The last time I wrote a World Junior Hockey Championship game recap without Canada winning the gold medal was January 5, 2004.  I titled that entry "Silver Sucks". Since then, we've won five straight gold medals and silver still sucks.  Tonight we lost, but not before coming back from a

Canada, your junior team needs you.  It's 2-2 in our gold medal game against the USA, after one period.  We're gunning for #6 in a row. Come on CANADA!

I think we all had Russia pencilled in as our semi-final opponent today, but somehow Switzerland upset Russia and had the pleasure of taking us on. No problemovitch.  It was a fairly easy victory for Team Canada as we earned a berth in our 9th World Junior Hockey Championship final

In our first three games of this tournament, we've outscored our opponents 30-2.  That's a serious goal differential margin, but goal differential isn't going to matter.  It's all going to come down to whether we beat the USA tomorrow night as to whether we get a bye to the semi-finals

It took me a while to get used to the fact the red and white team was the enemy and we were wearing green.  Once I successfully overcame my natural instinct to cheer on the red and white, I enjoyed another overwhelming victory for Team Canada as we remained unbeaten

Watching this afternoon's 16-0 Team Canada victory over Latvia, I had a déjà vu moment.  At about this time last year, I sat down and watched Canada defeat Kazakhstan 15-0.  In my recap of the game, I wrote "there's no glory in crushing a lesser-light". I'm going to copy and

I love the world junior hockey championship.  This year, it's in Regina, and it all gets underway December 26. We've won five in a row, and we're still hungry for more. I'll be focusing on a certain forward named Nazem Kadri.  Here's the 22-man roster. Player  Age  Ht.  Wt.  2009-10

37 years ago today, on September 28, 1972, "The Goal" was scored.  There was only 34 seconds left in the eighth and final game of the Summit Series, and only a win would allow Canada to lay claim to victory in the series against the USSR.  32 years ago today,

Canada has its fifth World Junior Championship gold medal in a row.  I love this tournament and have watched faithfully for as long as I can remember, but I don't recall a tournament as exciting as this one. First there was that New Year's game against the USA.  Down by

I had given up.  There simply wasn't enough time on the clock for us to come back.  The Russians had us, we were playing Slovakia for bronze.  And then, with 5.4 seconds left in the third period, Jordan Eberle scored. That scream you heard when Eberle scored was me.

Down 3-0 early, things were looking grim.  Then, John Tavares took over, scoring two goals in a span of 48 seconds to bring us back.  Heck, even his third goal of the net, an empty netter, was something special.  He picked up the puck at the U.S. blue-line, held

We're only through two periods and I'm already exhausted. Tonight's Canada-USA hockey game has included a furious comeback by the good guys, amazing saves, tremendous action and glimpses of greatness from The Next One. This is gonna be one helluva finish...

There are 5-1 games and then there are 5-1 games.  I watched this entire contest, and it was far closer than the score would make it appear.  German goaltender Philipp Grubauer made 44 saves on 49 shots. Wednesday's final game between Canada and the U.S. is a biggie, with

There's no glory in crushing a lesser-light.  It's the easiest shutout Chet Pickard will ever record. Looking ahead, we have a tougher task with the United States on New Years' Eve, with the winner securing a bye to the semi-finals. We'll consider today's game a light practice in preparation for

Sure, the Leafs lost to the last place Islanders, but did you see John "The Next One" Tavares lead the charge for Canada with two goals and an assist?  Even more telling, did you see how he opted to pass the puck to Angelo Esposito instead of scoring a natural

It doesn't get any better than this.  The IIHF Under-20 world junior hockey championship is a tournament I look forward to every year and it never fails to deliver.  It all starts tonight at 7:30 when Canada takes on the Czech Republic in Ottawa. We went 3-0 in pre-competition

A few years ago, I live blogged a Canada ~ Russia World Junior Hockey Championship game and it was a lot of fun.  We won that one, and as I type the puck has dropped in the World Hockey Championship as we host Russia in the gold medal match. James and

Canada plays Finland today in IIHF World Hockey Championship action.  Game time is 3:30, and if you're a regular joe like me, that means you'll be stuck in an office for most of the game. Throughout this tournament, being held in Canada for the first time, this has been

I spent the day putting up dry wall but had this gold medal game on the radio before breaking to watch overtime on the telly.  Matt Halischuk scored 3:36 in to give us a 3-2 win over Sweden securing our fourth championship in a row. I hope we don't

I watched this semi-final on tsn.ca and was I ever impressed.  Their broadband network was so clear and fluid, I thought I was watching television. For the seventh year in a row, we're going for gold.  This time we face Sweden in the championship game, a chance for revenge.

I missed this quarter-final victory over Finland because I had to work but it sounds like Brad Marchand is the hero with two goals including the winner. This sets up a tough semi-final between Canada and USA on Friday.  Last year's semi-final featured the same match up and a thrilling