Hockey headlines for September 1, 2020

Tuesday, September 1, 2020

Lightning advance to Eastern Conference final after double overtime win over Bruins (Tampa Bay Times)
Avalanche rides five-goal first period to season-saving win over Stars, forces Game 6 (Denver Post)
Trotz hopes not to repeat history with 3-1 series lead vs. Vigneault (New York Newsday)
Third periods haunting Flyers; Oskar Lindblom working hard to return (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Acclaimed coach Martin joins Rangers' staff (New York Newsday)
Hockey’s Fights and Handshakes? Not Exactly Socially Distant (New York Times)
GM Jim Rutherford on how he plans to retool the Penguins (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Stars unable to overcome ’atrocious’ start in Game 5 loss vs. Avalanche (Dallas Morning News)
Lightning’s Nikita Kucherov takes stick to the face from Bruins’ Zdeno Chara (Tampa Bay Times)
Rick Bowness explains why he started goalie Ben Bishop in Stars’ Game 5 loss (Dallas Morning News)
Loss of Tuukka Rask a big one for Bruins (Boston Herald)
Could this be an end of an era for Bruins’ core? (Boston Herald)
Alain Vigneault: Great opportunity for Flyers’ veterans to ‘change the narrative, change their legacy’ in uphill climb vs. Isles (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Greiss: Varlamov should be starting goalie for Game 5 (New York Newsday)
Golden Knights’ Shea Theodore growing into Norris Trophy candidate (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Golden Knights’ Jon Merrill takes advantage of rare opportunity (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Golden Knights announce Henderson Silver Knights coach (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Hinsdale accountant gets 16 1/2 years in federal prison in $80 million fraud scheme; victims included Chicago Blackhawks stars (Chicago Tribune)
Boston’s TD Garden will not be voting site, while many NBA arenas convert into polling places (Boston Herald)