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The University of Massachusetts won the men’s national college hockey championship Saturday, beating St. Cloud State 5-0. It’s the Minutemen’s first NCAA title, won despite playing part of the tournament short-handed because of coronavirus protocols.

NBC Connecticut sports reporter Gabrielle Lucivero shares her love for ice skating and gives tips for beginners who are getting on the ice for the first time!

NBC Connecticut sports reporter Gabrielle Lucivero shares her love for ice skating and gives tips for beginners who are getting on the ice for the first time!

A member of the “Miracle on Ice” Olympic hockey team has died at a treatment center for mental illness

A local varsity hockey team sent off their teammate with their own honor guard, holding their hockey sticks in the air as A.J. Quetta left Massachusetts General Hospital for a rehabilitation center in Georgia on Tuesday morning. Quetta, a senior at Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, underwent surgery for a spinal cord injury after he slammed head-first into...

Every Sunday from October to March, the Southern Connecticut Storm, a hockey program for kids and young adults with developmental disabilities, are on the ice in Bridgeport. They operate with the help of volunteer mentors who help the players learn skating and hockey skills. Along with them, every Sunday for the past six years, a mentor by the name of…

Every Sunday from October to March, the Southern Connecticut Storm, a hockey program for kids and young adults with developmental disabilities, are on the ice in Bridgeport.

For the first time in 11 months, high school basketball and hockey games were played in Connecticut on Monday. It’s been 336 days since the Connecticut Interscholastic Athletic Conference canceled the state basketball tournament last March as the COVID-19 pandemic took hold of the nation. Since then, student-athletes have been wondering if and when they would get the chance to…

Winter high school sports will start playing games next week. The high school hockey season is already precarious, but for co-ops, the teams relying on two or more schools to come together to fill a roster, it’s even more on edge. “What happens if another school has an outbreak?” said Manchester senior Sam Hedlund. He plays on the Newington...

The high school hockey season is already precarious, but for co-ops, the teams relying on two or more schools to come together to fill a roster, it’s even more on edge.

A Bishop Feehan High School senior who was seriously injured during a hockey game this week had a “successful surgery,” at Massachusetts General Hospital Wednesday night, according to the school’s president. Doctors were working to determine whether A.J. Quetta, a senior at Bishop Feehan High School in Attleboro, would be able to move his body again after he slammed...

While championship banners hang on the walls of East Catholic High School’s gymnasium, its basketball court has been quiet for months. With word today though, that basketball will resume, the reigning state champs, who were also ranked first in the state when last season was halted, are thrilled. “Everybody was ecstatic,” said head coach Luke Reilly. “You know the...

While some sports will get underway soon, others will not be able to hold their winter seasons under the approved CIAC plan.

All indoor ice rinks and ice skating facilities in Massachusetts are prohibited from operating for the next two weeks due to rising coronavirus cases connected to indoor ice hockey, the state’s Department of Public Health announced Thursday night. Officials say the new public health order is in response to multiple COVID-19 clusters occurring at rinks throughout the state following...

Spending a month in a posh hotel with first-rate service and amenities might not be as glamorous as it sounds for teams cooped up in the NHL’s two hub cities

The Boston Bruins, shortly after waking up Saturday to face the Carolina Hurricanes, found out goaltender Tuukka Rask was opting out of the NHL playoffs to be with his family. While the defending Eastern Conference champions are supporting their teammate at least publicly, they’re focusing on their quest to go a step farther in the playoffs than they did...

The National Hockey League and NHL Players’ Association have reached a tentative agreement to return to play this season and extend their collective bargaining agreement by four years.

Deputy Commissioner Bill Daly says the NHL and NHL Players’ Association have agreed on protocols to resume the season but are still negotiating an extension of the collective bargaining agreement

Eleven NHL players tested positive for the coronavirus during the first two weeks of voluntary workouts

The American Hockey League is canceling the rest of the 2019-20 AHL regular season and the 2020 Calder Cup Playoffs because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The Hartford Wolf Pack and Bridgeport Sound Tigers are both part of the AHL. “After a lengthy review process, the American Hockey League has determined that the resumption and completion of the 2019-20 season is…