Canada Wins Gold Medal at 2009 World Junior Championship
January 5, 2009 by Jeanne Dupuis
Filed under Events, Fan Fare, Scores
In our nation’s capital, Canada’s junior hockey team took home their fifth consecutive gold medal by beating Sweden 5-1 today at the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championships. It was an interesting and intense game as Team Canada kept their “drive for five” alive!
These are juniors we are talking about so I try to be nice and fair but Sweden’s goaltender, Markstrom, is a real drama queen. I think that the Canadians definitely had some questionable plays but his reactions to getting bumped, hit or even shot at were nothing short of ridiculous, at times.
Moving on… P.K. Subban opened …read more
Canada vs. Russia at World Junior Semifinals
January 3, 2009 by Jeanne Dupuis
Filed under Events, Fan Fare
Team Canada and Team Russia have advanced to the semifinals at the 2009 IIHF World Junior Championships in Ottawa, Ontario. This is the first truly exciting match-up for me at the tournament (I’m sure everyone is looking forward to it).
Last year Canada squared off against USA during the semifinals and Russia faced Sweden. Ultimately, the Canadians beat the Swedes in the Gold medal match with a final score of 3-2.
Watch it live on TSN, TSN HD and TSN.ca at 7pm et/4pm pt.
image: TSN
Shocker: Slovakia Eliminates United States!
January 3, 2009 by Jeanne Dupuis
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Team USA was shocked yesterday to be eliminated in a 5-3 loss against Slovakia. The Americans failed to even make the semifinals which is the first big surprise of this year’s tournament.
Slovakia will face Sweden in the semifinals today.
image: TSN
2009 World Junior Hockey Championship Schedule
December 23, 2008 by Jeanne Dupuis
Filed under Fan Fare, News, Schedule
The World Junior Championship begins this Friday. I love watching the tournament since so many of those standout players end up getting drafted into the NHL and sometimes turn into big stars like Sidney Crosby and Dion Phaneuf.
Anyway, here is the schedule for the games:
December 26, 2008 Germany-USA @ 3:30 Canada-Czech Republic @ 7:30
December 28, 2008 Kazakhstan-Canada @ 3:30 USA-Czech Republic @ 7:30
December 29, 2008 Germany-Canada @ 7:30
December 30, 2008 USA-Kazakhstan @ 7:30
December 31, 2008 …read more
