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Maybe you’ve seen them on your social media feeds or in your travels: backyard ice rinks that seem to be popping up more and more as a way for families and friends to get outside during the pandemic. “In previous years, we probably had a handful of friends that had backyard rinks, but this year, we’ve seen so many...

More and more New Englanders seem to be installing backyard ice rinks so they can stay active during the coronavirus pandemic.

The Boston Bruins will be on TV across the country quite a bit this season. The NHL’s national broadcast schedule, announced Tuesday, gives the Bruins seven nationally televised games in the 2020-21 season, between NBC and NBC Sports Network. There are just 56 games in the pandemic-shortened season, rather than the usual 82. Four of the seven games on national…

Hockey games are chaotic, and so was the start of the 2020-21 college season in New England.  When Hockey East, the region’s top college hockey conference, announced its schedule for the 2020-21 season, flexibility was the priority, since the coronavirus pandemic would likely stop teams from playing with a moment’s notice.  About a month in, that flexibility has been...

The Boston University men’s ice hockey team has suspended all team activities after a member of the program tested positive for coronavirus, the BU Athletics Department announced Thursday. The department didn’t say who tested positive, only that it was from within a group of players, coaches, managers and support staff, all of whom are tested three times week in...

The governors of all six New England states, in addition to New Jersey, jointly announced Thursday interstate youth hockey competitions would be suspended as the region grapples with rising coronavirus cases. In a joint statement, governors said the pause would begin Saturday and extend to at least the end of the year, and would apply to public and private schools…

After two weeks away from the ice, hockey players across Massachusetts will be able play in indoor rinks again Saturday. In October, ice and roller rinks were shut down for two weeks due to several new clusters that were traced back to hockey games and practices.

Massachusetts on Thursday ordered the shutdown of every indoor ice skating facility in the state for two weeks in response to several COVID-19 clusters linked to ice hockey games and practices. For a lot of families across the commonwealth, hockey is life. Now, life is on hold for at least a couple of weeks following the new order from the…

For a lot of families across Massachusetts, hockey is life. But now lie is on hold for at least a couple of weeks after increasing COVID-19 cases at the rinks.

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...

Officials say the new public health order is in response to multiple COVID-19 clusters occurring at rinks throughout Massachusetts following games, practices and tournaments. Nearly 110 cases of the virus have been directly connected to hockey, the DPH said in a press release.

As New Hampshire continues to battle the coronavirus pandemic, Gov. Chris Sununu is taking steps to contain the spread of the virus. New Hampshire has seen a rise in the number of cases as of late, resulting in Sununu’s recent decision to pause youth hockey in the state for two weeks. Here’s a brief recap of everything we know...

New Hampshire is pausing indoor hockey and skating activities for two weeks, Gov. Chris Sununu announced Thursday at his regular briefing on the state’s progress in battling the coronavirus pandemic. He also announced about $200 million in new outlays of federal CARES Act funds. About half of it will go to supporting small businesses, while the rest will support the…

New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu announces that hockey has been pinpointed as a source of coronavirus cases, so activity at rinks will be paused while new safeguards are put in place and players and their families can get tested.

A referee who was on the ice for eight games over two days could’ve exposed hundreds of youth hockey players to the coronavirus in Maine and New Hampshire, officials said Thursday. The state is still getting a handle on the situation, but as many as 400 people could’ve been exposed to the virus, said Dr. Nirav Shah, director of...

Ondrej Palat, Mikhail Sergachev and Alex Killorn scored power-play goals Wednesday night to lead the Tampa Bay Lightning to a 7-1 rout of the Boston Bruins in Game 3 of their second-round NHL playoff series. Killorn added a second goal and Yanni Gourde, Brayden Point and Nikita Kucherov also scored for the Lightning, which won for the second straight night…

Ondrej Palat scored at 4:40 of overtime to give the Tampa Bay Lightning a 4-3 win over the Boston Bruins on Tuesday night, evening their Eastern Conference semifinal series at one game apiece. Reigning Vezina Trophy winner Andrei Vasilevskiy had 22 saves and became Tampa Bay’s all-time playoff leader with 22 wins as the Lightning improved to 4-0 in overtimes…

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...

A youth hockey player has tested positive for COVID-19 while attending a private skills camp in Exeter, New Hampshire. There’s a tournament underway this weekend at the Rinks at Exeter, where less than two weeks ago the 14-year-old boy who’s tested positive played. It was as part of a private skills camp held Aug. 3 and 4. Parents say...