NEW YORK (AP) — Emile Francis, (“The Cat”) the diminutive goalie who became a Hall of Fame coach and general manager with the New York Rangers, died. “Emile’s passion and dedication to the Rangers organization and growing the game of…
Tragedy hit a junior hockey team in Saskatchewan, Canada, leaving 14 dead and many others injured as a result of a deadly bus crash, on Friday, afternoon, April 6, 2018. According to RCMP Inspector, Ted Munro, fourteen people traveling on…
Bill Russell, born William Felton Russell on February 12, 1934, was an American professional basketball player. He played as a center for the Boston Celtics of the National Basketball Association (NBA) from 1956 to 1969. A five-time NBA Most Valuable Player and a 12-time NBA All-Star, he was the centrepiece of the…
Toronto: Larry Hillman, who was part of six Stanley Cup-winning teams over a lengthy and well-travelled pro hockey career, has died at age 85. Hillman was a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman and coach. He was born Lawrence Morley Hillman on February 5.…
Calgary: Joan Snyder, a driving force behind women’s hockey and the treatment of chronic disease, died at age 90. Snyder died on April 7, the University of Calgary said in a statement on the school’s website. The university’s campus flag was…
Eddie Shack won four Stanley Cups with the Toronto Maple Leafs and scored the Cup-winning goal in 1963, died at 83. His former team, the Maple Leafs, announced his death on Sunday. The son of Ukrainian immigrants, Shack, was born in Sudbury,…
Former Calgary Flames scout and hockey legend Tom Webster has passed away at the age of 71, the club said Friday. “Webby was one of the best hockey men that our game has ever seen, and it’s my honored to have known…
Abrasive comic Don Rickles, the honorary Rat Pack member and celebrity roast guest whose career spanned six decades, has died. He was 90. Rickles died Thursday morning at his home in Los Angeles from kidney failure, his longtime publicist Paul…
'Growing Pains' star Alan Thicke has died at the age of 69. Thicke had a heart attack while playing hockey with his 19-year-old son Carter and was rushed to the . We're told Alan had a heart attack while he…
Gordie Howe, widely regarded as the most complete player in the sport’s history — and considered an ironman in many respects both on and off the ice — has died at age 88. Born in Floral, Sask., Howe spent most…
