Host Sharks see 3 named to All-Star Game

The Chicago Blackhawks will not re-sign goaltender Corey Crawford in free agency, parting with a key member of its Stanley Cup-winning core and potentially signaling a more extensive rebuild for one of the NHL’s marquee franchises. General manager Stan Bowman said he had a ”bit of an emotional” conversation with Crawford on Thursday. ”The message to Corey and to everyone else today is that we’ve decided that we’ve got some young goaltenders here in Chicago that we believe in,” Bowman said on a video conference call.

Belgium’s men broke new ground by winning Olympic hockey gold for the first time at the Tokyo Game while the Netherlands claimed a record fourth women’s title. There was also joy for India’s men, whose bronze was their first medal since the last of their eight golds in 1980. India’s women missed bronze by a whisker, finishing fourth.