Hockey·Preview Canada and the United States will face off on Tuesday night as the rivals meet again in the world junior hockey championship at what should be an electric Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa. ‘Something you dream of as a kid,’ says Canadian forward Easton Cowan Joshua Clipperton · TheContinue Reading
Hockey·ROUNDUP Maxim Strbak scored two minutes 55 seconds into overtime as Slovakia posted a wild 5-4 win over Kazakhstan on Monday at the world junior hockey championship in Ottawa. Latvia also secures quarterfinal berth after defeating Germany in OTThe Canadian Press · Posted: Dec 30, 2024 6:20 PM EST |Continue Reading
Hockey Canada was denied a chance at its first Spengler Cup title since 2019 after dropping a 4-2 decision to Germany’s Straubing Tigers in semifinal action on Monday in Davos, Switzerland. Daniel Carr’s 2-goal performance not enough to send Canadians to final in SwitzerlandThe Canadian Press · Posted: Dec 30,Continue Reading
Hockey Canada got back in the win column at the world junior hockey championship. It wasn’t pretty. Oliver Bonk, Caden Price and Mathieu Cataford, into the empty net, scored as the wobbly host country picked up an unconvincing 3-0 victory over Germany on Sunday. Canadians return for final round-robin gameContinue Reading
Hockey·ROUNDUP Tom Willander scored twice and added an assist to lead Sweden to a 7-5 win over Switzerland on Sunday afternoon at the world junior hockey championship. Finland tops U.S. in OT; Czechs double up on SlovakiaThe Canadian Press · Posted: Dec 29, 2024 4:21 PM EST | Last Updated:Continue Reading
Hockey Canada was embarrassed on home soil 3-2 by Latvia — a country it had thumped by a combined 41-4 score across four previous meetings — in a shocking shootout Friday. Forward Easton Cowan says Canada remains confident despite shootout stunner Joshua Clipperton · The Canadian Press · Posted: DecContinue Reading
Hockey Canadian defenceman Matthew Schaefer will miss the rest of the world junior hockey championship. Schaefer was injured early in the first period of Canada’s 3-2 shootout loss to Latvia last night after he crashed into the net. 17-year-old appeared to hurt left shoulder after crashing into net in LatviaContinue Reading
Hockey·Roundup Latvia shocks Canadian team with late comeback, with Eriks Mateiko scoring the only goal of the shootout. Latvia shocks Canadian team with late comeback, with Eriks Mateiko scoring the only goal of the shootout Joshua Clipperton · The Canadian Press · Posted: Dec 27, 2024 11:27 PM EST |Continue Reading
Hockey·ROUNDUP After being blanked 4-0 by host Canada the night before, Finland bounced back with a gritty 3-1 win over Germany during Friday’s second day of competition at the World Junior Hockey Championship in Ottawa. Canadians taking on Latvia; Slovakia edges Switzerland; Sweden improves to 2-0The Canadian Press · Posted:Continue Reading
Gavin McKenna used to gather around the television with his family on Boxing Day. Carter George did the same thousands of kilometres away. Both dreamt of pulling on the red Maple Leaf at the world junior hockey championship. The real thing was even better. McKenna scored late in the firstContinue Reading
