MONTREAL — The drive from the Stoney Creek Costco outside Hamilton to the Bell Centre is about six hours, without traffic. Simona Xhekaj was supposed to work at that Costco on Tuesday morning. She was ...

BROSSARD, Que. — The edges of Florian Xhekaj’s rugged character were sharpened in a hospital bed, in San Sebastian, Spain, where he lay battling for his 14-year-old life. You think the fight the ...

Since the start of practice camp, there’s been a lot of talk in Montreal about the Xhekaj brothers. While Arber looks like a transformed defenseman, Florian has the knife between his teeth and looks ...

The Xhekaj family story is one of the best feel-good, "got it out of the mud" stories across the NHL. Arber, the elder Xhekaj brother, made the Canadiens roster as an undrafted player and then ...