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Finland beats Russians for its 1st Olympic hockey gold medal

The Finns are finally flying home with Olympic hockey gold

FEBRUARY 20, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Finland hockey player goes from isolation to Olympic gold

Finland men's hockey player Marko Anttila spent his first six days at the Beijing Olympics in an isolation hotel after testing positive for the coronavirus

FEBRUARY 19, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Beijing Olympics a step up for those in NHL playoff bubbles

Being confined to the bubble in Beijing may be new for some Olympians

FEBRUARY 13, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Komarov, Filppula, Vatanen named to Finland's Olympic team

Former NHL players Leo Komarov, Sami Vatanen, Valtteri Filppula and Markus Granlund were among those named to Finland's men's hockey roster for the Beijing Olympics

JANUARY 20, 2022 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Finland's Kuokkanen back with Devils; signs for 2 years

Finnish forward Janne Kuokkanen has signed a two-year contract to return to the New Jersey Devils

AUGUST 9, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Devils see bright future despite missing playoffs yet again

The New Jersey Devils were one of the NHL’s youngest teams this past season, and many times they played like it

MAY 13, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Newly acquired Sami Vatanen makes debut against Panthers; penalties cost Stars in overtime Newly acquired Sami Vatanen joined the Stars on Tuesday and played on the third defensive pairing with Joel Hanley. Vatanen also was on the...

APRIL 14, 2021 • DALLASNEWS.COM

Vatrano's power-play OT goal leads Panthers past Stars 3-2

Frank Vatrano scored a power-play goal with 1:51 left in overtime to give the Florida Panthers a 3-2 win over the Dallas Stars

APRIL 14, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Eric Duhatschek: Sami Vatanen to Dallas on waivers interests me... - The Athletic Sami Vatanen to Dallas on waivers interests me on a lot of levels - a contributing body if they move on from Jamie Oleksiak in the next few...

APRIL 12, 2021 • THEATHLETIC.COM

Capitals trade D Siegenthaler to Devils for 3rd-round pick

The New Jersey Devils have acquired defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler from the Washington Capitals for a 2021 third-round pick

APRIL 11, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Goes plus-3 in defeat Vatanen had one shot, one block and a plus-3 rating in Tuesday's 5-4 shootout loss to Boston.

Impact New Jersey's third paring of Vatanen and Ryan Murray submitted a strong two-way performance, but this is about the best you can expect from Vatanen at this point in his career. He reached the 37-point mark twice with Anaheim but has only five points in 24 games with season.

MARCH 31, 2021 • ROTOWIRE

Rust, Guentzel lead Penguins past Devils 3-1

Bryan Rust and Jake Guentzel each had a goal and an assist, helping the Pittsburgh Penguins beat the New Jersey Devils 3-1

MARCH 20, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Wedgewood, Devils deny Bruins' Rask 300th career win

Scott Wedgewood made 40 saves, Kyle Palmieri scored out of a scramble with 4:37 left and the New Jersey Devils snapped a five-game losing streak with a 1-0 victory over the Boston...

MARCH 8, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Rolling Rangers sweep Devils, hand NJ 5th straight loss

Ryan Strome scored twice and the streaking New York Rangers beat the Devils 6-3, sending New Jersey to its fifth straight loss and eighth in nine games

MARCH 6, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

The Latest: No. 20 Florida State at Boston College postponed

Florida State’s men's basketball game at Boston College on Tuesday night has been postponed because of a positive COVID-19 test and the resulting contact tracing among the No. 20 S...

FEBRUARY 1, 2021 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Playoff trips have Hurricanes aiming for growth, deeper run

The Carolina Hurricanes must look at what changes will carry them deeper into the postseason after two straight trips

AUGUST 24, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Boston takes 1-0 lead into game 2 against Carolina

The Boston Bruins take on the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference first round with a 1-0 lead in the series

AUGUST 13, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Bergeron scores in 2nd OT, Bruins beat Hurricanes in Game 1

Patrice Bergeron scored the winner early in double overtime, and the Boston Bruins beat the Carolina Hurricanes 4-3 in Game 1 of their first-round series that was postponed 15 hour...

AUGUST 12, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Aho, Reimer help Hurricanes beat Rangers 4-1 for sweep

Sebastian Aho scored twice in the third period while James Reimer was strong in net to help the Carolina Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 4-1 on Tuesday night and sweep the Sta...

AUGUST 5, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Kucherov nets shootout winner, Lightning beat Capitals 3-2

AUGUST 4, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Svechnikov's hat trick leads Hurricanes past Rangers 4-1

Carolina’s Andrei Svechnikov scored three times for the first postseason hat trick in franchise history and the Hurricanes beat the New York Rangers 4-1 on Monday for a 2-0 lead in...

AUGUST 3, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Aho leads Hurricanes to 3-2 win over Rangers in NHL's return

Sebastian Aho scored a goal and set up another in the Carolina Hurricanes’ 3-2 win over the New York Rangers on Saturday in the NHL’s opening playoff game following a 4 1/2-month p...

AUGUST 1, 2020 • ASSOCIATED PRESS

Officially ruled out Saturday Hamilton (undisclosed) will not be available against the Rangers on Saturday, Chip Alexander of The Raleigh News & Observer reports.

Impact While Hamilton's absence Saturday shouldn't come as a surprise, coach Rod Brind'Amour did offer a glimmer of hope when he told reporters he didn't expect the blueliner to miss the entire series. With the Toronto native on the shelf, deadline-acquisition Sami Vatanen figures to make his Canes debut and jump onto the top pairing with Jaccob Slavin.

JULY 31, 2020 • ROTOWIRE