Chicago Blackhawks defenseman Brent Seabrook announced Friday that his NHL career is over after 15 seasons."After several surgeries, countless hours of rehab and training to get back on the ice at the level of my expectations, it will not be possible for me to continue playing hockey," Seabrook said in a statement Friday. "This is what is best for me…

Jeff Carter doesn't need to sugar coat it. The last two seasons were hard on the Los Angeles Kings, especially around the trade deadline. A team that won the Stanley Cup in 2012 and 2014 suddenly found itself in rebuild mode, and began moving players who were critical to those championships."I mean it sucks, to be completely honest with you,"…

The Montreal Canadiens started the 2021 season with a 7-1-2 record. Their big-ticket offseason acquisitions meshed well with a returning core of talents. It appeared that coach Claude Julien had a North Division juggernaut on his hands.Three weeks later, Julien was handed his pink slip.In the pressure cooker of a 56-game sprint to the playoffs, the fortunes of teams shift…

Walter Gretzky, the father of hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, died at age 82.Wayne Gretzky announced the news on Twitter on Thursday, saying his father "bravely battled Parkinson's and other health issues over these last few years, but he never let it get him down.""For me, he was the reason I fell in love with the game of hockey," Wayne Gretzky…