VIDEO: Artyom Levshunov Knocks Out a Teammate During Practice

In 2024, the Blackhawks caused a stir when they drafted Artyom Levshunov with the second overall pick.
Two years later, that decision is even more controversial given that a player like Ivan Demidov was selected three picks later. And it's not as if the Russian was a late bloomer.
Today, Levshunov made headlines for all the wrong reasons. He completely froze out his teammate Ryan Donato. LOOK OUT(Via: @bedsysburner98) pic.twitter.com/Gri2zgm11a
— BarDown (@BarDown) September 17, 2026Honest

Oliver Kapanen admits he hit a wall during the final months of the 2025–2026 season.
That's why, after spending most of the season on the second line, he finished the season either on the bottom two lines or in the stands.
And in the playoffs, he didn't always see ice time.
Kapanen knows, therefore, that he didn't have enough gas in the tank to finish the season up to expectations. And he wants to change that.
In an interview yesterday, he admitted that he's adjusted his summer training re

The Montreal Alouettes are facing a major setback after Liam Talbot suffered a serious injury during their recent game against the British Columbia Lions.
 
The 23-year-old player had to undergo surgery after being struck in the groin during last Saturday's game in Vancouver. (Le Journal de Montréal⁠)
The situation surrounding Liam Talbot's injury quickly drew attention, particularly due to the nature of the incident. According to reports, Lions player Josh Hagerty was responsi

Fans showed Vancouver actor Hudson Williams plenty of love outside of the TIFF world premiere of his new TV series Yaga.The actor , who has been red hot since he showed up as Shane Hollander in the wildly successful gay hockey romance Heated Rivalry — which is currently shooting season two in Toronto and Montreal — stopped and signed autographs and took pictures with fans outside the screening of the first two episodes of Yaga at the Bell Lightbox on Tuesday night.View this post on

David Reinbacher has yet to prove himself in the NHL.
Since being selected fifth overall in the 2023 draft, the defenseman has had to be patient, and his journey certainly hasn't been a straight path.
He is now reaching a crucial point in his development. At some point, we'll need to start seeing what he can really bring to the Canadiens.
Despite everything that's been said about him, Reinbacher seems to have a pretty big supporter behind the bench.
Martin St. Louis actually appreciates the youn

Let’s face it, Chris Kreider’s arrival in Montreal is certainly exciting.
The Canadiens are adding an experienced, imposing forward who has long been one of the New York Rangers' top scorers.
But we also need to keep expectations in check.
That's essentially the message Pierre LeBrun conveyed regarding the Canadiens' new addition. Appearing on “Melnick in the Afternoon” on TSN 690, the insider called Kreider's arrival a very good move. However, he quickly added an importa

In recent weeks, Kent Hughes has really gotten down to business.
He's shored up his top six and taken charge of the team's two remaining unsigned players. Now that training camp has begun, it'll be interesting to see the organization's last major issue: the three-way competition.
We know the Habs aren't expected to start the season with three goalies, but you never know. In any case, there's no bad blood between the three netminders, who are very good friends. Check out what they had to say abou

The Canadian Football League (CFL) has announced its disciplinary decisions following the eventful game between the Montreal Alouettes and the British Columbia Lions.
Three players have been suspended for actions that occurred during the game, which the Lions won 48-29.
Lions linebacker Joshua Hagerty received the harshest penalty: a two-game suspension. He was penalized for striking Alouettes running back Liam Talbot. Talbot suffered a groin injury as a result of the incident, which occurred du

For the first time in the 2026–2027 season, the Canadiens players took to the ice for a practice.
We saw several lineup changes, including Chris Kreider on the first line with Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield.
Juraj Slafkovsky, meanwhile, was demoted to the second line with Ivan Demidov and Oliver Kapanen. As for Kapanen, the position isn't guaranteed—he has to earn it. Marco D'Amico (The Starr & D'Amico Show) believes the second-line center role belongs to him, at least for now.The

Vancouver’s Roger Lee and Carole Itter were among the winners when the Canada Council for the Arts announced the 2026 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts (GGArts) on Sept. 16.Lee, an art historian, was the recipient of the Outstanding Contribution Award and Itter, a visual and installation artist and filmmaker, received the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts.“I’m absolutely over the sky that I was awarded such an important award in Can

