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• Bettman says NHL not trying to back out of CBA December 3, 2020
  NHL commissioner Gary Bettman said the NHL is not trying to get out of the CBA that was just agreed to with the players.
• Save the Angry Beaver! Seattle hockey bar hoping to survive to greet the Kraken December 3, 2020
  Billed as Seattle's only hockey bar, it has been the gathering place for fans of all teams. With a home team finally on the way, it hopes to make it to see the Kraken debut.
• 2 North Dakota hockey players kneel for anthem December 2, 2020
  North Dakota players Jasper Weatherby and Jacob Bernard-Docker took a knee during the national anthem before their game on Wednesday, in what is believed to be the first such protest against racial injustice during an NCAA Division I men's hockey game.
• Does Michigan boast the best college hockey recruiting class ever? December 2, 2020
  Michigan's freshman class includes a first-round pick in the 2020 NHL draft and three other talents primed to be top-10 picks in 2021. Just how good is this group?
• GM Francis: Kraken in no rush to pick first coach December 1, 2020
  GM Ron Francis told ESPN on Tuesday that the Kraken "want to get a lay of the landscape" before picking their coach for the 2021-22 season.
• Top 300 player rankings for the 2020-21 fantasy hockey season December 1, 2020
  Welcome to the best season yet of ESPN Fantasy Hockey, as we give you the top 300 player rankings and catch you up on all the improvements to this year's game.
• The National Hockey League of Nations November 30, 2020
  Here are the best representatives from all 31 teams for eight countries: Canada, U.S., Finland, Sweden, Germany, Slovakia, Czech Republic and Russia -- plus some wild cards.
• Contact sports ban leaves 49ers, others in limbo November 29, 2020
  Santa Clara County, home of the 49ers and Levi's Stadium, issued enhanced COVID-19 guidelines for professional, collegiate and youth sports on Saturday afternoon that effectively put a three-week ban on any contact sports taking place in the county.
• Indigenous NHL pioneer Sasakamoose dies at 86 November 26, 2020
  Fred Sasakamoose, one of the first Indigenous players in the National Hockey League, has died after fighting COVID-19. He was 86.
• Eye injury ends career of Islanders D Boychuk November 25, 2020
  Expressing concern for his safety after suffering an eye injury last season, Islanders defenseman Johnny Boychuk announced his retirement Wednesday.
• NWHL to squeeze '21 season into 2-week bubble November 25, 2020
  The NWHL's six teams will each play five games -- facing each team in the league once, followed by the Isobel Cup playoffs -- during a two-week span from Jan. 23 to Feb. 5 inside a bubble in Lake Placid, New York.
• What we're thankful for in hockey November 25, 2020
  From the community of hockey fans, to a return of bold, colorful jerseys, to the expansion of Gritty into non-hockey culture, here's what we love about the sport in 2020.