TORONTO (AP) — The NHL says calls it “stupid and ignorant.” A banana was thrown from the stands in London, Ontario, on Thursday night as Philadelphia Flyers winger Wayne Simmonds was skating toward Detroit goalie Jordan Pearce during a shootout in an exhibition game. Simmonds is black.
MOSCOW (AP) — The only member of a top Russian hockey team to survive a plane crash that killed 44 people died Monday of his injuries in a Moscow hospital.
PHILADELPHIA (Reuters) – The Philadelphia Flyers will retain young forward James van Riemsdyk after they agreed to a six-year contract extension, the team said on Tuesday. Van Riemsdyk, who thrived in last season’s NHL playoffs, was set to become a free agent after the coming season but the Flyers locked in the 22-year-old with a [...]
WINNIPEG, Manitoba | Tue Aug 16, 2011 3:43pm EDT WINNIPEG, Manitoba (Reuters) – Winnipeg Jets center Rick Rypien was found dead at his Alberta home on Monday, with the police telling local media there were no suspicious circumstances surrounding the 27-year-old’s death. Rypien signed a one-year, $700,000 contract with the Jets as a free agent [...]
