One image served as goalie Devon Levi’s driving force as he and the other Canadian players waited out quarantine in their hotel rooms — playing for gold at the world junior hockey championship. Now the image is coming into focus. After beating Russia 5-0 in semifinal action on Monday, Canada will look to defend its
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Team Canada is set to meet Team Russia at the first of two semifinal games at the world junior men’s hockey championship in Edmonton today. The winner will play in Tuesday night’s gold-medal game against the winner of the second semifinal matchup between Finland and the United States. The losers of both semifinal games will
Travis Green hopes the return of the NHL can bring a bit of normalcy to people’s lives that are still being impacted by COVID-19. “There has been a lot of uncertainty in everyone’s lives, but hockey brings back a little bit of normal for a lot of people,” said the Vancouver Canucks coach. The Canucks
CALGARY – Who will be the regular defensive partner of Flames captain Mark Giordano in a shortened season? It’s among many questions that need to be answered in a short Calgary Flames training camp that began Sunday. T.J. Brodie signing with the Toronto Maple Leafs in the off-season leaves Rasmus Andersson the prime candidate to
The sprint to the NHL’s 56-game finish line started in earnest Sunday. The seven teams that missed out on the league’s summer restart to a 2019-20 season brought to a screeching halt in March by the COVID-19 pandemic opened training camps Thursday ahead of the new campaign. The other 24 clubs, including six from Canada,
PITTSBURGH – The Pittsburgh Penguins are betting big on defenceman John Marino. The team signed the 23-year-old Marino to a six-year contract extension on Sunday that carries an average annual value of $4.4 million. The deal caps a meteoric rise for Marino, who was acquired from Edmonton in July 2019 in exchange for a sixth-round
The Pittsburgh Penguins signed defenceman John Marino to a six-year, $26.4 million US contract extension on Sunday. Marino, 23, is coming off a breakout rookie season, putting up 26 points (six goal, 20 assists) in 56 games – fourth best among rookie defenceman last season. “We are very fortunate to have a young, skilled defenceman like John in
Dylan Cozens has emerged as Captain Canada. Cozens, a Buffalo Sabres prospect, had a goal and an assist as Canada advanced to Monday’s semifinals with a 3-0 win over the Czech Republic. Bowen Byram and Connor McMichael, into an empty net, also scored in Canada’s toughest game yet at the world junior hockey championship in
Roni Hirvonen scored with 25 seconds remaining and Finland edged Sweden 3-2 in quarter-final action Saturday at the world junior hockey championship. Finland completed a comeback from a 2-0 first-period deficit with two goals in the game’s final 10 minutes. Henri Nikkanen and Anton Lundell also scored for the Finns. Lucas Raymond and Elmer Soderblom
EDMONTON – The International Ice Hockey Federation says there are no new cases of COVID-19 at the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton. The federation issued a statement Friday saying 9,629 tests have been conducted on players, staff and game officials at the tournament and the latest round of testing did not find any positive
According to multiple reports, the NHL is planning to stage a two-game “Outdoor Weekend” showcase at Lake Tahoe in Nevada during the 2020-21 season. The event will likely feature the Colorado Avalanche vs. the Vegas Golden Knights on Feb. 20, followed by the Boston Bruins vs. the Philadelphia Flyers on Feb. 21. During a challenging season,
It’s not easy, or lucrative, being a Hockey Hall of Fame-worthy veteran in the NHL these days. The pandemic and its effect on NHL revenue flow has helped force a salary-cap freeze at $81.5 million (U.S.) and, with it, a generally frugal approach to free agents, even those with definite Hall credentials. Age has a
Canada did the work to top its pool at the world junior men’s hockey championship and earn an advantageous quarterfinal matchup with the Czech Republic. However, Canada head coach Andre Tourigny said the Czechs finishing fourth in their pool doesn’t make them a pushover. “We need to remain humble,” the coach said Friday. Saturday’s other
EDMONTON – Dylan Cozens scored twice, Devon Levi made 18 saves and defending champion Canada beat Finland 4-1 on Thursday night to win Group A in the world junior hockey championship. Canada will face the Czech Republic on Saturday in the quarterfinals. Dylan Holloway and Peyton Krebs also scored to help Canada complete pool play
The federal government says it has issued an exemption to the mandatory 14-day quarantine period for NHL players and team staff to return to Canada for training camp under “national interest grounds.” However, the five provinces with NHL franchises must give their approval for games between Canadian teams to be played during the regular season,
Some words come to mind with how Canada has played through the first four games of the world junior hockey championship: Dominant. Superb. Commanding. But those words seem to fail to explain how good Canada has been through four victories in Edmonton’s Roger’s Place. Thursday’s result against Finland — an actual hockey power — was
Canada clinched first place in its pool and a quarter-final matchup against the Czech Republic with a 4-1 win over Finland at the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton on Thursday. Dylan Cozens scored twice, including an empty-net goal, for a Canadian team that went undefeated in four games in the preliminary round. Dylan Holloway
A generous schedule helped Canada both find its game legs and win three straight to start the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton. Time’s up for the host country to develop chemistry and hone its systems. Canada faces Finland on Thursday in a meeting of 3-0 teams in Pool A. Top seed in their pool