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Canada’s Alex Newhook (15) scores a goal on Germany’s goalie Jonas Gahr (30) during second period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship action in Edmonton on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Canada steamrolls Germany 16-2 to open world junior hockey championship

Cozens nets a hat trick, three assists for defending champs

Canada’s Alex Newhook (15) scores a goal on Germany’s goalie Jonas Gahr (30) during second period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship action in Edmonton on Saturday, Dec. 26, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Canada’s Kirby Dach (7) is checked by Russia’s Ilya Safonov (24) during third period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship pre-competition action in Edmonton on Wednesday, December 23, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Canada blanks Russia 1-0 in world junior hockey tourney tuneup

Canadian captain Dach suffers injury

Canada’s Kirby Dach (7) is checked by Russia’s Ilya Safonov (24) during third period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship pre-competition action in Edmonton on Wednesday, December 23, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
Team Canada celebrates after defeating Russia in the gold medal game at the World Junior Hockey Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. The Canadian junior hockey team says it will resume its selection camp on Tuesday after completing a 14-day quarantine. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Canadian junior hockey team cuts players, resumes selection camp after quarantine

Canada’s camp was suspended after two players and one staff member tested positive for COVID-19

Team Canada celebrates after defeating Russia in the gold medal game at the World Junior Hockey Championships in Ostrava, Czech Republic, Sunday, Jan. 5, 2020. The Canadian junior hockey team says it will resume its selection camp on Tuesday after completing a 14-day quarantine. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Lanny McDonald, chair of the Hockey Hall of Fame, left, awards 2017 inductee Paul Kariya with a ring during a press conference in Toronto, on Friday, November 10, 2017. The Hockey Hall of Fame announced Friday there will be no new inductees in 2021, and the class of 2020 will be honoured in a ceremony that year instead. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov

No class of 2021 for Hockey Hall of Fame, will have ceremony for 2020 class instead

Hockey Hall of Fame board of directors made the decision in a Thursday teleconference

Lanny McDonald, chair of the Hockey Hall of Fame, left, awards 2017 inductee Paul Kariya with a ring during a press conference in Toronto, on Friday, November 10, 2017. The Hockey Hall of Fame announced Friday there will be no new inductees in 2021, and the class of 2020 will be honoured in a ceremony that year instead. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christopher Katsarov
Players battle for the puck during the Ice Hockey World Championships Group A match between Russia and Denmark, in Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, May 12, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Ivan Sekretarev

Hockey Canada still holding out hope that Lafreniere can play in world juniors

Chicago Blackhawks centre Kirby Dach was loaned to Canada and will be part of the 47-player selection camp

Players battle for the puck during the Ice Hockey World Championships Group A match between Russia and Denmark, in Moscow, Russia, on Thursday, May 12, 2016. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP, Ivan Sekretarev
Tampa Bay Lightning centre Steven Stamkos (91) hoists the Stanley Cup after defeating the Dallas Stars in Edmonton on Monday, September 28, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson

Lightning strike: Tampa Bay blanks Dallas 2-0 to win Stanley Cup

Hedman wins Conn Smythe Trophy as playoff MVP

Tampa Bay Lightning centre Steven Stamkos (91) hoists the Stanley Cup after defeating the Dallas Stars in Edmonton on Monday, September 28, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
ormer NHL coach Mike Babcock joins Vermont as adviser to coaching staff

ormer NHL coach Mike Babcock joins Vermont as adviser to coaching staff

ormer NHL coach Mike Babcock joins Vermont as adviser to coaching staff

ormer NHL coach Mike Babcock joins Vermont as adviser to coaching staff
NHL players won’t have any contact with the general public when the season resumes in August, in a July 13, 2020 story. (Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS)

As postponed NHL season resumes, some fans say the lure of parties will be strong

Return-to-play plan ratified

NHL players won’t have any contact with the general public when the season resumes in August, in a July 13, 2020 story. (Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS)
Vancouver Island junior hockey team will change name to respect First Nations

Vancouver Island junior hockey team will change name to respect First Nations

Vancouver Island junior hockey team will change name to respect First Nations

Vancouver Island junior hockey team will change name to respect First Nations

Hockey Canada cancels 2020 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge

Hockey Canada cancels 2020 World Under-17 Hockey Challenge

In this file photo physiotherapists help Ryan Straschnitzki perform standing exercises following his epidural implant surgery at World Health Hospital in Nonthaburi, Thailand on Dec. 6, 2019. (File photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS)

‘A work in progress’: Injured Broncos player continues rehab after lockdown

Ryan Straschnitzki waits for rinks to reopen

In this file photo physiotherapists help Ryan Straschnitzki perform standing exercises following his epidural implant surgery at World Health Hospital in Nonthaburi, Thailand on Dec. 6, 2019. (File photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS)
Flames icon Jarome Iginla headlines Hockey Hall of Fame’s 2020 class

Flames icon Jarome Iginla headlines Hockey Hall of Fame’s 2020 class

Flames icon Jarome Iginla headlines Hockey Hall of Fame’s 2020 class

Flames icon Jarome Iginla headlines Hockey Hall of Fame’s 2020 class
Andrij Olesiuk was found guilty in January of fraud under $5,000 and possession of stolen property obtained by crime, in a June 24, 2020 story. (Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Man who set up fake Humboldt Broncos fundraiser gets 14-month jail sentence

GoFundMe reimbursed donors to fake account

Andrij Olesiuk was found guilty in January of fraud under $5,000 and possession of stolen property obtained by crime, in a June 24, 2020 story. (Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Canadian junior hockey team invites 41 players to development camp

Canadian junior hockey team invites 41 players to development camp

Toronto women wrestle with hard hockey choice, PWHPA shifts away from one league

Toronto women wrestle with hard hockey choice, PWHPA shifts away from one league

Sens’ Ryan, Habs’ Weber, Oilers’ McDavid among Masterton nominees

Sens’ Ryan, Habs’ Weber, Oilers’ McDavid among Masterton nominees

Sens’ Ryan, Habs’ Weber, Oilers’ McDavid among Masterton nominees

Sens’ Ryan, Habs’ Weber, Oilers’ McDavid among Masterton nominees
Calgary Flames prospect Dustin Wolf named CHL goaltender of the year

Calgary Flames prospect Dustin Wolf named CHL goaltender of the year

Calgary Flames prospect Dustin Wolf named CHL goaltender of the year

Calgary Flames prospect Dustin Wolf named CHL goaltender of the year
Current, former NHL players form Hockey Diversity Alliance

Current, former NHL players form Hockey Diversity Alliance

Current, former NHL players form Hockey Diversity Alliance

Current, former NHL players form Hockey Diversity Alliance
Two-time Olympic gold medallist Haley Irwin retires from national hockey team

Two-time Olympic gold medallist Haley Irwin retires from national hockey team

Two-time Olympic gold medallist Haley Irwin retires from national hockey team

Two-time Olympic gold medallist Haley Irwin retires from national hockey team
A new survey found 47 per cent of respondents thought it wasn’t important that the puck drop in a Canadian arena, in a June 2, 2020 story. (Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS)

Canadians seem OK with possibly being benched as playoff venue: survey

47 per cent thought it wasn’t important

A new survey found 47 per cent of respondents thought it wasn’t important that the puck drop in a Canadian arena, in a June 2, 2020 story. (Photo by THE CANADIAN PRESS)