The Blackhawks could expedite their painstaking rebuilding process and be significant players in free agency this summer.

On Friday night the hockey world came to a grinding halt, and not because of anything going on during an unusually robust four-game slate of games. The

Friday’s blockbuster between Colorado and Carolina served one serendipitous purpose for the NHL. And that was shifting the focus off a week of officiating scandalous even by league standards.

The Chicago Blackhawks may have had Mikko Rantanen in their grasp for a few minutes before moving him onto the Carolina Hurricanes, but they could shoot for a longer stay this summer.

Amid everyone’s Friday evening, the Carolina Hurricanes made a blockbuster trade with the Chicago Blackhawks and the Colorado Avalanche in a three-way deal.

Kyle Davidson has been following the Colorado Avalanche around a little bit. Is he looking to make a trade with them?

No. 3 Western Michigan scored eight goals in an 8-3 victory over Miami (Ohio) on Friday night at Lawson Arena in Kalamazoo.

Connor McDavid. Nathan MacKinnon. Leon Draisaitl. Mikko Rantanen. What do all four of those players have in common? For one, they're all in the NHL's top five in scoring this season. They're also ...

A superstar who matches that description is Colorado Avalanche winger Mikko Rantanen. Rantanen put up ... is the Chicago Blackhawks. They have Connor Bedard, they have a screaming desire to ...

Despite the NHL Trade deadline being over a month away, Carolina added the most-significant firepower imaginable by acquiring Mikko Rantanen from the Colorado Avalanche in a complicated three-way ...

Rantanen helped out on a Logan O'Connor goal in the first period. The 28-year-old Rantanen has six goals and four helpers over 10 contests since the holiday break. He took a turn as the second ...

The Colorado Avalanche traded Mikko Rantanen, one of the top goal scorers in team history and a key member of the 2022 Stanley Cup title team, Friday night to the Carolina Hurricanes in one of the ...