2020 World Juniors

Canadian Comeback: Canada takes gold at 2020 World Juniors

Jan 5, 2020 | 3:04pm

Team Canada has won gold at the 2020 World Junior Hockey Championship. After trailing Russia 3-1 near the halfway point of the third period, Canada climbed back to tie the game with goals from Connor McMichael and Barrett Hayton just two minutes apart from each other. With four minutes to go in regulation and tied […]

Playing for gold; Canada blanks Finland in World Jr semi-final

Jan 4, 2020 | 5:02pm

Canada was looking for payback. The national team got it, and then some, in a dominant wire-to-wire performance Saturday at the world junior hockey championship. The Canadians scored three times before their semifinal with Finland was four minutes old in cruising to a 5-0 victory that sets up a mouth-watering gold-medal showdown with Russia on […]

Canada to play for a medal at World Juniors

Jan 2, 2020 | 3:28pm

If there was even a shred of lingering doubt in Alexis Lafreniere’s mind about the health of his knee, he took care of it in short order. Having missed the last two games after crumpling to the ice and grabbing his left leg in agony last weekend, Canada’s star winger pasted an opponent into the […]

Boxing Day beauty; Canada beats USA to start 2020 World Juniors

Dec 26, 2019 | 6:03pm

Alexis Lafreniere scored seven seconds after the United States tied the game late in the third period as Canada beat its North American rival 6-4 on Thursday in the opener for both countries at the 2020 world junior hockey championship ALEXIS. LAFRENIERE. What else is there to say?! pic.twitter.com/tVyObK4fZw — TSN (@TSN_Sports) December 26, 2019 […]

Canada opens world juniors with tough test versus United States

Dec 26, 2019 | 10:00am

OSTRAVA, CZECH REPUBLIC — Canada eased into last year’s world junior hockey championship. The host country led its opener against Denmark 3-0 after the first period, 8-0 through two and pumped home six more over the final 20 minutes of a 14-0 romp. The 2020 curtain-raiser versus a familiar foe should provide a little more […]