Finland improved to 3-0 at the world junior hockey championship with a 6-0 win over Slovakia on Wednesday at Rogers Place. The win sets up a showdown with Canada (3-0) for first place in Group A on New Year’s Eve. Samuel Helenius scored two goals for Finland, while Santeri Hatakka, Kasper Simontaival, Topi Niemela and
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EDMONTON – Samuel Helenius scored twice, Kari Piiroinen made 12 saves and Finland beat Slovakia 6-0 on Wednesday to improve to 3-0 in group play in the world junior hockey championship. Finland set up a showdown with defending champion Canada, also 3-0, on Thursday night for first place in Group A. Germany and Slovakia also
Longtime Boston Bruins captain Zdeno Chara signed with the Washington Capitals on Wednesday, a stunning move less than a week before most NHL teams open training camp. Chara agreed to terms on a one-year contract worth $795,000 US. The 43-year-old defenceman posted on Instagram that the Bruins have decided to move forward with younger players. He
Watch out, Quinton Byfield has stepped up his game. The second overall pick in the NHL draft, who had been quiet offensively despite playing a sound game, scored twice and added four assists as Canada beat Switzerland 10-0 Tuesday night. Canada has won all three games so far at the world junior hockey tournament in
Chicago captain Jonathan Toews is sidelined indefinitely by an unidentified illness, he said Tuesday. “This off-season, I’ve been experiencing symptoms that have left me feeling drained and lethargic,” Toews said in a statement. “I am working with doctors so I can better understand my condition. Until I can get my health back to a place where
EDMONTON – Trevor Zegras had two goals and three assists, and the United States beat the Czech Republic 7-0 on Tuesday to clinch a spot in the quarterfinals of the world junior hockey championship. Bobby Brink had two goals for the U.S., and Spencer Knight made 22 saves. The Americans improved to 2-1 in Group
Quinton Byfield had two goals and four assists in Canada’s 10-0 win over Switzerland at the world junior men’s hockey championship Tuesday. Jakob Pelletier scored twice for Canada (3-0). Connor McMichael, Dylan Cozens, Philip Tomasino, Ryan Suzuki, Cole Perfetti and Kaiden Guhle also scored for the defending champions. Canadian goaltender Devon Levi posted a 15-save
EDMONTON – Mario Zimmerman scored a power-play goal four minutes into overtime, lifting Germany to a 4-3 win over Slovakia on Monday night in the world junior hockey championships. Tim Stutzle scored twice and the Ottawa Senators’ prospect helped set up Zimmerman’s goal that gave Germany its first win in the tournament. Florian Elias also
Devon Levi’s unexpected emergence as Canada’s starting goaltender fits with an unusual 2021 world junior hockey championship. Levi, from Dollard-des-Ormeaux, Que., is just the third goalie in the last 40 years of Canadian junior teams to not come from one of the country’s three major junior leagues. A Junior A star last season with the
EDMONTON – Sweden’s win streak remains alive after the team posted a 4-0 win over Austria at the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton on Monday. Carolina Hurricanes prospect Noel Gunler scored twice for the Swedes, who have 54 consecutive preliminary round victories in the annual tournament. Lucas Raymond, picked fourth overall by the Detroit
Brian Burke says the NHL and other professional sports leagues should vaccinate their players as soon as possible — partially to get people safely into arenas for games, but also for public outreach. “I’ve heard people in pro sports say, like if LeBron James gets the vaccine, that’s going to convince a whole lot of
So you wanted to see Canada play a tight game, did you? After taking some heat for running up the score against an undermanned German team in Saturday’s opener, Canada got all it could handle from Slovakia at the world junior hockey championship on Sunday at Edmonton’s Rogers Place. It looked for a while like
The Ottawa Senators have acquired defenceman Braydon Coburn, forward Cedric Paquette and a 2022 second-round draft pick from the Tampa Bay Lightning in exchange for forward Marian Gaborik and goaltender Anders Nilsson. The deal was announced Sunday night. Ottawa has added two veteran players for now and potentially one for the future in return for
EDMONTON – Philip Tomasino had a goal and an assist and Canada beat Slovakia 3-1 on Sunday night to improve to 2-0 in group play in the world junior hockey championship. Jordan Spence and Jack Quinn also scored, and Devon Levi made 17 saves on his 19th birthday. Martin Romiak scored for Slovakia in the
Philip Tomasino had a goal and an assist for Canada in a 3-1 win over Slovakia at the world junior men’s hockey championship on Sunday in Edmonton. Jack Quinn, with an empty-net goal, and Jordan Spence also scored for Canada (2-0) playing its second game in as many days to start the tournament. The host
GLENDALE, Ariz. – The Arizona Coyotes have traded veteran centre Derek Stepan to the Ottawa Senators for a second-round pick in the 2021 NHL draft. “On behalf of the entire Coyotes organization, I would like to thank Derek for everything he did for the Coyotes the past three seasons,” Coyotes GM Bill Armstrong said in
Following a wrist injury to captain Kirby Dach, denceman Bowen Byram and forward Dylan Cozens will act as co-captains for Canada at the world junior hockey championships in Edmonton. Dach suffered the tournament-ending injury during Canada’s exhibition win against Russia on Wednesday. Under International Ice Hockey Federation rules, one player must wear the ‘C’ during
EDMONTON – Sweden extended its win streak to 53 games in the preliminary round of the world junior hockey championship with a 7-1 win over the Czech Republic in the tournament opener for both teams on Saturday. Albin Sundsvik, Arvid Costmar, Emil Heieneman, Theodor Niederbach, Elmer Soderblom, Oscar Bjerselius and Noel Gunler scored for Sweden.