Hockey headlines for January 2, 2018

Tuesday, January 2, 2018

Rangers (and frigid fans) survive Winter Classic OT thriller (New York Post)
Parise finally set for season debut with Wild (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Preds' Ellis 'right there and ready to go' (The Tennessean)
Hellebuyck gets 2018 off to bright start; named NHL first star of the week (Winnipeg Free Press)
World Junior Championship enters elimination rounds as quarterfinals begin (Buffalo News)
Sabres learn the big stage needs to be embraced immediately (Buffalo News)
Miller excited to score OT goal on big stage (New York Newsday)
Jesper Fast returns to Rangers in big way with assist in Winter Classic (New York Daily News)
Henrik Lundqvist 4-0 in Outdoor games (New York Newsday)
Rupp recalls Winter Classic moment in the sun (New York Newsday)
Rangers great Rod Gilbert recalls playing hockey outdoors (New York Newsday)
Fans relish opportunity to attend Winter Classic (New York Newsday)
U.S. Olympic hockey teams have Western New York feel (Buffalo News)
Olympic club: Barracuda captain tabbed for Team USA hockey team (San Jose Mercury News)
Coloradans Troy Terry and Nicole Hensley officially named to U.S. Olympic hockey teams (Denver Post)
Growing up in Toronto gave Team USA blueliner a big boost (Toronto Star)
Team Canada juniors not taking Swiss lightly (Toronto Star)
Carter Hart, Flyers goalie of future, starring in World Juniors (Philadelphia Inquirer)
It's the season of dealing for Penguins GM Jim Rutherford (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Jonathan Toews still waiting for the results to catch up to his play (Chicago Sun-Times)
Confidence is high as Golden Knights head into 2018 (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Stars are a different team at midway point of season (Fort Worth Star-Telegram)
Jets on top of Central (Winnipeg Sun)
Despite some big losses, Blackhawks hanging around in playoff picture (Chicago Tribune)
Habs begin new year dealing with adversity and swirling trade rumours (Montreal Gazette)
What Edmonton Oilers team will show up from night to night? (Edmonton Journal)
'Different' Senators are refreshed and ready for the new year (Ottawa Sun)
Jets loss of Buff, Enstrom, Scheifele not hurting... yet (Winnipeg Free Press)
Kings coach John Stevens liked what he saw Saturday (Los Angeles Daily News)
John Hynes: Devils must reach another level (NorthJersey.com)
John Tortorella: Don’t play safe, but play smart (Columbus Dispatch)
Blues' Sanford is quietly back to skating (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
No longer linemates, Toffoli and Pearson having diverse seasons for Kings (Los Angeles Times)
Holiday break provides mental purge for Ryan Callahan (Tampa Bay Times)
Red Wings’ Gustav Nyquist returns to goal-scoring ways (Detroit News)
Antoine Vermette makes most of move to Ducks’ top line (Orange County Register)
Nick Foligno moves up to top line (Columbus Dispatch)
Brodziak staying on Blues' third line for now (St. Louis Post Dispatch)
Why John Klingberg — unlike earlier in his Stars career — is fighting back (Dallas Morning News)
Harvard graduate Alex Kerfoot on solid footing with Avalanche (Denver Post)
Rookie defenseman Christian Djoos’s patience has quickly impressed his Capitals teammates (Washington Post)
Daniel Sprong's season debut aids Penguins' third line (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Mangiapane celebrates NHL debut on New Year's Eve (Calgary Herald)
Islanders send Bernier, Beauvillier to Bridgeport (New York Newsday)
Penguins call up Dominik Simon, send down 3 (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Panthers call up forward Maxim Mamin with Radim Vrbata still sick (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
Panthers’ Alexander Petrovic changes pronunciation of last name in honor of his 96-year-old grandfather (South Florida Sun-Sentinel)
Gerry Cheevers 'wouldn't have made it' without Johnny Bower (Toronto Sun)