Pierre LeBrun

NEW for @TheAthletic, ‘Hug it out?’ How the seven players in this Stanley Cup Final who played in the Olympic gold medal game as USA-Canada rivals, moved past it as NHL teammates ⤵️ nytimes.com/athletic/73546…

From @DarrenDreger & @TSNRyanRishaug - Discussing Carter Hart's response to the chants that rained down on him in Carolina and questions about his play, and how Jordan Staal has the Conn Smythe on lock if the Hurricanes can win the Stanley Cup Sunday: tsn.ca/nhl/video/2026…

For a ninth consecutive year, in the interest of transparency, @thePHWA is revealing all voters' NHL awards ballots. You can find them all here: thephwa.com/2026/06/12/phw…

NEW for @TheAthletic, ‘Hug it out?’ How the seven players in this Stanley Cup Final who played in the Olympic gold medal game as USA-Canada rivals, moved past it as NHL teammates ⤵️ nytimes.com/athletic/73546…

Canada needed a hero for their first World Cup point. They turned to an oft-forgotten veteran, who delivered. How hometown boy Cyle Larin scored the biggest goal of his career and kept #CANMNT’s knockout round hopes alive, unlocked at @TheAthleticFC nytimes.com/athletic/73560…

Rod Brind’Amour said he doesn’t anticipate lineup changes, As it should be. The net is Brandon Bussi’s now. nytimes.com/athletic/73536…

The Hurricanes continue to improve in this championship series, while the Golden Knights look stuck in neutral. Thursday night felt like a turning point, the moment the Hurricanes finally got to the essence of their game, writes @PierreVLeBrun and @reporterchris. nytimes.com/athletic/73535…

From @seangentille, The Hurricanes needed Brandon Bussi to avoid disaster. He’s given them much more ⤵️ nytimes.com/athletic/73536…

From @JesseGranger_ , Golden Knights might need their goalie to steal Game 6. Adin Hill has done it before ⤵️ nytimes.com/athletic/73535…

When the Carolina Hurricanes needed a star, Andrei Svechnikov finally looked like one nytimes.com/athletic/73535… via @NYTimes

NEW for @TheAthletic, from me and @reporterchris, ‘Hurricane hockey’ took over the Stanley Cup Final amid the Golden Knights’ worst effort ⤵️ nytimes.com/athletic/73535…

Carolina is one win away. Andrei Svechnikov, Brandon Bussi and a strong second period helped get them there. What else happened? With @PierreVLeBrun, @RussoHockey and @JesseGranger_ 🔓⬇️ nytimes.com/athletic/73526…

The Carolina Hurricanes take Game 5 and will have a chance to win the Stanley Cup in Vegas on Sunday 🏆

Join our live Stanley Cup Final blog at @TheAthletic again tonight, where the likes of @seangentille, @JesseGranger_ , @RussoHockey, @reporterchris and this guy will share observations throughout Game 5 here from Raleigh ⤵️ nytimes.com/athletic/live-…

Frederik Andersen’s status still a mystery, signs point to Brandon Bussi as Hurricanes Game 5 starter By @seangentille and me nytimes.com/athletic/73514… via @NYTimes

NEW for @TheAthletic, latest on Larkin, Tuch, Matthews, Lee, Werenski and more in Rumblings ⤵️ nytimes.com/athletic/73493…

NEW for @TheAthletic, the Carolina Hurricanes are two wins away from proving they made the right call in not upgrading in goal at the trade deadline. But they’re testing the limits of that decision in this Stanley Cup Final. My column, free to read ⤵️ nytimes.com/athletic/73470…

Babcock story updated for @TheAthletic, nytimes.com/athletic/73465…

There’s no timeline on how quickly this can be carried out. The Oilers are aware of this. Players involved, etc in 2023 will have to be interviewed. If Babcock were to back out at this stage, a league source says there would be no reason to investigate.