Hockey Gavin McKenna will suit up for Canada at the world junior hockey championship. Set to turn 17 next week, the star forward with the Western Hockey League’s Medicine Hat Tigers headlines the country’s 25-player roster for the annual tournament announced Friday. 5 of 7 eligible returnees from last year’sContinue Reading
Hockey Winnipeg Jets prospect Brayden Yager is one of Canada’s six returnees from the 2024 tournament in Sweden. 6 Canadians from 2024 world junior roster returning to Peter Anholt’s squad Joshua Clipperton · The Canadian Press · Posted: Dec 11, 2024 7:30 PM EST | Last Updated: 7 hours agoContinue Reading
Hockey Hockey Canada is inviting 32 players to the national junior team selection camp next week in Ottawa. Four goaltenders, 10 defencemen and 18 forwards are on the list for the four-day camp starting Dec. 10 at TD Place. Team opens this year’s tournament on Dec. 26 against Finland inContinue Reading
Hockey Hockey Canada’s provincial and territorial members elected Daniel Fontaine and re-elected Gillian Apps and Amanda Fowler to the national sports organization’s board for three-year terms Saturday. Announcement on the heels of a two-day summit in OttawaThe Canadian Press · Posted: Nov 16, 2024 3:28 PM EST | Last Updated:Continue Reading
Hockey Normand Hector is Thursday’s keynote speaker kicking off a two-day summit in Ottawa about unhealthy outcomes in hockey culture. The first Hockey Canada summit in Calgary in September 2023 tackled toxic masculinity in elite men’s hockey. Athletes can play hard and be respectful of differences, keynote speaker saysThe CanadianContinue Reading
Hockey Shea Weber is member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. The former defenceman headlined the 2024 class inducted Monday, joining Pavel Datsyuk, Jeremy Roenick, Natalie Darwitz and Krissy Wendell in the player category. David Poile and Colin Campbell entered as builders. Jeremy Roenick, Natalie Darwitz, Krissy Wendell also honouredContinue Reading
Hockey Pat McLaughlin is stepping down as Hockey Canada’s chief operating officer and executive vice-president of strategy, the governing body announced Monday. McLaughlin developed the organization’s most recent strategic planThe Canadian Press · Posted: Nov 11, 2024 2:30 PM EST | Last Updated: 7 hours ago Pat McLaughlin was theContinue Reading
Hockey Jocelyne Larocque scored less than 4 minutes into the game, Sarah Nurse added a goal midway through the first period and Canada cruised to a 4-1 win over the United States in Boston on Sunday to take a 2-1 lead in the five-game Rivalry Series. Fnal 2 games will beContinue Reading
Hockey Marie-Phillip Poulin scored the go-ahead goal and 17-year-old Chloe Primerano scored her first career goal to clinch a 2-0 shootout win for Team Canada to even the Rivalry Series with the US at a win apiece on Friday night. Chloe Primerano scores 1st career goal as Canada clinches 2-0Continue Reading
Hockey The NCAA Division 1 Council approved a rule Thursday allowing players with Canadian Hockey League experience to compete at U.S. colleges starting next season, a landmark decision that has the potential of shaking up the NHL’s two largest sources of developmental talent. CHL athletes formerly deemed pros since theyContinue Reading
