NHL teams continue to struggle with how to handle Pride jerseys, with the Canadiens the latest to have a player, Russian winger Denis Gurianov, decline to wear the jersey in warmups on the team ...

The hockey team decided to scrap wearing the jersey, which would have signified its support for the LGBTQ community, in order to protect its only Russian player, Nikita Zaitsev, after an expansion ...

MINNEAPOLIS -- A National Hockey League team with a Russian player has decided against wearing special warmup jerseys to commemorate Pride night, citing an anti-gay Kremlin law that could imperil ...

A National Hockey League team with a Russian player has decided against wearing special warmup jerseys to commemorate Pride night, citing an anti-gay Kremlin law that could imperil Russian ...

Ilya Lyubushkin is citing an anti-gay Kremlin law and fears of retribution at home in Russia for electing not to participate in the Buffalo Sabres’ pregame warmup on the team’s Pride night ...

Blackhawks nix Pride jerseys Sunday due to safety concerns for Russian players The Hawks have three players born or with family in Russia, where a law was passed in December banning “gay ...

He was presented with his jersey. CSKA Moscow won 5-4 in overtime. “I would like to congratulate Sergei Viktorovich (Fedorov) ,” Spartak coach Alexei Zhamnov said following the game.

A National Hockey League team with a Russian player has decided against wearing special warmup jerseys to commemorate Pride Night, citing an anti-gay Kremlin law that could imperil Russian athletes ...