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October 11, 2021

NHL 2021-22 Metropolitan Division preview: Islanders look to extend playoff run

The NHL 2021-22 season kicks off Tuesday with a full 82-game schedule set to run until April 29.

September 28, 2021

Berube, Greaves share shutout as Columbus tops Penguins 3-0

Jean-Francois Berube and Jet Greaves combined for 28 saves and the shutout as the Columbus Blue Jackets beat the Pittsburgh Penguins 3-0 in a preseason game on Monday night.

September 15, 2021

Blue Jackets fire assistant coach Sylvain Lefebvre, longtime NHL defenseman, for COVID-19 vaccine refusal

With the ink barely dried on Sylvain Lefebvre’s new contract as the Columbus Blue Jackets assistant coach, the team announced Monday that he was relieved of his duties for his refusal to get the COVID-19 vaccine. 

July 24, 2021

Flyers trade Voracek to Blue Jackets on busy Day 2 of draft

A familiar bearded face is going back to Columbus, with the Blue Jackets' longest tenured player heading to Philadelphia.

July 15, 2021

Blue Jackets' Elvis Merzlikins says Matiss Kivlenieks saved him, pregnant wife the night of firework death

Columbus Blue Jackets goalie Elvis Merzlikins said his teammate Matiss Kivlenieks, who died on July 4 after being struck by a firework, saved him and his pregnant wife who were standing just feet away when the tragic accident happened.

July 15, 2021

Fallen Blue Jackets goalie remembered as friend, hero

Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks was hailed as a friend and hero during a memorial service held Thursday for the player who died on the Fourth of July from an errant fireworks mortar blast.

July 13, 2021

Michigan prosecutors reviewing firework-related death of Blue Jackets' Matiss Kivlenieks, police say

Prosecutors in Michigan are reviewing the death of Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks, who died July Fourth from an apparent firework accident. 

July 7, 2021

Davidson: Sudden death of goalie has 'far-reaching effects'

Matiss Kivlenieks traveled to Michigan with teammate and close friend Elvis Merzlikins for the wedding of the daughter of Columbus Blue Jackets' goaltender coach Manny Legace and a Fourth of July celebration.

July 6, 2021

Blue Jackets' Matiss Kivlenieks harrowing 911 calls released: 'He's not doing very good'

Columbus Blue Jackets goaltender Matiss Kivlenieks “getting ready to go into convulsions” after he was struck in the chest by an errant Fourth of July fireworks mortar blast in Michigan,” a woman told a 911 dispatcher.

July 6, 2021

Late Blue Jackets goalie Matiss Kivlenieks receives touching tribute from teammate

Kivlenieks and Elvis Merzlikins were teammates on the Blue Jackets and the Latvian national hockey team. Kivlenieks died in a fireworks accident.