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Canada has won the world junior hockey championship. Tyler Steenbergen scored the winner with just 1:40 to play in regulation as the Canadians downed Sweden 3-1 on Friday in the gold-medal game in Buffalo. It’s Canada’s first title since 2015. Dillon Dube and Alex Formenton, into an empty net, also scored for Canada. Carter Hart […]
Drake Batherson scored twice as Canada earned an 8-2 quarter-final win over Switzerland on Tuesday at the world junior hockey championship. Canada will face the Czech Republic in semifinal action Thursday. The Czechs advanced with a 4-3 quarter-final shootout win over Finland. The Canadians beat the Czech Republic 9-0 on Dec. 20 in a pre-tournament […]
Canadian captain Dillon Dube couldn’t believe what he was hearing. Swiss head coach Christian Wohlwend was virtually raising the white flag of surrender, saying Switzerland expects to be dominated by Canada in Tuesday’s quarter-final at the world junior hockey championship. “They’re faster, they’re bigger, they’re stronger, they can shoot better, they can pass better, they […]
Kieffer Bellows and Brady Tkachuk scored in the shootout as the United States beat Canada 4-3 on Friday in the first outdoor game in world junior hockey championship history. Weather played a major factor in the game held at New Era Field, the home of the NFL’s Buffalo Bills, as a constant snowfall slowed down […]
A 30-minute practice was enough to convince Canadian defenceman Dante Fabbro that there’s no way to prepare for the cold of an outdoor hockey game. “I don’t think there’s any strategy for staying warm out there, it’s pretty cold,” Fabbro said after a skate on the rink at NewEra Field, eyeblack still on his cheeks. […]
The Slovakian skaters swarmed goaltender Roman Durny to celebrate on the ice after upsetting the United States at the world junior hockey championship on Thursday. “It’s like winning a medal,” forward Marian Studenic said. “It’s a big win for us. We’re a small state and this is an honourable feeling.” Samuel Bucek lifts Slovakia to […]
Sometime during Canada’s 6-0 rout of Slovakia Jordan Kyrou realized that he and his teammates had made a mistake. They had picked the wrong song to celebrate goals to at the world junior hockey championship. After every goal “Hey Baby” by DJ Otzi blasted over the loudspeakers at KeyBank Center, sometimes twice, as replays of […]
Canadian goalkeeper Carter Hart appreciated the effort from his teammate Cal Foote in the third period. With the outcome still in doubt, one of the few pucks to get behind Hart was slowly sliding its way to the goal line when Foote dove and swept the puck out of harm’s way with his left hand […]
Canada has more than one score to settle. The United States has a title to defend. And don’t discount Sweden. The 10-nation World Junior hockey championship tournament opens in Buffalo on Tuesday with numerous subplots. The most notable involves the question of whether parity is finally catching up to the Canadians. Bring it on, says […]
A year ago, Canadian junior team goalie Carter Hart sat on his duff in his crease at Montreal’s Bell Centre as he was being consoled by backup Connor Ingram. Hart was in disbelief. The native of Sherwood Park, Alta., and his Canadian teammates had built a 4-2 lead early in the third period of the […]
