESPN Editor Close Tory Barron is a Bristol-based writer and editor for ESPN.com. After retiring from playing lacrosse at UConn, the DC native decided to try her hand at writing about people playing sports. You could call it karmic justice. You could call it luck. Heck, you could say the baseball

4:14 PM ET The Pittsburgh Penguins have activated forward Alex Galchenyuk and defenseman Brian Dumoulin. Galchenyuk was acquired from the Coyotes in the Phil Kessel trade this offseason but was limited in the preseason with an undisclosed injury. He was put on IR Oct. 9. Dumoulin has been dealing with a lower-body injury. He has

12:09 PM ET Nathan MacKinnon has now lost all his linemates. The Colorado Avalanche announced Tuesday that forward Gabriel Landeskog is out indefinitely with a lower-body injury. The news comes after star winger Mikko Rantanen was ruled week-to-week with a lower-body injury last week. It’s not clear when Landeskog, the Avs’ captain, was injured. The

8:08 PM ET Associated Press GRAND MARAIS, Minn. — A forward on the 1980 “Miracle on Ice” U.S. Olympic gold-medal hockey team has been found incompetent to stand trial on charges he beat a neighbor with a metal pole. A Minnesota judge Monday told 61-year-old Mark Pavelich of Lutsen a psychologist’s report indicates Pavelich “needs

7:12 PM ET Associated Press DETROIT — The Detroit Red Wings have acquired forward Brendan Perlini in a trade with the Chicago Blackhawks. The 23-year-old Perlini has been a healthy scratch for most of this season, appearing in just one game. But he has 45 goals and 27 assists in 200 career appearances with Chicago

12:25 PM ET St. Louis Blues star forward Vladimir Tarasenko will undergo shoulder surgery on Tuesday, the team announced. Tarasenko will be placed on long term injury reserve and will be re-evaluated in five months, meaning he will miss the majority of the 2019-20 season. Tarasenko sustained the injury in a game against the Los

11:28 PM ET Associated Press BARRIE, Ontario — Hockey Hall of Famer Dale Hawerchuk is fighting stomach cancer. The 56-year-old former Winnipeg Jets star is getting chemotherapy treatment after taking a leave of absence as coach of the Barrie Colts of the Ontario Hockey League in September. “The chemo has hit me pretty hard,” Hawerchuk

5:44 PM ET The Pittsburgh Penguins acquired forward Andreas Martinsen and a 2021 seventh-round draft pick from the Anaheim Ducks in exchange for defenseman Erik Gudbranson on Friday, the teams announced. Gudbranson, acquired in February of last season, had been a healthy scratch in recent games, with rookie John Marino getting more playing time for