Shohei Ohtani Is “Almost” Back to Normal
He's not quite at 100% yet, but he's doing better.
We have a “normal…ish” Shohei Ohtani, a closer who isn't returning to the closer role, and more on the State of the Dodgers: https://t.co/I9J7SFbTbd
— Fabian Ardaya (@FabianArdaya) September 17, 2026
That didn't stop the Dodgers from clinching another division title.
For the 5th straight year, and the 13th time in the last 14 seasons, the Los Angeles @Dodgers are NL We

One of the most anticipated Midnight Madness world premieres at TIFF this year was Anna Biller’s The Face of Horror. Anna Biller’s The Love Witch, released a decade ago, is now a cult classic. She is a thrilling filmmaker, an auteur in every sense, with her own signature style and a feminist throughline in her work.The Face of Horror was inspired by Japan’s most famous ghost story, Yotsuya Kaidan, a kabuki play written by Tsuruya Nanboku IV in 1825. It’s about a gold-digg

Chris Kreider has several great qualities in his game.
One of them?
His ability to redirect shots in front of the net. We saw him working on his deflections this morning at practice, and we saw just how good he is at that.First practice, and the newcomer is already bringing a new technique to the table#gohabsgo pic.twitter.com/M7npmGSYU1
— DansLesCoulisses (@DLCoulisses) September 17, 2026But Kreider isn't just good at this—he excels.
Since the 2012–2013 season, he's been the N

Rick Bowness clearly has no intention of kicking off training camp with flowers and flowery speeches.
The coach made it known that two players arrived at the Blue Jackets' training camp in a state of physical conditioning that he deemed… insufficient.
And let's just say he wasn't exactly thrilled about it.
Why? Because it's not as if the guys didn't know what was expected of them.
Do I need to remind you that at the end of last season in Columbus, Bowness threw his players under the bus b

Karla Welch is taking the best possible approach to styling Shailene Woodley in that outfit. And if you look at the elements, each piece is totally fine on its own, it’s mashing it all together that is the issue.
But ultimately, a great week for Shailene and the outfit is kind of the cherry on top. It’s immediately recognizable to pop culture connoisseurs, and I just know some visionary is going to pull this off for Halloween.View this post on InstagramA post shared by Karla Welch (@

Following on the heels of Heated Rivalry and Off Campus, Netflix’s new Vancouver Island-shot series Crew Girl is the latest Canadian-made sports romance series to become a global hit.Released on Sept. 10, Crew Girl hit No. 4 on the Netflix Top 10 list, reaching 5.2 million viewers in 80 countries in its opening weekend.The series from Blue Ant Studios follows the story of 16-year-old Teagan Tao (Miku Martineau) whose promising single sculls rowing career is capsized by a family scandal.Fo

Following on the heels of Heated Rivalry and Off Campus, Netflix’s new Vancouver Island-shot series Crew Girl is the latest Canadian-made sports romance series to become a global hit.Released on Sept. 10, Crew Girl hit No. 4 on the Netflix Top 10 list, reaching 5.2 million viewers in 80 countries in its opening weekend.The series from Blue Ant Studios follows the story of 16-year-old Teagan Tao (Miku Martineau) whose promising single sculls rowing career is capsized by a family scandal.Fo

Arber Xhekaj must be confused.
Other than that, he's solid. 
The guy has been playing defense for years and years. He's made his mark in the NHL as a defenseman who can drop the gloves and play physically on the ice. But…
But now, at 25, people are wondering if he can switch to forward. The Habs' defensive corps is overflowing (especially on the left side), and Xhekaj will have to work really, really hard to earn a spot on the team's blue line heading into the season opener.
And that

There are just over ten days left until the best baseball of the year, but until then, there are still some exciting races for the top spots.
So without further ado, here's the latest edition of Passion MLB's power rankings. Last week's rankings are shown in parentheses.
1 – Milwaukee Brewers (1)
2 – Los Angeles Dodgers (2)
3 – Tampa Bay Rays (4)
4 – Atlanta Braves (3)
5 – New York Yankees (5)
6 – Chicago Cubs (6)
7 – Philadelphia Phillies (7)
8 –

Mahershala Ali and filmmaker Bassam Tariq were supposed to make a Blade reboot for Marvel, but that project eventually fell apart. What emerges instead is Your Mother Your Mother Your Mother, an original action-drama starring Ali and written and directed by Tariq. It is unquestionably a far better movie than anything we would have gotten from Marvel, though the action scenes hint at what might have been (Marvel, you really fumbled a baddie).The film opens cutting between two scenes, as Latif (Al

