World juniors

Connor Bedard has 14 points to lead the tournament, and he's tied Jordan Eberle's national record of 14 career goals at the men's under-20 event.

“People get motivated in different ways,” he said. Canada enters the final day of Group A action with six points from three games. “First played with him at the under-18 tournament,” said defenceman Jack Matier. But right now my top priority is this tournament and helping the team. “Everyone loves scoring goals and being on the scoresheet,” Williams said. “Pretty hard worker,” Connor said of his father, whose birthday is Saturday. He wants to be better than he was last game. “He was the quiet kid. “There’s not exceptional status for the NHL. “His schedule’s probably tougher than most. “You don’t see that — ever.” “Very sudden,” Clarke said when asked his perspective following Friday’s practice.

Canada defeated Sweden 5-1 on the final day of the preliminary round at the World Junior Championship in Halifax on Saturday and will now face Slovakia in ...

Canadian centre Zack Ostapchuk was assessed a five-minute penalty and game misconduct for kneeing in the first period. Brennan Othmann extended Canada’s lead with his second goal of the game 35 seconds into the third period. "To have my name in the same sentence as him is crazy."

Connor Bedard had four assists to tie Eric Lindros for Canada's all-time points record at the world junior hockey championship as the tournament hosts ...

"They're big, they're fast, they're strong," said the New York Rangers prospect. "Just to have that support, it's been unreal, and tonight it was even better. "For a team that hadn't given up a lot of goals, it was good to get on them early and fast — keep the crowd involved. "It was everything I dreamed of," Milic said of playing for his country on New Year's Eve. "We were really good," Bedard said. "We grew up watching the world juniors as kids — watching the gold-medal game, New Year's Eve, Boxing Day." "Crazy," Othmann said. "That's how we want to play. "A hundred times better," Othmann said of his team's improvement since Monday. 31 victory on home soil in eight years, saw the hosts shot out of a cannon in front of an electric and well-lubricated crowd inside a sold-out Scotiabank Centre. "He's lighting this tournament up right now. "His confidence level, it's just through the roof right now.

After the conclusion of preliminary-round play on Saturday, the quarterfinals are locked in for Monday at the world junior hockey championship.

ET / 3:30 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. B3 Slovakia, 6:30 p.m. ET / 8 a.m. A4 Germany, 4 p.m. A3 Sweden, 11 a.m.

Minnesota freshman Jimmy Snuggerud had a goal and three assists and the United States beat Finland 6-2 on Saturday to win Group B in the world junior hockey ...

Rodwin Dionici, a defenseman for the Ontario Hockey League’s Niagara IceDogs, beat Adam Gajan in the 10th round of the tiebreaker. Also, Latvia and Austria will meet in a best-of-three relegation round. “Our puck management was great and we took another step forward against a good Finland team.”

Switzerland's Rodwin Dionicio played hero at the world junior hockey championship Saturday, earning his team a 4-3 shootout win over Slovakia.

Slovakia, with two wins and one overtime loss, is tied with Finland for the top spot in Group B. Regulation wins at the tournament are worth three points, overtime wins are worth two and overtime losses are worth one. Filip Mesar and Libor Nemec each contributed two helpers.

Connor Bedard's four assists Saturday put him level with Eric Lindros for the most career points by a Canadian player at the IIHF World Junior Championship.

MT Goaltender Tomas Suchanek (Tri-City Americans) made 18 save in goal, while Regina Pats defenceman Stanislav Svozil had one helper for the victors.

Nathan Eidse, dressed all in white (like his camera), is the man behind on-ice close-ups unlike any other in televised hockey.

“At Memorial Cup last year in Saint John, in the final game, one of the Hamilton players tossed a Gatorade onto the ice because he was angry after being scored on,” said Eidse. “He was on the ice, right in front of Connor, a shot that you will never see (elsewhere) ... He tries his best to stay out of the way. “I know they all have their rituals, within warm-ups and whatnot, and I try not to distract. It has also evolved: from just on-ice shots, to the beginning of a period, to what it is now: almost every stoppage in play. That may explain why he prefers to operate the camera while skating backwards. “The camera didn’t have a cover at that time, because the idea was fairly fresh. It gets to be challenging in a blowout type of game, and so that’s where I try and find new and creative ways of getting the bench celebration (from a different) angle.” [Skip Advertisement] But Gretzky was the one that said we need to cover the camera in white.” Other networks have used camera operators on the ice, but not camouflaged and not as frequently as TSN does for international hockey. [CFL coverage.](https://www.thestar.com/sports/football/cfl.html) “I’m not going to lie. It’s obviously a cool angle for the fans.”

Canada defeated Sweden 5-1 on the final day of the preliminary round at the World Junior Championship in Halifax on Saturday and will now face Slovakia in ...

Canadian centre Zack Ostapchuk was assessed a five-minute penalty and game misconduct for kneeing in the first period. Brennan Othmann extended Canada’s lead with his second goal of the game 35 seconds into the third period. "To have my name in the same sentence as him is crazy."

One of the most exciting days of the World Junior Hockey Championship always seems to be New Year's Eve. All four Winnipeg Jets prospects were in action, ...

Wagner didn't record any points, but will finish with two goals and four points in the four preliminary round games. He finishes the preliminary round with one goal in four games. Lucius' first period tally was his second of the tournament, and first since USA's tournament opener against Latvia on Boxing Day.