World Juniors 2023

From current NHL players to potential draft picks, the games will be littered with draft selections from the last two draft classes, as well as a handful of ...

The University of Michigan freshman is expected to be a top-three selection at the 2023 draft and is getting his first crack at the World Juniors. The Everett Silvertips defenseman was stellar on Canada's blue line in the summer, tying McTavish for the tournament lead in assists (11), finishing third at the tournament in points (11) and ending with the best plus-minus rating out of anyone (+14). There are a few 2023 draft-eligible prospects who will be in attendance at the 2023 World Juniors. A loan to Team Canada for the World Juniors might just be one of the best things for Wright. The 2022 first-round pick from the Predators only trailed Mason McTavish in points at the August tournament, as Kemell registered 12 en route to a silver medal. 1 pick in the 2022 draft, he fell to the Kraken at No. With Seattle, he has struggled to become a regular in their lineup and recently finished a conditioning stint in the AHL. 6 pick from 2022 will resume his role as the top defenseman for the team after helping Czechia to a fourth-place finish in August. Slovakia was battered in the summer with a number of their top talents forgoing the 2022 games in favor of preparing for NHL training camps. No team is returning more players from the 2022 games than Czechia is at the 2023 World Juniors. The 2023 World Juniors begin on Boxing Day in the Maritimes, as the best U20 players from around the world gather for 11 days of competition. Bedard was a top-line winger for the majority of the 2022 games and should return to that role, despite being a natural center.

Here are the top 10 scoring leaders in the tournament. Last updated: Monday, Dec. 26, 3 p.m. ET ...

For nine other nations, the hope is that it's them. And recent history certainly favours them; no team has won back-to-back gold medals since 2009 when Canada's ...

The Pats d-man has 32 assists this year already, one more than he achieved a season ago in a staggering 31 fewer games. Named Mooseheads captain before the start of the 2022-23 season, Biasca has 27 points (nine goals) in 28 games. As one of numerous returnees, Czechia will be seeking to medal. With 43 points, Honzek sits second in CHL rookie scoring. In fact, coupled with Canada, one of those four nations have won the last 11 events. However, the storylines don’t stop there: can Latvia repeat its shock performance at the 2022 World Juniors when they reached the quarterfinals?

The World Junior Championship (WJC) gets underway on Boxing Day, Dec 26, and with it, the annual tradition of gathering with family and friends to watch the ...

Blain has taken the lessons on integrity, ethics, values and honesty that he has learned as a 29 year veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces and applied them to his work as a journalist with the goal to be a trusted source of information and entertainment. Czechia has a well-coached and well-structured team that can play a defensive style and keep the score low, but they do need to find consistency if they hope for that style to pay dividends. He has made appearances on various television and radio stations as well as podcasts to discuss the Canadiens, and the NHL. Now they will need to continue that solid play throughout the tournament if they want to advance past the Quarterfinals. The 2023 WJC does have the potential to provide fans with a fairy tale ending, but Canadian fans would rather see the hometown team repeat as champions. The key to their success will rely on the play of their 6-foot-4, 19-year-old goaltender Nikita Quapp, a sixth-round pick of the Carolina Hurricanes. They have all the pieces necessary to be able to become a Cinderella team. The expectations they place on themselves to be more than just participants is real, yet, without any star to lead them, they will rely on structure to compete. We’re too busy with practices and game to get wrapped up in that stuff.”– Connor Bedard (on the pressure to perform in his draft year ) Their performance in the opening game versus Sweden, where they were crushed 11-0, makes them look as though they will become the ugly step-sister and not Cinderella. Players, especially in Canada, set aside the pressures of their club teams and their draft aspirations as they focus on simply playing: As the defending gold medal champions, it is hard not to put them in that category.

A few months ago when the 2022 World Junior Championship was played, Team Czechia pulled off an upset of the United States in the quarter-finals, going on to ...

Right Wing Left Wing Expect to hear his name a lot during the broadcast as he spends the majority of his time in the offensive zone.

Germany and Slovakia will each play their first game of the tournament while six other teams will get back to work immediately. Day 2 schedule: Finland vs.

Austria is available on TSN 1/4. Shawinigan’s Lorenzo Canonica also scored for Switzerland as they seek a quarterfinal berth for the second straight year. Switzerland will look to win its second straight after their 3-2 win over Finland in the tournament’s first game as they face Latvia in Moncton. They start their campaign in Tuesday’s opener against Finland, who suffered a shock overtime loss to Switzerland Monday. Slovakia — 11 a.m. ET / 8 a.m.

Ten teams are in Moncton, N.B. and Halifax, N.S. to battle it out on the international scene for the right to be crowned World Juniors champions. It's also an ...

4 Switzerland 4, Slovakia 3 (SO) Slovakia 3, Latvia 0 Canada 11, Austria 0 Finland 3, Latvia 0 Slovakia 6, USA 3 Czechia 9, Austria 0 Sweden 1, Germany 0 Sweden 11, Austria 0 3 0 1