News about Nathan MacKinnon

The Islanders and Avalanche brawled on Monday night after Colorado's Nathan McKinnon absolutely leveled New York's Alexander Romanov. McKinnon was skating at full speed ahead when Romanov skated backwards into his path, as he looked to be angling for a hip check. However, McKinnon anticipated the contact and lowered his shoulder into his rival, sending Romanov flying and causing his helmet to fly off.

Bob Cole, Canada's voice of hockey over five decades, has sadly died at the age of 90.  Cole, who provided the soundtrack to some of hockey's biggest moments, died Wednesday night in his hometown of St. John's, the capital of the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador.  The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, the network for which Cole worked, announced his death on Thursday. His daughter Megan revealed that her father had been healthy 'up until the very end.'

During his team's 6-3 loss to the Tampa Bay Lightning, Colorado Avalanche center Nathan MacKinnon was covered in blood. After teammate Jonathan Drouin's pass was deflected by Tampa Bay's Nicholas Paul and struck him in the chest, MacKinnon skipped about ten minutes in the second period. Mackinnon returned to action and had two assists, but his efforts were insufficient to win the game.

The NHL will invite the best hockey players in the world to compete for their countries at the forthcoming two Winter Olympics, bringing an end to a decade-long absence. According to an agreement signed Friday by the NHL Players' Union, the International Ice Hockey Federation, and the IOC, the world's best hockey league will invite its players to compete in the Winter Games in 2026 and 2030 in Milan and the IOC. NHL players have not been at the Olympics since 2014 in Sochi - a year where Canada claimed Gold, Sweden won silver, and Finland clinched the bronze

Nathan MacKinnon is named as the best-paid player in the NHL's salary cap era, outperforming rival Connor McDavid's $12.5 million average annual salary hike by $100,000 per year. According to a person familiar with the situation, MacKinnon, who turned 27 earlier this month, has signed an eight-year contract worth $100.8 million. Since the team did not reveal the terms of the deal, the individual spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity on Tuesday. The new $12.6 million salary cap, which goes into place at the start of the 2023-24 season, goes into operation. McDavid's $100 million, eight-year contract with the Edmonton Oilers in 2017 was the first annual cap hit since the system was introduced in 2005.