Hockey headlines for December 12, 2019

Thursday, December 12, 2019

San Jose Sharks clean house, fire Pete DeBoer, three assistants (San Jose Mercury News)
The end of Jim Montgomery’s tenure will justifiably overshadow the year-plus spent behind the Stars’ bench (Dallas Morning News)
Avs extend points streak to eight games with win over Philly (Denver Post)
T.J. Oshie scores twice as Capitals win clash with Bruins (Washington Times)
Canadiens win third straight game, with 3-2 OT victory over the Sens (Montreal Gazette)
NHL coaching culture undergoes sweeping changes (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
The real reason the San Jose Sharks had to fire Pete DeBoer (San Jose Mercury News)
Blackhawks’ recent salary cap issues forewarn of impending crunch in summer 2020 (Chicago Sun-Times)
Hellebuyck: too early for Vezina talk (Winnipeg Sun)
Penalty shots haven't been kind to Connor McDavid (Edmonton Sun)
Golden Knights ranked as 13th most valuable NHL franchise (Las Vegas Review-Journal)
Shorthanded Flyers fall to Colorado, 3-1; loss is only 2nd in 8 games (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Offside review burns Bruins again in loss to Capitals (Boston Herald)
Scoring is down, losing is up for 'snakebit' Blues (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)
How the Penguins are still learning lessons from last year's Islanders sweep (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette)
Red Wings perplexed as they search for answers, victories (Detroit News)
Ducks welcome back Josh Manson in painless return (Orange County Register)
Blue Jackets’ Emil Bemstrom out six to eight weeks with rib injury (Columbus Dispatch)
Suddenly, injuries piling up on Flyers, who are minus top goal scorers Travis Konecny and Oskar Lindblom, among others (Philadelphia Inquirer)
De Haan's absence on Hawks' defense another tough void to fill (Chicago Daily Herald)
Laine leaves laser in holster; breakaway beauty all speed, stickhandling (Winnipeg Free Press)
Mark Giordano's impact as captain good as gold, says head coach Geoff Ward (Calgary Sun)
Adam Lowry is a powerful, defensively indispensable contributor to Jets' success (Winnipeg Free Press)
Johnston skates his way to Islanders' top line (New York Newsday)
Pionk has been turning heads in short time with Jets (Winnipeg Sun)
Penguins’ Chad Ruhwedel provides steady presence on defense (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Rangers thrilled by Kaapo Kakko's transition to North America (New York Post)
Johan Larsson looking to continue offensive surge for Sabres (Buffalo News)
With Koivu and Staal out, Donato gets bigger role with Wild (Minneapolis Star-Tribune)
The Rangers finally have a fourth line again (New York Post)
Detroit Red Wings send Filip Zadina, Dennis Cholowski to minors (Detroit Free Press)
Red Wings reassign Filip Zadina to Grand Rapids (MLive.com)
Canucks recall Zack MacEwen following Ferland injury (Vancouver Province)
Sabres prospect Taylor Leier's shoulder injury was life-changing (Buffalo News)
Penguins get face-off practice assist from Matt Cullen (Pittsburgh Tribune-Review)
Mike Gapski, the NHL’s longest-tenured trainer, will work his 2,500th Blackhawks game tomorrow. And the lifelong Chicagoan shows no signs of slowing down. (Chicago Tribune)
Canadiens Hall of Famer Guy Lapointe diagnosed with oral cancer (Montreal Gazette)