Team Canada

Canada will have a new head coach on the bench at the 2023 World Juniors. Hockey Canada announced earlier this fall that Everett Silvertips head coach ...

Division of the WHL's Western Conference four out of five times and ended with the best regular-season record in Western Conference three times. The next year, he was an assistant with Canada's U18 team at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup. Williams was promoted to GM/coach ahead of the 2020-21 season. In 2010, Williams was hired by the Amarillo Bulls of the North American Hockey League as their next head coach. After three full seasons with Stratford, he advanced to college hockey, playing for Bowling Green State University in the NCAA. Hockey Canada announced earlier this fall that Everett Silvertips head coach Dennis Williams will be leading the way for the U20 junior team.

A popular holiday tradition kicked off at Halifax's Scotiabank Centre and Moncton's Avenir Centre Monday as fans piled in to watch the world juniors.

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Ben Gaudreau is hoping for good things tonight as he gets the start for Team Canada against Czechia in the opening game of the World Junior Hockey ...

During the gold medal game against Russia, Gaudreau turned aside 31 shots and was selected as the tournament’s top goaltender after posting a 5-0 record. Without Team Canada anointing a starter, Gaudreau who played no club hockey that year due to COVID-19 took over the net and led Canada to its first U18 gold at the event since 2013. Ben Gaudreau is hoping for good things tonight as he gets the start for Team Canada against Czechia in the opening game of the World Junior Hockey Championship taking place in Moncton and Halifax over the holidays.

Team Canada is set to defend their gold medal at this year's World Junior Hockey Tournament. The tournament runs this year from December 26 to January 5 in ...

“The 2023 World Juniors will be an unforgettable celebration of hockey across the Maritimes, and we cannot wait to drop the puck on Boxing Day,” said Dean McIntosh, vice-president of events and properties with Hockey Canada. The Scotiabank Centre in Halifax will host Group A, featuring Canada, Sweden, Czechia, Germany and Austria. They play in Halifax at 4:30 pm MST.

For hockey fans in New Brunswick, Christmas came a day late this year, with Monday marking the start of the 2023 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships.

Below each flag is the word coffee written in each country’s respective language. When it comes to the importance of Moncton’s success as a World Juniors co-host, Whalen said, “you win your next great event based on the success of this one.” He added that he’s confident Moncton can shine on the international stage. “(My husband) just decided to put the flags on of the teams that are gonna be playing around here, and it’s been a good turnout, we’ve heard good comments about it,” said Dany Levesque, the co-owner of La Factrie. “Not everybody is going to go in the hockey rink, and we want everybody in Moncton, Riverview, and Dieppe to be part of this, and we want the visitors in our community to feel welcome,” Whalen said ahead of the tournament’s first game. “People have a great passion to welcome the world and be part of events when they come to Moncton, so I wasn’t surprised.” “A chance to see World Junior hockey this close to home and this caliber of hockey is not something we get to see every day,” said fan Devon Judge.

Local athlete Brianna Prentice will be heading to England this summer to compete as part of Canadian National Ultimate Team.

It was pretty bad, but through a lot of rehab and core strength I was able to get back to playing,” she said. "I felt really proud of myself and thankful for the chance to get to represent Canada this coming summer.” With ultimate frisbee, a big part of it is the team," she said. That was really hard, but between then and now I have worked really hard. "It’s one of the only sports where you need two people to score a point. Since then, the Innisdale Secondary School grad has continued to hone her skills, having played on several teams at every level including in elementary and high school, where her teams were conference and national title winners, respectively.