China’s Hockey Team Avoids Being Cut From Beijing Olympics

By BY ALAN BLINDER from NYT Sports Ending months of debate, the Chinese team, whose proxy team lost two evaluation games last month, will compete in the Beijing Games.https://nyti.ms/3drpYsf

On TV, Wayne Gretzky Finds Himself as the Rookie

By BY JONATHAN ABRAMS from NYT Sports Turner Sports, new to hockey, wants to give U.S. fans a better viewing experience, using faster cuts and better camera angles, similar to the TV presentation in Canada.https://nyti.ms/3IgEYYa

In Canada, the Premier of Quebec Worries About the State of Hockey

By BY DAVID M. SHRIBMAN from NYT Sports With the Canadiens in a losing funk, François Legault has expressed concern about the declining number of Quebec-born pros and vowed to get to the bottom of it.https://nyti.ms/3cOMKdh

Islanders Are Finally Home Sweet Home

By BY DAVID WALDSTEIN from NYT Sports The N.H.L. team lost its first game at the new $1.1-billion UBS Arena but they lost in style. The seats are comfy, the concourses spacious and the bathrooms big and numerous enough that fans won’t miss any goals.https://nyti.ms/3czN7IE

N.H.L. Partnership With Chemical Company Leaves Environmental Watchdogs Cold

By BY KEVIN DRAPER AND HIROKO TABUCHI from NYT Sports A new report accuses the league of using its N.H.L. Green program to promote refrigerants that will contribute to global warming.https://nyti.ms/3wSNgjM

The N.H.L. postpones three Ottawa Senators games after a Covid outbreak.

By BY ALYSSA LUKPAT from NYT Sports https://nyti.ms/3ckHFsU

Islanders Finally See the End of the Road

By BY DAVID WALDSTEIN from NYT Sports The team will play its first game at its new home, UBS Arena, on Saturday against Calgary, nearly six weeks after the N.H.L. season began.https://nyti.ms/3nhUOt4

Gary Bettman Defends N.H.L.’s Response to Sexual Abuse Accusation

By BY VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports The commissioner spoke publicly to address criticism of the way the league handled a player’s sexual assault accusation against a former Chicago coach.https://nyti.ms/2ZLkiWo

With Accusations of Abuse, Kyle Beach Forces N.H.L. to Confront Its Failings

By BY KEVIN DRAPER from NYT Sports The cultural problems of hockey seem to have met a moment that makes them impossible to ignore, and when consequences — however belatedly — are finally being meted out.https://nyti.ms/3mop70W

With Accusations of Abuse, Kyle Beach Forces N.H.L. to Confront Its Failings

By BY KEVIN DRAPER from NYT Sports The cultural problems of hockey seem to have met a moment that makes them impossible to ignore, and when consequences — however belatedly — are finally being meted out.https://nyti.ms/2ZJOOk3

An Arena Where the Goal Is ‘Net Zero’ Carbon Emissions, Even From Fans

By BY KEN BELSON AND LINDSEY WASSON from NYT Sports The operators of Climate Pledge Arena, home to the N.H.L.’s newest team, the Seattle Kraken, plan to reduce and offset its entire planet-warming footprint. They still have a lot to prove.https://nyti.ms/3moHCSQ

Blackhawks Ignored 2010 Sexual Assault Accusation, Investigation Says

By BY KEVIN DRAPER from NYT Sports An independent investigation commissioned by the N.H.L. club revealed on Tuesday that the team failed to act promptly after a player accused a video coach of sexual assault, in part because club executives were concerned about winning the Stanley Cup.https://nyti.ms/3jF5Ari

The Seattle Kraken Make Their Home Debut

By Unknown Author from NYT Sports Fans celebrated the arrival of pro hockey in Seattle, though the Kraken lost to their new regional rival, the Vancouver Canucks.https://nyti.ms/2ZrLRo6

The N.H.L. suspends Evander Kane for violating its Covid protocol.

By BY DERRICK BRYSON TAYLOR AND GWEN KNAPP from NYT Sports The San Jose Sharks forward, who was reported to be under investigation for using a fake Covid-19 vaccination card, said he had “made a mistake.”https://nyti.ms/2Z2XCBk

Seattle, Long Ready for Another Pro Team, Embraces the Kraken

By BY KURT STREETER from NYT Sports A week into the season, the N.H.L.’s newest team is 1-1-1 on the ice, and undefeated in the contest of local public opinion. Nowhere is that more obvious than Seattle’s original hockey bar.https://nyti.ms/3p8gB85

Rangers, Devils and Islanders All Looking to Better Days

By BY GERALD ESKENAZI from NYT Sports With so much N.H.L. hockey stuffed into a single market, one would hope that fans in the New York area would be having a lot more fun. In recent years, the Isles are the lone bright spot.https://nyti.ms/3azH4Tv

Connor McDavid Is Ready for a Stanley Cup Championship

By BY JONATHAN ABRAMS from NYT Sports As the Oilers superstar begins his seventh N.H.L. season, he is finding his voice as a leader. And after outdoing himself last season with 105 points in 56 games, only the playoffs remain to be conquered.https://nyti.ms/3FGEdqj

Alex Ovechkin Can See Wayne Gretzky’s N.H.L. Goals Record

By BY VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports The Capitals star, who recently signed a five-year contract, starts the season with 730 goals, sixth on the career list behind Gretzky’s 894. Overtaking the Great One before he’s done is not out of the question.https://nyti.ms/3oZxF05

N.H.L. Players Are Set to Return to the Olympics

By BY VICTOR MATHER from NYT Sports After missing the 2018 Winter Games, the best hockey players in the world will be able to participate in 2022 in Beijing.https://nyti.ms/3jHRs0X

Rod Gilbert, Known as Mr. Ranger, Warmed New York to Ice Hockey

By BY GERALD ESKENAZI from NYT Sports The Rangers great, whose death at the age of 80 was announced on Sunday, was more than a sensational player and a good guy, writes a former Times hockey reporter.https://nyti.ms/389tyEO