There were three blowouts on day five of the tournament but we did see Austria’s first goal of the tournament. A fun fact about the goal, it was scored by a player who was actually born in Belgium in Seena Peeters. Here is a recap of the three games […]
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World Juniors Recap: December 28th, 2020
Day four saw a goaltender performance for the ages and an inspirational win by an undermanned team. Here are the recaps for Sweden versus Austria and Germany versus Slovakia. News and Notes: Austrian defenceman Philipp Wimmer has been suspended two games for a late hit to the head of […]
World Juniors Recap: December 27th, 2020
There were three close games during day three of the World Juniors. Two favorites walked away with narrow victories while an underdog pulled off a massive upset against a tournament powerhouse. Here are the recaps from December 27th: News and Notes: Before Canada’s game, it was announced that defenceman […]
World Juniors Recap: December 26th, 2020
On day two of the tournament, we saw three blowouts. Each game had a team scoring at least seven goals, and the audience ends up feeling bad for the underdog. Here is a recap of the three games: News and Notes: Today’s games were depressing to watch at times […]
World Juniors Recap: December 25th, 2020
The 2021 World Juniors has officially started. On Christmas Day, six teams took to the ice in Edmonton and showed why this tournament is so exciting. We saw our first upset, a team battle adversity and stick with a tournament favourite, and a game that featured two high profile […]
2021 World Junior Preview
The World Juniors are set to get started on December 25th, 2020. Although there will be no fans in the stands, the excitement around the tournament is high. One change this year is there will be no relegation or promotion. This means the same 10 teams will be competing […]
Regina Pats and the World Juniors
The Pats have had a long history of sending players to the World Juniors. Their first two players played in the World under-twenty tournament back in 1975. The International Ice Hockey Federation did not recognize the tournament in their records until the 1977 tournament. The Pats do not have […]
World Junior Recap: December 23rd, 2020
Day two of the pre-tournament saw two exciting matchups. Canada took on Russia while the Czech battled Slovakia. Here were the results from Wednesday. Canada versus Russia: Canada was able to sneak out a 1-0 win over Russia in their pre-tournament game. It was not all good news as […]
World Junior Recap: December 22nd, 2020
The World Juniors are officially back. To start off we saw two pre-tournament games on Tuesday from the Edmonton bubble. Switzerland versus Austria and Finland versus the United States. As expected, there were a lot of penalties as teams are still getting used to playing to the IIHF rules […]
Simon Knak named Swiss captain for World Juniors
December 20, 2019, Simon Knak was informed that he had made the Swiss team headed to the 2020 World Junior Championship. Fast forward one year to December 20, 2020, and Simon Knak has found himself named Switzerland’s team captain for the 2021 World Junior Championships. The Portland winger has […]