Hockey headlines for November 13, 2023

Monday, November 13, 2023

Soap opera continues as Edmonton Oilers fire Woodcroft (Edmonton Sun)
Awful' Wild throttled by Stars' special teams in 8-3 loss (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
Blackhawks lose to Panthers 4-3, but Connor Bedard stays red hot (Chicago Daily-Herald)
Message received as playing 'predictable' produces trip finale victory (Vancouver Province)
Avs announce goalie Pavel Francouz is out for the season, sign Joel Kiviranta (Denver Post)
Edmonton Oilers gambling on rookie coach being an instant fix (Edmonton Sun)
Oilers hire Rangers AHL coach Kris Knoblauch after firing Jay Woodcroft (New York Post)
Coach killers strike again. Another sad chapter for Edmonton Oilers (Edmonton Sun)
Detroit Red Wings arrive in Stockholm, have light skate, lighthearted fun (Detroit Free Press)
Keefe's faith in team validated for now, as Leafs set table for Sweden (Toronto Sun)
Ottawa Senators hope to return from Sweden 'a different team' (Ottawa Sun)
Leafs will have a roster smorgasbord for two games in Sweden (Toronto Sun)
Former Avalanche GM Pierre Lacroix, “a mountain of a sports figure in the Rockies,” earned his place in Hockey Hall of Fame (Denver Post)
The made-in-Calgary success story of Hockey Hall of Fame inductee Mike Vernon (Calgary Sun)
Hall of Fame-bound Pierre Turgeon was a bright spot for Islanders after dynasty (New York Post)
Sharks’ play-by-play announcer talks Hall of Fame journey, unexpected aftereffects of near-death moment (San Jose Mercury News)
Alexis Lafreniere saves Rangers after star exits in shootout win over Blue Jackets (New York Post)
Frank Vatrano leads Ducks past Sharks (Los Angeles Daily News)
Troubling trends continue as Sharks can’t slow down Anaheim Ducks (San Jose Mercury News)
Canadiens fire too many blanks in 5-2 loss to Canucks at Bell Centre (Montreal Gazette)
‘Awesome’ game from Alexis Lafreniere latest sign Rangers young wing breaking out (New York Post)
Wild’s Freddy Gaudreau begins skating, could play in Sweden (St. Paul Pioneer Press)
‘C’ is for confidence: How captain Brayden Schenn, Blues cranked the ‘volume’ on offense (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
Cerebral Perfetti turns page on power-play miscue (Winnipeg Free Press)
Max Domi has been playing better lately for the Maple Leafs. Nick Robertson should get some credit for that (Toronto Star)
How does Nashville Predators center Philip Tomasino handle being a healthy scratch? (The Tennessean)
Canadiens call up Gustav Lindström and send Joel Armia back to Laval (Montreal Gazette)
Kraken’s struggles out of gate keeping them off Seattle’s sports radar (Seattle Times)
Former Flyers goalie Roman Čechmánek, ‘an acrobat in goal,’ passes away at 52 (Philadelphia Inquirer)