Ice Hockey

1/26/2026 |  Hockey in Florida Was Once a Risk. Now It’s Thriving (Front Office Sports) Florida would like you to stop calling it an “untraditional” hockey market. 
The state doesn’t have snow—or real snow, at least—but it does have a compelling case as a hockey stronghold, with five Stanley Cup Finals appearances between the two Florida teams in the past six seasons, plus the 2024 and 2025 championships captured by the Panthers.

1/15/2026 |  It’s ‘gold or bust’ for US men’s hockey at the Winter Olympics. The Americans are confident, too (Associated Press (AP)) Burned in Zach Werenski’s memory is the first U.S. practice at the 4 Nations Face-Off last February.
“You look around and see the skill,” Werenski said. “I was like, ‘This is fast.’ It’s wave after wave, player after player.”
He and his countrymen fell short at that tournament, which was designed to be an appetizer of sorts for the return of NHL players to the Olympics. Over the summer, when the country’s best gathered again for an orientation camp ahead of next month’s Games in Milan, USA Hockey general manager Bill Guerin told them that nothing but gold would suffice. 

1/15/2026 |  U.S. men's hockey thinking 'gold or bust' to end 46-year wait (ESPN) Burned in Zach Werenski's memory is the first U.S. practice at the 4 Nations Face-Off last February.
"You look around and see the skill," Werenski said. "I was like, 'This is fast.' It's wave after wave, player after player."
He and his countrymen fell short at that tournament, which was designed to be an appetizer of sorts for the return of NHL players to the Olympics. Over the summer, when the country's best gathered again for an orientation camp ahead of next month's Games in Milan, USA Hockey general manager Bill Guerin told them that nothing but gold would suffice.

1/14/2026 |  Buffalo to host 2026 NHL Draft (DEADSPIN) Buffalo will be the center of the hockey world next June when the western New York city hosts the NHL Draft for the fourth time.
The league announced Monday that the Buffalo Sabres were named the host team for the 2026 draft, to be held June 26-27. The Sabres' arena, KeyBank Center, will be the official site, though the draft shifted to a decentralized format last year.

1/14/2026 |  Report: Buffalo's new stadium likely to land NHL outdoor game (DEADSPIN) Buffalo appears set to return to the NHL's outdoor stage, this time in a brand-new home.
League commissioner Gary Bettman was in town Monday to unveil Buffalo as the host of the 2026 NHL Draft and made it clear that the Bills' new Highmark Stadium will host a future outdoor game.