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- Entertainment
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Winners And Losers From Round 3 Of The 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs
Edmonton Oilers Have A Big Hole Without Hyman, But Their Depth Is Up To The Task The Edmonton Oilers come out of Tuesday's Game 4 win with the prospect of returning to the Stanley Cup final and avenging last year's loss.
Yahoo
2 days ago
- Business
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Here's Why Oilers' Clutch Player Needs To Be A Free-Agent Target For Sabres
Edmonton Oilers Have A Big Hole Without Hyman, But Their Depth Is Up To The Task The Edmonton Oilers come out of Tuesday's Game 4 win with the prospect of returning to the Stanley Cup final and avenging last year's loss.
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3 days ago
- Politics
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Thomas relives Paris, sets goals for 2025 season
OFFICIAL: IOC Ban Of Russian Teams Remains In Place In 2026 The International Olympic Committee announced on Tuesday what had already been foreshadowed by the IIHF: The ban on Russian teams that was in place for the Paris 2024 Summer Olympics will remain in effect for the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan and Cortina. As a result, there will be no teams representing Russia at the men's or women's Olympic ice hockey tournaments. 1:14 Now Playing Paused Ad Playing
Forbes
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Forbes
As Panthers, Oilers Cruise, Team USA Earns Memorable Gold
TOPSHOT - US forward #92 Logan Cooley (C) celebrates after his team mates US forward #72 Tage ... More Thompson (L) scored the goal to win gold during the overtime of the IIHF Men's Ice Hockey World Championship final match between Switzerland and USA in Stockholm, on May 25, 2025. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP) (Photo by JONATHAN NACKSTRAND/AFP via Getty Images) The Stanley Cup Finals is starting to take form. The defending champion Florida Panthers are clearly on their way to the an appearance in the title round for a third straight year. They are doing whatever they want when facing the suddenly searching Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Finals and already have a 3-0 series lead. The Hurricanes have lost 15 straight games in the penultimate round. The Edmonton Oilers consider an appearance in the SCF to be unfinished business after losing to the Panthers in seven games a year ago. They have a 2-1 lead over the Dallas Stars following one-sided victories in Games 2 and 3, and if they hadn't collapsed in the third period of Game 1, the Oilers would also be leading by a 3-0 margin. Unless the Stars' Mikko Rantanen can return to the form he had in the first round against the Colorado Avalanche – scoring 4 points in a period in two consecutive games – the Oilers are on their way to the title round once again. The Stanley Cup playoffs were temporarily shunted to the back burner Sunday by the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championships in Stockholm. Team USA won its first world title since 1933 when Tage Thompson whistled a wrist shot into the net at the 2:02 mark of overtime to give the Americans a 1-0 win over upset-minded Switzerland. Team USA may have had more famous victories in the 1960 and 1980 Winter Olympics but winning the world title for the first time in 92 years is a significant achievement. For the record, Team USA – and several of the other teams in the annual championship – consists of top NHL players from teams that did not make the Stanley Cup playoffs or were eliminated in the first round. Thompson, a 6-6 winger from the always-struggling Buffalo Sabres, is one of the best scorers in the NHL. He scored 44 goals during the regular season and sensed his opportunity in the three-on-three extra session after taking a pass from Logan Cooley of the Utah Mammoth (last season's 'Hockey Club) and ended the drama. In addition to Thompson, the other U.S. hero was goaltender Jeremy Swayman of the Boston Bruins. STOCKHOLM, SWEDEN - MAY 25: Jeremy Swayman #1 of team USA lifts the IIHF trophy after the 2025 Ice ... More Hockey World Championship match between Switzerland and USA at Avicii Arena on May 25, 2025 in Stockholm, Sweden. (Photo by) He stopped 25 shots in the title game and was at his best throughout the tournament after a disappointing season with the Bruins. He had a 7-0-0 record, a 1.69 goals-against average and a .921 save percentage for Team USA and was overjoyed at his team's victory and his personal turnaround. Swayman was 22-29-7 with a 3.11 GAA and an .892 save percentage for the Bruins during the regular season. "I tell you what, this tournament and this group rejuvenated me as an individual," Swayman said. "I gained so much more confidence. I found my game again. I was happy again. I just learned so much. This year was obviously an up-and-down year for me personally, and to come here and be surrounded by such quality human beings and getting a job done, that's a turning point for me in my life. I couldn't be more excited for it. "It's a long time coming for USA Hockey, and to be part of the group that finally did it is surreal. I couldn't be happier man." After Thompson scored his golden goal and the IIHF handed out the gold medals, the team accepted the World Championship trophy in an emotional manner. Team USA captain Clayton Keller accepted the trophy, and he was joined by four of his teammates. They accepted the trophy by revealing a Johnny Gaudreau Team USA jersey. Gaudreau, a former star for Team USA, was tragically killed last August when he and his brother Matthew were hit by an allegedly impaired driver as they rode their bicycles in New Jersey. Winning the World Championships may not be the equivalent of the Stanley Cup or Olympic gold, but when a team wins it first title in more than nine decade, it's worth celebrating.
