Hockey

Blue-and-white skates to hockey gold in Bulgaria

Israel finished the 2026 IIHF World Championship Division II Group B with a flawless 5-0 record.

|ByITAY GODER
THE ISRAEL national team celebrates on the ice in Sofia, Bulgaria, after beating Iceland for the gold medal at the IIHF World Championship Division II Group B tournament over the weekend.
The US Capitol is shown on February 24, 2026 in Washington, DC. US President Donald Trump is scheduled to deliver the annual State of the Union address this evening before a joint session of Congress.

Yaron Lischinsky’s brother, Jewish hockey stars among guests at Trump’s State of the Union

Trump’s address is expected to tout the accomplishments of his second term in what he has said will be a “long speech” centering on the US economy.

|ByGRACE GILSON/JTA
Jack Hughes #86 and Quinn Hughes #43 of Team United States celebrate winning the gold medals after the team's 2-1 overtime victory in the Men's Gold Medal match between Canada and the United States in Milan, Italy, on February 22, 2026.

Jewish hockey star Jack Hughes’ overtime goal propels US to historic gold medal in Olympic hockey

The win broke a 46-year Olympic drought for Team USA, which had not taken gold since the famous “Miracle on Ice” team that upset the Soviet Union on its way to gold in 1980.

|ByJACOB GURVIS/JTA
Police stand outside the perimeter they created around the Dennis M Lynch Arena where a shooting occurred earlier today in Pawtucket, Rhode Island, on February 16, 2026. At least two people were killed and three wounded in a shooting at an ice rink in the northeastern US town of Pawtucket on Monday.

Shooting at Rhode Island youth hockey game leaves three people dead, three hospitalized

The gunman killed his wife and shot two of his children before turning the gun on himself. The shooter has also shot his third child, who is currently hospitalized.

|ByLARA SUKSTER MOSHEYOF

Israel's hockey team captain to play with the Polish Auschwitz team

Eliezer Sherbatov, 28, signed last week to the local team in Oswiecim, the Polish name for Auschwitz.

AUGUST 10, 2020ByPHILISSA CRAMER/JTA
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Award-winning hockey documentary ‘The Russian Five’ set for Israel premiere

A in-depth look at Stanley Cup-winning Detroit Red Wings Russian line of Fetisov, Fedorov, Konstantinov, Larionov and Kozlov

NOVEMBER 29, 2019ByJERUSALEM POST SPORTS STAFF
A 1996 file photo shows the Detroit Red Wings Russian line of (from left) Slava Fetisov, Sergei Fedorov, Vladimir Konstantinov, Igor Larionov and Vyacheslav Kozlov. The so-called ‘Russian Five’ are the subject of the hit documentary of the same name that will be premiering in Israel next week.

First Jewish player to be drafted No. 1 overall by the NHL

Jack Hughes, even at 18, is no stranger to making history. And now he’s done it again.

JUNE 26, 2019ByMARC BRODTSKY/JTA
Jun 21, 2019; Vancouver, BC, Canada; Jack Hughes puts on a team jersey after being selected as the number one overall pick to the New Jersey Devils in the first round of the 2019 NHL Draft at Rogers Arena.