Ryan Dixon

Toronto

Senior Writer at Sportsnet Canada

Senior writer for Sportsnet.ca

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Takeaways: Tkachuk makes Panthers look whole again; Canes hold serve

2 days ago | sportsnet.ca | Ryan Dixon

The Florida Panthers are whole again. The final Game 1 of the playoffs’ first round doubled — as many expected it would — as Matthew Tkachuk’s return to the Panthers lineup after an extended injury absence. Facing a Tampa Bay Lightning team that contains some of the key Canadian players he was mixing it up with at the 4 Nations Face-Off when he injured his groin, Tkachuk wasted no time on Tuesday night adding to his already-incredible body of work in the playoffs.
Takeaways: Stars avoid disaster with OT win over Avalanche in Game 2

3 days ago | sportsnet.ca | Ryan Dixon

The Dallas Stars avoided disaster. After losing their eighth consecutive series-opening game on Saturday, the Stars were in real danger of falling behind 2-0 — with two home-ice losses, no less — to the Colorado Avalanche on Monday night in their first-round series. Instead, Dallas scratched out a third-period equalizer to get the game to overtime and Colin Blackwell came through with the extra-time winner to deliver a 4-3 victory the Stars desperately required.
Stanley Cup Playoffs Round 1 Preview: Jets vs. Blues

6 days ago | sportsnet.ca | Ryan Dixon

Congratulations to the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Winnipeg Jets on all their success. Their reward is facing a scorching-hot team that still has some Stanley Cup know-how on the roster from a title it won six years ago. Schenn vs. Schenn? 4 Nations Face-Off goalie rematch? This will be fun.
NHL Power Rankings: Can Jets meet the moment?

6 days ago | sportsnet.ca | Ryan Dixon

The NHL’s second season is second to none — especially the first two weeks. With all 82 in the books, 16 teams are chasing the 16 wins it takes to lift the Stanley Cup. With our first post-whistle scrum, first controversy and first f-words on the immediate horizon, we’re doing a bonus playoff edition of the power rankings on the eve of the post season.
Stanley Cup Playoffs Round 1 Preview: Jets vs. Blues

6 days ago | sportsnet.ca | Ryan Dixon

Congratulations to the Presidents’ Trophy-winning Winnipeg Jets on all their success. Their reward is facing a scorching-hot team that still has some Stanley Cup know-how on the roster from a title it won six years ago. Schenn vs. Schenn? 4 Nations Face-Off goalie rematch? This will be fun.
Stanley Cup Playoffs Round 1 Preview: Stars vs. Avalanche

1 week ago | sportsnet.ca | Ryan Dixon

Take a bow, hockey gods. The A-level plot of an opening-round series between the Dallas Stars and Colorado Avalanche is enough to sustain any hockey viewer. These are two top-level clubs with legitimate Stanley Cup aspirations clashing in a re-match of a 2024 second-round series. Throw in the best B-level plot of the first round, though, and you’ve got must-see action, regardless of whether you support either squad.
Capitals' speedy return to contender status worthy of league-wide envy

1 week ago | sportsnet.ca | Ryan Dixon

While NHL general managers always try to get the best of each other, there’s also, no doubt, a huge amount of camaraderie among the people who hold such taxing, pressure-filled positions. Yet it's still worth wondering if — when GMs gather for meetings in some warm, southern locale — they sometimes clink a glass with Washington Capitals general manager Chris Patrick and say, "Thanks for nothing, pal."In the last 10 months, the Capitals have set the bar impossibly high for a re-tool on the fly.
Weekend Takeaways: What's next for disappointing Canucks, Rangers?

1 week ago | sportsnet.ca | Ryan Dixon

Disappointment — perhaps even heartbreak — is on tap for some teams in this final week of the regular season, as a handful of clubs kick and scratch for the final three playoff seeds still available to the 2025 Stanley Cup Playoffs. But for two high-profile organizations that began the year with big aspirations, the soul-searching is already well underway. The New York Rangers lost 7-3 to the Carolina Hurricanes in Raleigh on Saturday to officially end any hope of a post-season appearance.
NHL Power Rankings: Looking at each team's Hart Trophy candidate

2 weeks ago | sportsnet.ca | Ryan Dixon

If you’ve been watching hockey all year — or making the quality decision to check out Sportsnet.ca a few times already this week — you’re well aware that the Hart Trophy talk is as wide open as it gets this season. Both me, and Sportsnet pal, Sonny Sachdeva, have written about a league MVP race that, with just a week to go in the campaign, could still go to any one of a handful or even half-dozen guys.
Weekend Takeaways: Hart Trophy still up for grabs in final two weeks of season

2 weeks ago | sportsnet.ca | Ryan Dixon

With about 10 days to go in the NHL season, we’re experiencing the rare Hart Trophy race where it feels like a half-dozen guys still have a shot at being named MVP. And, really, that number might even be seven players if a certain, recently crowned all-time goal-scoring king didn’t miss a month with a broken leg.