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Hockey League to score 900 goals. 1762430454 2025-11-5 8574341aae6defe0cbe6289fcc64dd43f24a079e 10 National Hockey League ice hockey 2 /feed/2025/11/5/in-ice-hockey-washington-capitals-forward-alexander-ovechkin-becomes-the-first-player-in-national-hockey-league-history In ice hockey, Washington Capitals forward Alexander Ovechkin becomes the first player in National Hockey League history to score 900 goals. 2025-01-13 3324729f23471c98ba8fba498f6872faef4f4c72 /feed/2025/01/13/accuweather-releases-a-preliminary-estimate-of-the-total-physical-and-economic-loss-caused-by-the-ongoing-series-of-wild AccuWeather releases a preliminary estimate of the total physical and economic loss caused by the ongoing series of wildfires in Southern California of between US$250–275 billion, a figure attributed to exceptionally high property values in the vicinity of Santa Monica, which would surpass their estimated costs of the entire 2020 United States' wildfire season and of Hurricane Helene in 2024. 1736817414 2025-01-13 b195857b694c815c82b6f51ad00c95e4e64e2dab 15 US$ 1 /feed/2025/01/13/accuweather-releases-a-preliminary-estimate-of-the-total-physical-and-economic-losses-caused-by-the-ongoing-wildfires-in AccuWeather releases a preliminary estimate of the total physical and economic losses caused by the ongoing wildfires in Southern California of between $250–275 billion, a figure attributed to exceptionally high property values in and near Santa Monica, which would surpass their estimates of the costs of the entire 2020 United States wildfire season as well as Hurricane Helene in 2024. /feed/2026/08/28/in-ice-hockey-the-colorado-avalanche-sign-defenceman-and-alternate-captain-cale-makar-to-a-eight-year-extension-worth-u CBS Sports 28 76c8cf5ebede501ee0ec452caf62296da64dd707 8 https://www.cbssports.com/nhl/news/cale-makar-colorado-avalanche-contract-record/ 2026 ESPN 28 d2335cf05640f89ac8873559da59a766aa8e9503 8 https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/49756170/avalanc-makar-agrees-record-deal-worth-204-annually 2026 The Athletic'' via ''The New York Times 28 78d3c12b75a162b7ccc79bfdfcfdb69c60c17a78 8 https://www.nytimes.com/athletic/7546811/2026/08/28/cale-makar-contract-nhl-record/ 2026 In ice hockey, the Colorado Avalanche sign defenceman and alternate captain Cale Makar to a eight-year extension worth US$163.2 million, the largest contract in National Hockey League history. He is the first player to exceed past $20 million in average annual value.