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Elias Lindholm
Elias Viktor Zebulon Lindholm (born 2 December 1994) is a Swedish professional ice hockey player for the Boston Bruins of the National Hockey League (NHL). He was selected by the Carolina Hurricanes in the first round (fifth overall) of the 2013 NHL entry draft, and spent his first five NHL seasons with them. Playing career Sweden Lindholm played with Brynäs IF's under-20 team, he played four games for the under-20 team and was the second-leading scorer for the under-18 team. Lindholm was selected in the fourth round (86th overall) by SKA St. Petersburg in the 2011 KHL Junior Draft. In the 2011–12 Elitserien season, 2011–12 season, Lindholm joined Sweden's Elitserien (ice hockey), Elitserien, and played in 14 games, including two playoff games for Brynäs IF. Once again a key offensive force for Brynäs IF's under-20 team and also the 2011 World Junior A Challenge and 2012 IIHF World U18 Championships, 2012 World U18 Championships tournaments. Still with Brynäs, Lindholm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carolina Hurricanes
The Carolina Hurricanes (colloquially known as the Canes) are a professional ice hockey team based in Raleigh, North Carolina. The Hurricanes compete in the National Hockey League (NHL) as a member of the Metropolitan Division in the Eastern Conference (NHL), Eastern Conference. The team plays its home games at the Lenovo Center. The franchise was formed in 1971 as the New England Whalers of the World Hockey Association (WHA). The Whalers saw success immediately, winning the Eastern Division in the WHA's first three seasons and becoming the inaugural Avco World Trophy Champions to cap off the 1972–73 WHA Season, 1972–73 season. The Whalers again competed for the World Trophy in 1977–78 WHA season, 1978, this time falling short to the Winnipeg Jets (1972–1996), Winnipeg Jets in a rematch of the 1973 Finals. The franchise joined the NHL in 1979 as part of the NHL–WHA merger, renaming themselves the Hartford Whalers. The team relocated to North Carolina in 1997, rebranding ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
ESPN
ESPN (an initialism of their original name, which was the Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is an American international basic cable sports channel owned by the Walt Disney Company (80% and operational control) and Hearst Communications (20%) through the joint venture ESPN Inc. The company was founded in 1979 by Bill Rasmussen, Scott Rasmussen and Ed Eagan. ESPN broadcasts primarily from studio facilities located in Bristol, Connecticut. The network also operates offices and auxiliary studios in Miami, Orlando, New York City, Las Vegas, Seattle, Charlotte, Washington, D.C., and Los Angeles. James Pitaro has been chairman since March 5, 2018, following the resignation of John Skipper on December 18, 2017. , ESPN is available to approximately 70 million pay television households in the United States—down from its 2011 peak of 100 million households. It operates regional channels in Africa, Australia, Latin America, and the Netherlands. In Ca ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2020 Stanley Cup Playoffs
The 2020 Stanley Cup playoffs was the playoff tournament of the National Hockey League (NHL) for the 2019–20 season. The playoffs began on August 1, 2020, and concluded on September 28, 2020, with the Tampa Bay Lightning winning their second Stanley Cup in franchise history, defeating the Dallas Stars four games to two in the Stanley Cup Finals. The playoffs were originally scheduled to begin in April, a few days after the regular season, and end in June. However, on March 12, the regular season was suspended due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 26, commissioner Gary Bettman confirmed that the league was going to use a 24-team playoff format to finish the season, conducted in two or more host cities as "hubs" with players placed under strict health protocols, quarantined from the general public, and all games played behind closed doors with no fans admitted. On July 10, the league ratified an agreement for its protocols with the NHL Players Association (NHLPA). The Eastern C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
COVID-19 Pandemic
