Hockey headlines for November 1, 2023

Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Tricks, treats, Elias Pettersson hat trick, J.T. Miller benching (Vancouver Province)
Sluggish Leafs get outworked in loss to visiting Kings (Toronto Star)
Charlie McAvoy draws four-game suspension for ‘illegal check to the head’ against Florida’s Oliver Ekman-Larsson (Boston Globe)
Connor Bedard pouring in goals while focusing on getting more physically engaged (Chicago Sun-Times)
Young forward Matt Poitras ‘sticking around’ with team (Boston Herald)
Canadiens' Kirby Dach has successful knee surgery in New York (Montreal Gazette)
Will NHL mandate neck guards following fatal skate blade injury? (Tampa Bay Times)
Flyers players talk neck protection following former Phantom Adam Johnson’s death (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Penguins mandate neck, wrist guards for AHL, ECHL affiliates (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Isles' start to season: Some good, some not so good (New York Newsday)
Red Wings’ resilience ‘a really good sign’ (MLive.com)
Needing more production, Blues unveil new-look power play units in practice (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
San Jose Sharks get two players back, but Couture’s recovery is delayed again (San Jose Mercury News)
Cale Makar, Bowen Bryam miss Avalanche practice, both questionable for Wednesday night (Denver Post)
'I've got to get out and make a save': After another rough outing, Tristan Jarry knows he needs to be better (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
After an unplanned break, Devon Levi returns to Sabres' practice. Now when does he get the net? (Buffalo News)
Flames hope they'll get a boost as Andersson returns from suspension (Calgary Sun)
Maple Leafs' Morgan Rielly using 2023 post-season as springboard to success (Toronto Sun)
Islanders’ Bo Horvat rediscovering his power play touch (New York Post)
Perfetti taking game to new level (Winnipeg Free Press)
Blues defenseman Marco Scandella receives promotion to top pair as he gets 'better and better' (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Oilers’ Brown as eager as anyone for offence to come back (Edmonton Sun)
Islanders moving past Mathew Barzal’s unnecessary third-line stint (New York Post)
Camp conversation leads to Taylor Raddysh becoming staple on Blackhawks’ penalty kill (Chicago Sun-Times)
‘That’s your dream phone call’: Flames summon Connor Zary from farm team (Calgary Sun)
It’s a girls sport too – Hurricanes outreach helping get girls into hockey in Raleigh (Raleigh News & Observer)