#roman-josi

#roman-josi

Andres Gerber, who spent six years of his playing career at Thun, told BBC Sport, 'It's a bit like when Leicester won the Premier League.' This comparison highlights the unexpected success of a club that has historically struggled.

Jack Hughes's overtime goal to win Olympic gold is hockey history, maybe the single most important physical object in American hockey history. The Hughes puck is a pure distillation, the sudden-death difference between defeat and world-champ status in one small, black disc of vulcanized rubber and entrance-fee bait.

That's not fun. You want to - you don't want to go home, but you want to be at home. You want to be in a home. And to play with that mindset is kind of tough. So just to be able to go to a home with a guy, and have your own room, and your own living room, and all that kind of stuff, I think it just helps out your play on the ice too.

When you have guys like Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, Sidney Crosby, and Cale Makar all combining on a line of their own it is hard to imagine having anything better, and with a lot of fans already talking about this Canadian team being the best of all time, it is almost impossible to believe it could get any better, but it can.

The Sharks were carrying 22 players on their active roster as of early Friday and had three others forwards Kiefer Sherwood and Philipp Kurashev and defenseman Shakir Mukhamadullin on IR. Sharks coach Ryan Warsofsky said last week that Mukhamadullin was getting closer to a return, and that he was optimistic that Kurashev and Sherwood could be activated before the end of the team's road trip on Feb. 4. All three players were dealing with upper body injuries.

It was pretty hard a year for me and for the team, of course. But I think just this year, it's been such a different experience, and I've really enjoyed it so far. The way we are with each other, it's so positive and so much joy in our room. I think it shows on the ice, and we've been able to have some success, but now it's time to keep it going and make that push.

Jakob Chychrun earned his 20th goal of the season with a snazzy sequence that I won't describe; I'll just embed the video below. Jonathan Marchessault ended the shutout with a lucky bounce. The third period was sick and twisted. Nic Dowd's goal was nullified and then Michael McCarron scored - all within one minute of game clock time. Jakob Chychrun got his second of the night with a nail-in-the-coffin power-play goal. Caps win!

"I think that one of the unique things about Willy is he can play with good players and highly-skilled players, and we did talk about that, even dating back to pre when I was here. His ability to play with some of the most talented [players], whether it was Nick Backstrom, so we just had some good conversations about him being able to play that [role]."

The Washington Capitals' number-one netminder has been tabbed to start for Team Canada in their second game at the 2026 Winter Olympics against Switzerland. Former Caps goalie Darcy Kuemper will back Thompson up. Thompson gets the nod after he backed up Jordan Binnington in Canada's 5-0 win over Czechia on Thursday. Binnington made 26 saves in the shutout victory, rewarding head coach Jon Cooper for his predetermined faith in the St. Louis Blues backstop.

Offensively, Finland will have one of the deeper units in the tournament. From the Dallas Stars, Mikko Rantanen and Roope Hintz will look to translate their ability to score at will and in the biggest moments towards the Olympic stage; the former was able to score a Game 7 hat trick in the first round of the 2025 playoffs against the Colorado Avalanche.

But the NHL's withdrawal just six weeks before the tournament began improved Slovakia's chances, and with some clutch performances, Regenda and his teammates captured the Bronze Medal, setting off parties and celebrations upon their return to Bratislava. We felt like superstars, which we actually were at that time, Regenda said. It was the first medal ever for Slovakia in hockey. We are forever in history.

On Team Canada, he'll be part of one of the deepest lineups ever. That situation has the Islanders' star leading an elite fourth line. But before Isles fans jump out of their seats at the thought of Horvat being a fourth liner, it's worth looking into the context. Team Canada revealed the first iteration of its forward lines on Sunday. Skating with Horvat were Sam Reinhart of the Florida Panthers and Brandon Hagel of the Tampa Bay Lightning.