The COVID-19 pandemic (also known as the coronavirus pandemic and COVID pandemic), caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2), began with an disease outbreak, outbreak of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China, in December 2019. Soon after, it spread to other areas of Asia, and COVID-19 pandemic by country and territory, then worldwide in early 2020. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared the outbreak a public health emergency of international concern (PHEIC) on 30 January 2020, and assessed the outbreak as having become a pandemic on 11 March. COVID-19 symptoms range from asymptomatic to deadly, but most commonly include fever, sore throat, nocturnal cough, and fatigue. Transmission of COVID-19, Transmission of the virus is often airborne transmission, through airborne particles. Mutations have variants of SARS-CoV-2, produced many strains (variants) with varying degrees of infectivity and virulence. COVID-19 vaccines were developed rapidly and deplo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2019–20 NHL Season
The 2019–20 NHL season was the 103rd season of operation (102nd season of play) of the National Hockey League. The regular season began on October 2, 2019, with playoffs originally planned for April and the Stanley Cup Finals planned for June. The season was suspended indefinitely on March 12, 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On May 22, 2020, the NHL and National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA) agreed to a framework for the resumption of play, which would see the remainder of the regular season scrapped, and the top 12 teams in each conference (by points percentage) competing in a modified and expanded Stanley Cup playoffs, which the NHL planned to hold in two centralized "hub cities", Toronto's Scotiabank Arena and Edmonton's Rogers Place, with no spectators and only essential staff present. The playoffs began on August 1, 2020, and ended on September 28, with the Tampa Bay Lightning defeating the Dallas Stars in the Stanley Cup Finals in six games, winning the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sean Monahan
Sean Monahan (born October 12, 1994) is a Canadian professional ice hockey centre for the Columbus Blue Jackets of the National Hockey League (NHL). After playing junior ice hockey with the Ottawa 67's of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) and serving as team captain, Monahan was selected sixth overall by the Calgary Flames in the 2013 NHL entry draft, and played nine seasons with the Flames before subsequent trades to the Montreal Canadiens and Winnipeg Jets. Early life A native of Brampton, Ontario, Monahan is the son of Cathy and John, and has an older sister, Jacqueline. He attended St. Thomas Aquinas Secondary School and played minor hockey and lacrosse for the Brampton Excelsiors, where one of his teammates was former Syracuse and NBA point guard Tyler Ennis. Playing career Junior Monahan played with the Mississauga Rebels of the Greater Toronto Hockey League (GTHL). As a 15-year-old in 2010, he captained the Rebels to an OHL Cup title and was named most va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Johnny Gaudreau
John Michael Gaudreau (August 13, 1993 – August 29, 2024) was an American professional ice hockey Winger (ice hockey), winger who played 11 seasons in the National Hockey League (NHL). He played NCAA Division I, Division I college ice hockey for the Boston College Eagles men's ice hockey, Boston College Eagles for three seasons beginning in 2011, and was selected in the fourth round, 104th overall, by the Calgary Flames in the 2011 NHL entry draft. Nicknamed "Johnny Hockey", he was named the 2014 recipient of the Hobey Baker Award as the best player in the NCAA, and, during his first full NHL season in 2014–15 NHL season, 2014–15, was selected to play in the 2015 NHL All-Star Game, as well as being named to the annual NHL All-Rookie team. Gaudreau was a Calder Memorial Trophy finalist for the NHL's best rookie, and won the Lady Byng Memorial Trophy as the league's most gentlemanly player for the 2016–17 NHL season, 2016–17 season. In 2022, Gaudreau signed with the Colu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2018–19 NHL Season
The 2018–19 NHL season was the 102nd season of operation (101st season of play) of the National Hockey League. 31 teams competed in an 82-game regular season. The regular season began on October 3, 2018, and ended on April 6, 2019. The 2019 Stanley Cup playoffs began on April 10, 2019, and the Stanley Cup Finals concluded on June 12, 2019, with the St. Louis Blues winning their first Stanley Cup in the Finals over the Boston Bruins in seven games. League business Salary cap On June 21, 2018, the National Hockey League Players' Association announced that the salary cap would be set at US$79.5 million per team for the 2018–19 season. Rule changes No major rule changes were implemented this season. On-ice ads in the rink corners After a trial during the 2018 All-Star Game and China games, the NHL began to allow teams to sell on-ice advertising placements in the corners of the rink. NHL chief revenue officer Keith Wachtel estimated that these new placements could provide ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adam Fox
