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Michael DiPietro didn’t feel snubbed by Hockey Canada or let any disappointment linger when left off Canada’s 32-player world junior selection camp roster last December. The Windsor Spitfires goalie also doesn’t believe the decision fuelled an uptick in his play as he posted three shutouts in as many games during a road trip the week […]
Sean Burke doesn’t know where the three-foot-high, porcelain snowman trophy is hiding. Maybe one of his kids has it, or maybe it’s still in storage at his old lake house. The hardware’s whereabouts don’t really matter to the modest former goalie, because he still has the memories of surprising the powerful Soviet Union en route […]
There are so many players at Hockey Canada’s world junior championship selection camp that the ice was completely torn up after just one practice, with pucks bouncing over sticks and snow piling up against the goals. Head coach Dominique Ducharme put 32 of his charges through two practices on Tuesday, rotating through four goalies and […]
Canada’s world junior hockey selection camp is getting some NHL flavour. The Montreal Canadiens on Monday announced they were releasing defenceman Victor Mete to join the camp, which runs Tuesday through Friday in St. Catharines, Ont. “We’ve made the decision … to give him an opportunity to participate in a very beneficial experience for his development,” […]
[unable to retrieve full-text content] In this week’s episode, Rob looks at the most recent Team Canada roster going into the Channel One Cup in Moscow. He breaks down the six players who have one 1 game experience in the NHL, otherwise known as a “Cup of Coffee”. CBC | Sports News
OTTAWA — Hometown curling hero Rachel Homan walked down the tunnel Friday, past the blue curtains and out onto the ice for the first time in preparation for the Canadian Olympic curling trials. Upwards of 19,000 empty seats, bright lights and booming music cascaded down. Homan took a moment to breathe it all in. She grew up about 10 minutes from […]
Canadian speedskater Ted-Jan Bloemen wanted to challenge himself — and his rival. Feeling strong in the early stages, Bloemen decided to take a run at Dutch legend Sven Kramer in the men’s 5,000 metres Friday at the ISU World Cup stop at the Olympic Oval. The attack did not pay off. “Obviously, he came back […]
The 2018 Winter Paralympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea are officially 100 days away, and Canadian sports fans have plenty to look forward to in March. The Games run from March 9-18 and will be streamed on CBC Sports. Canada finished third in the medal standings at the 2014 Games in Sochi, earning 16 medals — […]
You have probably sat on your couch at home and marvelled. The mind-boggling speeds and incomparable heights Canada’s winter athletes reach in pursuit of Olympic gold can appear unfathomable. Most people can’t imagine hurdling down an icy mountain or strapping themselves to a snowboard, launching hundreds of feet into the air. It would simply be […]
Hockey Canada CEO Tom Renney has signed a letter asking the Kontinental Hockey League to allow its players to participate in the upcoming Winter Olympics, the organization confirmed to CBC Sports. The letter, reportedly sent together with “some European hockey associations,” comes a day after reports that the State Duma is assisting the KHL in […]
