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EDMONTON—Mason McTavish is about as old school a hockey player you’re going to find in a 19-year-old. There he was, chasing history on a Thursday night with four goals, and not a single big celebration, unusual for his generation which coined the term “celly.” A lopsided victory — 11-1 over Slovakia — only had a

Mason McTavish didn’t have to pull on the Maple Leaf and play in an unusual summer world junior hockey championship. The 19-year-old forward will head back to the Anaheim Ducks next month, the NHL team where he put up a goal and two assists in nine appearances last season. Skipping an August tournament to focus

EDMONTON – Team Canada needed some time to shake off the rust as they embarked on a late-summer campaign for gold. Coming into their first game of the world junior hockey championship in Edmonton, many on the squad hadn’t laced up their skates for a competitive bout in several months. The time away showed at

It may have been because of his remarkable career in the NHL, but two-time Stanley Cup winner Brad Richards brought the focus of his induction into the P.E.I. Sports Hall of Fame back around to family Monday night. Richards won a Stanley Cup with the Tampa Bay Lightning in 2004, when he was awarded the Conn

EDMONTON—It should not be a surprise that it was Connor Bedard who got things going for Canada at the world junior hockey championship. That’s what he does as a burgeoning 17-year-old hockey phenom. But Latvia keeping things close — Canada won just 5-2 on Wednesday night — added a welcomed layer of intrigue at a

The Edmonton Oilers say they are mourning the death of Ben Stelter, a six-year-old boy with cancer whom the team rallied around during their run to the Western Conference final. Stelter’s father, Mike Stelter, said in a tweet that his son died Tuesday night. Ben Stelter was diagnosed with glioblastoma, a form of brain cancer,

EDMONTON—If any player could have been forgiven for skipping the summer edition of the world junior hockey championship, it’s Mason McTavish. After all, the 19-year-old two-way centre with the Hamilton Bulldogs has already scored his first NHL goal (as a member of the Anaheim Ducks), represented Canada in the 2022 Olympics, and played in the

Former Toronto Maple Leafs defenceman Börje Salming has been diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as ALS or Lou Gehrig’s disease, the team announced Wednesday. Salming, who played 16 seasons with the Leafs (1973-1989) and was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1996, said in a statement that he recognizes that there

NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Rangers have named defenseman Jacob Trouba captain. Rangers president and general manager Chris Drury announced the selection in a news release Tuesday morning, and the team held a news conference with Drury, Trouba and coach Gerard Gallant at the team’s practice facility in Greenburgh, New York, in the

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. The world was a different place in mid-December. The Omicron variant of COVID-19 had yet to truly make its presence felt. Russia had not yet invaded Ukraine. And chilling sexual

CALGARY – Toronto lawyer Andrea Skinner has been appointed interim chair of Hockey Canada’s board of directors. Skinner is the first woman to hold the position in the organization’s history. She takes over for Michael Brind’Amour, who resigned last week. Hockey Canada is under the public and governmental microscope for its handling of sexual assault

It was a special day for Ray Bennett, assistant coach with the NHL’s Colorado Avalanche, as he brought the Stanley Cup to his hometown of Innisfail, Alta.  On Monday, hundreds of local residents lined up outside the Innisfail Twin Arena to take a picture with the legendary hockey trophy, which the Avalanche won this year. 

EDMONTON – Canada scored three unanswered goals in the first period, including one on the power play, and went on to defeat Sweden 4-3 on Monday in the final exhibition tune-up before Tuesday’s start of the rescheduled 2022 World Junior Hockey Championship at Rogers Place. Nathan Gaucher, Mason McTavish, Kent Johnson and Joshua Roy scored

Hockey Canada has dropped a non-disclosure agreement with the complainant of a high-profile alleged group sexual assault in 2018 involving eight hockey players including some members of the world junior team, CBC News has learned.  The complainant’s lawyer Rob Talach says Hockey Canada approached his client on July 22 and asked if she wanted to be released

BOSTON (AP) — Boston Bruins captain Patrice Bergeron is coming back for another season. Almost three months after he left the ice without any certainty that he would return, the five-time Selke Trophy winner signed a one-year deal with the Bruins on Monday. It will pay him $2.5 million, with another possible $2.5 million in

Odd summer timing and an ongoing sexual assault scandal at Hockey Canada could be the reason thousands of tickets to the world junior championship are still available on the eve of the tournament, says an Edmonton professor. Prof. Dan Mason, who teaches in the faculty of kinesiology, sport, and recreation at the University of Alberta,

CALGARY – Canada added defenceman Ethan Del Mastro to the roster for the upcoming IIHF world junior hockey championships. Del Mastro recently played his third season with the Ontario Hockey League’s Mississauga Steelheads, where he served as captain and registered 48 points (seven goals, 41 assists) in 68 regular-season games. He helped Canada’s under-18 team

Canada added defenceman Ethan Del Mastro to the roster for the upcoming IIHF world junior hockey championship. Del Mastro recently played his third season with the Ontario Hockey League’s Mississauga Steelheads, where he served as captain and registered 48 points (seven goals, 41 assists) in 68 regular-season games. He helped Canada’s under-18 team to gold