Pittsburgh Steelers star quarterback Aaron Rodgers has never been one to mince words.Known for speaking his mind, the veteran proved it once again during a recent press conference. When asked about the number of passes thrown to young wide receiver Roman Wilson after the first week of the season, the player cut to the chase with his usual bluntness, stating that he couldn't care less about target lists.
For Rodgers, football boils down to a simple principle: the ball must go to the open receiver

Most of us probably agree that the September 2026 issue of American Vogue was a flop, right? The cover stars were Kaia Gerber and Homer Gere to promote The Shards – and this isn’t a personal criticism, not directed towards their performances, not a judgement about them as actors or celebrities or models just that, well, for a September issue the image was forgettable, more Cosmo than Vogue, and lacking in general overall excitement and charisma, possibly because neither one of them i

On-ice sessions have begun at the Canadiens’ training camp.
Earlier this morning, Chris Kreider was seen playing on a line with Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield in Group A of the camp.
The newcomer took the opportunity to impress at the end of practice, by the way: First practice and the newcomer is already bringing a new move#gohabsgo pic.twitter.com/M7npmGSYU1
— DansLesCoulisses (@DLCoulisses) September 17, 2026That said, Group B hit the ice a few minutes after Group A finished p

I said this recently, but Pete Alonso stirred up quite a bit of controversy (unintentionally) on the sidelines of his return to Citi Field this week.
He gave fans a way to send their messages to management, and he let those same fans see which players were truly on their side.
Let's just say Francisco Lindor doesn't have it as easy with the fans here as he did in Cleveland.
But inevitably, this also put pressure on David Stearns, the club's president, who was booed en masse by fans this week.
On

The NFL is set to write a new chapter in its history in France.
For its very first game in Paris, the American football league has chosen a major figure in African music: Burna Boy. The Nigerian artist, a GRAMMY® Award winner, will perform during halftime at the game pitting the Pittsburgh Steelers against the New Orleans Saints.
The event is scheduled for Sunday, October 25, 2026, at 2:30 p.m. at the Stade de France. This game will be one of the highlights of an unprecedented international

I was at Saputo Stadium yesterday with a good friend, the guys from HFTV, and Nilton Jorge. It wasn't Montreal's best game, but in sports, dominance doesn't count. You have to score more than your opponent to win.
Yesterday, CF Montréal capitalized on nearly all of its scoring chances, while the Whitecaps were stymied by a Sebastian Breza at the top of his game.
CF Montréal will play in the Canadian Championship final on October 21 at Stade Saputo… against FC Supra Forge FC.

Andrew Scott is a very fine actor, no one doubts this. He has in Elsinore, a quasi-biopic of Scottish actor Ian Charleson, what should be the role of a lifetime. Certainly, Scott pours his heart and talent into his performance, but the film around him is so unimaginative and worse, borderline exploitative, that it sucks the verve out of Scott’s performance. Written by Stephen Beresford and directed by Simon Stone, Elsinore documents the end of Ian Charleson’s life, when he appeared i

As Sarah wrote in yesterday’s site open, Tom Cruise’s greatest role is that of “Tom Cruise”. She is right in saying that his GQ cover story, both in print and on video, is for all the gossip hounds. Pretty sure we’re all still screaming about it.Tom, as we know, is promoting Digger, opening on October 2. Press screenings are starting to happen over the next few days ahead of the world premiere in London on Tuesday. Matthew Belloni posted the early box office project

This morning at practice, we saw Martin St. Louis show his true colors.
As you've probably seen, Chris Kreider was with Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield on the team's top line. Was that a selling point to lure him to the city?
Juraj Slafkovsky, Ivan Demidov, and Oliver Kapanen were playing together.Martin St-Louis is already making his mark.Chris Kreider anchors the first line with Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield, while Juraj Slafkovsky plays with Ivan Demidov and Oliver Kapanen.
In the clip, Caufiel

Blake Snell joined the Los Angeles Dodgers before the 2025 season. After just two starts last year, he was placed on the injured list due to a shoulder injury and ended up missing four months of action. The left-hander then returned to action for nine regular-season starts and pitched an additional 34 innings in the playoffs
The following year, in 2026, Snellzilla began the season on the injured list due to shoulder inflammation that had been bothering him since the previous season.
The 33-year-