Forbes
26-05-2025
- Sport
- Forbes
USA Hockey Wins First Worlds Gold Since 1933 On Tage Thompson's Goal
The drought is over. For the first time in nearly a century, USA Hockey has won gold at the 2025 IIHF Men's Ice Hockey World Championship. 'We addressed it — since 1933. We were embarrassed by it,' said U.S. head coach Ryan Warsofsky. 'And now we've put it to rest.' Sunday's gold-medal game in Stockholm was a goaltending duel between the United States and Switzerland. It went to overtime tied 0-0 after 60 minutes. Then, 2:02 into sudden death, with both teams playing 3-on-3, Tage Thompson broke into the offensive zone with Logan Cooley on a 2-on-1. One of hockey's hardest and most dangerous shooters, the 6-foot-6 center for the Buffalo Sabres used Swiss defender Jonas Siegenthaler as a screen and beat goaltender Leonardo Genoni high to his blocker side to ignite the celebration that has been 92 years in the making. It was the Americans' 40th shot of the game on Genoni, who made 23 saves when Switzerland beat the United States 3-0 during round-robin play. Genoni also earned shutouts in Switzerland's two previous knockout-round games as his team beat Austria 6-0 in the quarterfinals and Denmark 7-0 in the semifinals. Finishing the tournament with seven goals allowed in seven games for a 0.99 goals-against average and a .953 save percentage, 37-year-old Genoni was named tournament MVP. But even though the Swiss finished as the highest-scoring team in the tournament, they were shut out in the gold-medal game for the second-straight year, after losing 2-0 to Czechia in 2024. At the other end of the ice, Team USA's Jeremy Swayman went 7-0-0 in his second world championship appearance. He gave up 12 goals over those seven games for a 1.69 GAA and .921 save percentage, and logged two shutouts. The Americans were the tournament's second highest-scoring team, finishing with 46 goals in 10 games. They were also the youngest team in the tournament, with an average age of 24, and the roster was assembled by GMs Jeff Kealty and John Vanbiesbrouck with an eye toward giving a larger role to younger players who had already won on the international stage, whether that was at the world U18s or the world junior championship. That thinking paid off. After losing 12-straight times in the semi-finals, the Americans dominated the host Swedes with a 6-2 win on Saturday to advance to the final and end the drought. Of course, the U.S. did win gold medals at the 1960 Winter Olympics in Squaw Valley and the 1980 Winter Olympics in Lake Placid. While there was no standalone world championship in either of those years, the International Ice Hockey Federation does not count Olympic gold toward world championship totals. In the bronze-medal game earlier on Sunday, Sweden defeated Denmark 6-2. While the Americans also beat third-ranked Finland 5-2 in their quarter-final game, they did not have to go through the top-ranked Canadians. In one of the biggest upsets in tournament history, the Canadians were eliminated by No. 11 Denmark in their quarter-final match. Playing on their home soil in the tournament's second venue in Herning, the Danes advanced to the playoff round with a shootout win over Germany in their final round-robin game. The win over Canada was their first in program history in the knockout round. The Canadian roster was anchored by goaltender Jordan Binnington, who help his country win the 4 Nations Face-Off last February. It also featured 4 Nations stars Sidney Crosby, Nathan MacKinnon, Travis Konecny and Travis Sanheim along with 2024 first-overall draft pick Macklin Celebrini and 2025 draft-eligible forward Porter Martone. The U.S. worlds roster featured just two players who suited up at 4 Nations: Swayman — who did not see any game action in February — and Zach Werenski. He was named best defenseman and earned a spot on the world championship media all-star team. Some others who just missed the cut in February signed on for worlds in hopes of of bolstering their cases when U.S. general manager Bill Guerin makes his final roster decisions for the 2026 Winter Olympics. That list includes golden goal-scorer Thompson — whose 4 Nations snub triggered 18 goals in 28 games after the February break, tying Alex Ovechkin for the most in the NHL. U.S. worlds captain Clayton Keller of the Utah Mammoth also had a strong finish to his season after missing the cut for 4 Nations, finishing with 30 points in 26 games. The Americans' long sought-after worlds win caps off an outstanding year for USA Hockey. The U.S. programs also brought home gold at the 2025 world junior championship and 2025 women's world championship, and won silver at the women's U18 tournament and bronze at the men's U18s.
