Micheal Ferland of the NHL’s Calgary Flames is under observation for the mumps, according to an announcement made Sunday on the team’s twitter page. The Flames are the third NHL team to be affected by ...

The return of the mumps has caught some NHL players by surprise and they are counting on the league being better equipped to deal with the second such outbreak in a little over two years. The latest ...

The NHL has taken another step in light of the baffling mumps outbreak, sending out additional, more specific information about curtailing the disease and preventing further transmission. The league ...

PITTSBURGH -- Penguins center Sidney Crosby will sit out the next two games as a precaution, though general manager Jim Rutherford says it does not appear the star is dealing with mumps. Crosby will ...

Troy Stecher, a defenseman for the National Hockey League’s Vancouver Canucks, has been diagnosed with the mumps. Three other players on the team have displayed symptoms of the virus, according to a ...

NEW YORK — Once mumps invades a professional sports dressing room, it finds a fertile breeding ground and the NHL is finding that it is not easy to get rid of. Multiple players on multiple teams from ...

Penguins captain Sidney Crosby saw the picture. He couldn’t believe the size or shape of his face. “That’s not what I looked like before I went on the ice,” Crosby said of a screen shot that made it ...

NEWARK, NJ - NOVEMBER 28: Patrik Elias #26 of the New Jersey Devils plays the puck against the Detroit Red Wings during the game at the Prudential Center on November 28, 2014 in Newark, New Jersey.

The return of the mumps has caught some NHL players by surprise and they are counting on the league being better equipped to deal with the second such outbreak in a little over two years. “Well, it ...