Hockey headlines for April 17, 2023

Monday, April 17, 2023

‘Very tough for us to swallow.’ Canada’s shot at third straight women’s world hockey gold ends in heartbreak on home ice (Toronto Star)
Kraken embark on first quest for Stanley Cup in playoffs where anything can happen (Seattle Times)
Isles excited to be back in playoff spotlight vs. familiar Hurricanes (New York Newsday)
Blast from the past: Jets and Golden Knights set for rematch of 2018 Western Conference final (Winnipeg Sun)
Maple Leafs' Marner, Matthews ready for 'new year, new opportunity' (Toronto Sun)
Golden Knights name starting goalie for Game 1 against Jets (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Larsen doesn't have 'ill will' against Blue Jackets after firing (Columbus Dispatch)
Avalanche general manager Chris MacFarland: Gabriel Landeskog uncertainty didn’t impact how Avs handled trade deadline (Denver Post)
Ottawa restores funding to Hockey Canada with conditions (Globe & Mail)
Patrick Kane headlines long list of ex-Blackhawks in Stanley Cup playoffs (Chicago Daily Herald)
Rangers face young Devils team that's all grown up (New York Newsday)
Islanders will lean on Identity Line for another playoff run: ‘Leave our mark’ (New York Post)
Good friends Hellebuyck and Broissoit on collision course in Jets playoff series with Golden Knights (Winnipeg Sun)
After season of struggles, can Foligno give Wild needed playoff boost? (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Wild star Kirill Kaprizov starting to feel like himself again (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Devils’ Ondrej Palat hopes to flip woeful regular season with another hot postseason: ‘We’re in the playoffs. The real season starts’ (NJ.com)
‘The leader every single team wants’: Wild captain Jared Spurgeon brings calm to every storm (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
Rangers-Devils playoff series is a showcase of former first-round picks (New York Post)
For Alex Wennberg, pass preference ‘a gift and a curse,’ but helped get Kraken to NHL playoffs (Seattle Times)
Niederreiter a veteran of playoff stage (Winnipeg Free Press)
Jimmy Vesey can provide Rangers unique Devils perspective for playoffs (New York Post)
Wild's Nyquist takes little time to get up to playoff speed (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Anthony Cirelli knows how hard it will be to contain Mitch Marner (Tampa Bay Times)
Islanders will likely get their star pair on the ice together again (New York Post)
Kings ready to take on Oilers, but status of Fiala and Vilardi is uncertain (Los Angeles Daily News)
Playoffs will be learning experience for Isles rookie Bolduc (New York Newsday)
Maple Leafs' Matthew Knies appears to be 13th forward to start playoffs (Toronto Sun)
Bruce Boudreau on Maple Leafs' Luke Schenn: 'He would stand up for me' in Vancouver (Toronto Sun)
Lack of professionalism, 'guys worrying about themselves' contribute to loss of Blues culture (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Brian Dumoulin among several Penguins players whose future is uncertain (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Adam Ruzicka wants to stay with the Flames (Calgary Sun)
Ville Husso 'not happy at all' with how first season with Wings ended (Detroit Free Press)
Hurricanes’ Aho chosen team MVP; Burns honored by teammates in end-of-season awards (Raleigh News & Observer)
Trainer Mike Gapski saw it all in 36 years for the Chicago Blackhawks. But now ‘it’s time to turn the page.’ (Chicago Tribune)
Ameren customers paid $1.8M for Blues promotion. Only a fraction went to charity, state says. (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Mikhail Sergachev’s baby boy arrives just ahead of Lightning’s playoff start (Tampa Bay Times)