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EDMONTON – Canada has a chance to win gold at the world junior hockey championship today. The undefeated Canadians will take on 5-and-1 Finland in tonight’s final. Canada took a decisive 5-2 victory over Czechia, the country commonly known as the Czech Republic, in Friday’s semifinals while Finland blanked Sweden 1-0. Czechia and Sweden will

Nazem Kadri said the Calgary Flames expressed interest the moment he became an unrestricted free agent, but it was an “elaborate process” before he finally signed on the dotted line on Thursday. “The patience definitely did me some good,” Kadri told reporters in a Zoom call Friday. “There were some decisions to be made.” The

EDMONTON—It has been 13 months since captain Mason McTavish, goalie Dylan Garand and the rest of the best teenage hockey players in Canada first gathered to try to earn a spot in the world junior championship. Much has happened since: a winter tournament cancelled due to the COVID pandemic; a roster reassembled and remade; the

Canadian goalie Dylan Garand has long been awaiting this golden opportunity. More than 18 months after losing to the U.S. in the finals at the 2021 world junior hockey championship, he once again has a chance to help Canada capture the tournament’s top prize. “It’s exciting to be at this moment now. But the hardest

BUFFALO, N.Y. (AP) — While his players and staff jetted to Denmark in preparation for the women’s world hockey championships, U.S. coach John Wroblewski was left behind in Buffalo, where he is essentially climbing the walls of his hotel room waiting to join them. “They brought me some resistance bands the other day so I

This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. Last night’s 6-3 win over Switzerland advanced Canada to the semifinals of the rescheduled 2022 world junior hockey championship in Edmonton. Though they were a bit sloppy at times against a clearly

As Plan Bs go, this isn’t bad. Remember, Plan A in Calgary was to give Johnny Gaudreau the keys to the Flames vault and to lock up 24-year-old power forward Matthew Tkachuk to a long-term contract. Sean Monahan? That was a problem of a former core player becoming a seemingly deteriorating asset. Those types of

Montreal Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes says news of Carey Price’s knee is “discouraging” and that the star goaltender may not play this coming season. Speaking to reporters after the Canadiens acquired forward Sean Monahan in a trade with Calgary, Hughes said it was unlikely that Price would be able to return without first undergoing

EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Petr Hauser and Matyas Sapovaliv scored in a 3:11 span of the second period and the Czech Republic upset the United States 4-2 on Wednesday night in the world junior hockey quarterfinals. The defending champion United States dropped out after going 4-0 and never trailing in round-robin play. “These games are

WARNING: This article contains details of suicide A new study from a group of University of British Columbia researchers takes a deep dive into the pressures professional men’s hockey players feel to stay silent despite serious personal problems. The study, published last month in the journal Qualitative Research in Sport, Exercise and Health, involved in-depth

EDMONTON—Whether it’s summertime or wintertime, Canada is doing what Canada is supposed to at the world junior hockey championship: win games, advance, and play for a medal. “A crack at winning a medal would be awesome, and obviously we’re striving for gold,” said forward Logan Stankoven. “It’ll be nice to play in the semifinals.” Stankoven,

Canada’s Logan Stankoven is used to putting pucks in the back of the net, but scoring hasn’t come easily at the world junior hockey championship. He buried a pair of chances on Wednesday, though, helping Canada to a 6-3 quarterfinals win over Switzerland. “It’s harder than I thought, for sure,” said Stankoven, a Kamloops Blazers

CHICAGO (AP) — The Chicago Blackhawks have agreed to a one-year contract with Jack Johnson after the veteran defenseman helped Colorado win the Stanley Cup last season. The rebuilding Blackhawks announced the deal on Wednesday. Johnson’s contract carries a $950,000 hit for the salary cap. “Jack provides the team with a strong veteran presence, good

Empty seats have been a staple at the unusual world junior hockey championship in Edmonton this month — and Hockey Canada says scandals surrounding the organization are, in part, holding fans back. While the tournament usually sees thousands of avid hockey lovers turn out for each game, the average attendance for the tournament’s 20 preliminary

EDMONTON—Dylan Garand was seven when he first tried out as a goalie. “I remember on initiation day where we all take turns, and it was my turn,” Garand says. “And obviously back then, guys couldn’t really raise the puck off the ice. But this one guy shot it, and he got it off the ice,

This is an excerpt from The Buzzer, which is CBC Sports’ daily email newsletter. Stay up to speed on what’s happening in sports by subscribing here. This year’s world junior hockey championship has been a strange one, to say the least. Originally set in its traditional Christmas time slot, the tournament was scrapped after just a

EDMONTON—They say a human takes less than four-hundredths of a second to blink. Connor Bedard’s shot is probably faster than that. So it seemed Monday night in Canada’s 6-3 win over Finland to wrap up round-robin play at the world junior hockey championship. Blink and you missed how quickly Bedard’s shot from the half-boards got

Ridly Greig was a little banged up after helping Canada to a big win at the world junior hockey championship on Monday. Not only did the Ottawa Senators’ prospect score and contribute an assist in the 6-3 victory over Finland, he blocked some big shots when the Canadians ran into third-period penalty trouble. “Whatever it