Vegas Golden Knights captain Mark Stone will be out indefinitely after having back surgery, the team said Wednesday.The left winger is expected to make a full recovery.Stone was injured Jan. 12, after playing less than four minutes of the Golden Knights' 4-2 win over the visiting Florida Panthers. He began his rehab shortly afterward, but a setback resulted in the…

The NHLPA executive board will meet this week in Florida to discuss the possible appointment of U.S. Secretary of Labor Marty Walsh as its new executive director, sources confirmed to ESPN on Wednesday.Walsh, who served as Mayor of Boston from 2014 to 2021, has emerged as the leading candidate to succeed Don Fehr, who is stepping down after 12 years…

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla. -- New Jersey Devils associate coach and former Florida Panthers head coach Andrew Brunette was arrested Wednesday in South Florida and charged with driving under the influence.Brunette was pulled over in the Deerfield Beach area, north of Fort Lauderdale, according to Broward County jail records. He was also charged with two counts of disobeying a stop or…

Gary Bettman took office as the NHL's first-ever commissioner on Feb. 1, 1993. It's been an eventful three decades since.League owners tapped Bettman -- a New York-born, Ivy League-educated lawyer who previously served as the NBA's general counsel and senior vice president -- to succeed outgoing president Gil Stein at a critical juncture for potential NHL growth. They believed Bettman…