Adam Fox (born February 17, 1998) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman and alternate captain for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League (NHL). Fox was selected by the Calgary Flames, 66th overall, in the 2016 NHL entry draft. In 2021, Fox won the James Norris Memorial Trophy as the NHL's best defenseman, joining Bobby Orr as the only two players in NHL history to win the award before their third NHL season. He played two seasons in the U.S. National Team Development Program, and finished with the record for the most assists in a single season (in 2015–16) and the most assists in a career (in 2014–16). He played collegiate ice hockey for Harvard University, leading all NCAA defensemen in the nation in assists and points in his freshman season, and leading all defensemen in the country in points per game and assists in his junior season. In June 2018, Calgary traded Fox's NHL rights to the Carolina Hurricanes, who traded them to the New York Rangers i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Micheal Ferland
Micheal Ferland (born April 20, 1992) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey winger . Ferland has previously played for the Vancouver Canucks, Calgary Flames, and Carolina Hurricanes. Ferland was drafted by the Flames in the fifth round, 133rd overall, at the 2010 NHL Entry Draft. Early life Ferland was born on April 20, 1992, in Swan River, Manitoba. He is the middle of three children, with an older sister and a younger brother, raised by his mother Dianne, who worked as a dietary aide at a nursing home in Swan River. Ferland played house league hockey from ages 8 to 15 before earning the attention of the midget AAA Brandon Wheat Kings; he was given a try-out and earned a place with the team. Dianne struggled to fund her son's hockey dream; she required support from charities such as KidSport and the Manitoba Métis Federation to help pay for his equipment. Dianne also credited her eldest daughter, Samantha, who was never able to play competitive sports herself as the fam ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dougie Hamilton
Douglas Jonathan Hamilton (born June 17, 1993) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the New Jersey Devils of the National Hockey League (NHL). He previously played in the NHL for the Boston Bruins, Calgary Flames, and Carolina Hurricanes. The Bruins selected him in the first round, ninth overall, of the 2011 NHL entry draft. Early life Hamilton was born on June 17, 1993, in Toronto, Ontario. Both of his parents participated in the 1984 Summer Olympics, 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles: his father Doug Hamilton (rower), Doug was a rower in the Rowing at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's quadruple sculls, men's quadruple sculls, while his mother Lynn Polson, Lynn was a point guard for the Canada women's national basketball team, Canadian women's basketball team. As a result, Hamilton and his older brother Freddie Hamilton, Freddie were exposed to many different sports in their childhoods, from which both developed a passion for ice hockey. He spent three years at C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Noah Hanifin
Noah Hanifin (born January 25, 1997) is an American professional ice hockey defenseman for the Vegas Golden Knights of the National Hockey League (NHL). He has previously played for the Carolina Hurricanes, who drafted him fifth overall in the 2015 NHL entry draft, and the Calgary Flames. Early life Born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 25, 1997 to Bob, a court officer, and Tina Hanifin. Hanifin grew up in Norwood, Massachusetts, with two younger siblings: Cole and Lily. His father was diagnosed with colon and kidney cancer when Hanifin was 13. Growing up, he attended Saint Sebastian's School, where he played for the varsity team in the eighth grade. Playing career Amateur Hanifin was projected to be a top-three pick for the 2015 NHL Entry Draft, and the number-one-rated defenseman. He was picked fifth overall by the Carolina Hurricanes. Hanifin played for the USA Hockey's U17 program based out of Ann Arbor, Michigan, but was added to the U18 national team as an underage ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
