The 2019 World Junior Championship begins tomorrow in Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia. As usual, I'll be tuning in, rooting for my country. The lone Maple Leaf draft pick is goaltender Ian Scott who will challenge Michael DiPietro for the playoff starts. Ian Scott, not to be confused with Anthrax's

Back in March, I tried to wrap my head around this World Cup of Hockey. At the time, I was disappointed the NHL and NHLPA had "fiddled with the basic premise" by introducing two teams that are not countries. In a couple of hours, I'll be tuning in to watch

Other than high school, my son's hockey and baseball house league and my own slo-pitch and hockey championships, I've never seen a sports final live in person. I wasn't at the dome when Joe Carter touched them all in '93, I've never been alive for a Maple Leaf Stanley Cup

I love this tournament. I always have. Canada games during the World Juniors are mandatory viewing for me, regardless of the time zone. This time, the tournament is in Canada. In fact, I'll be attending the gold medal game at the ACC. Here's hoping we're playing in that one. Here's

After a bunch of boring speeches, they just unveiled the members of Team Canada for the Sochi Olympic games.  There were some great players named, and some great players left off the team. Here's our Canadian men's hockey team for the Sochi Olympic games. Forwards Jamie Benn, Dallas StarsPatrice Bergeron,

I'm watching the world junior hockey exhibition game between Canada and Finland and they just aired a Nike ad on TSN. Live sports is the only time I see ads because it's the only time I watch live TV.  This "Hockey Is Ours" ad from Nike, however, nails it. Hockey

Well, that was easy. Most of the chatter heading into this tournament revolved around Mark Stone and he didn't disappoint, scoring a hat trick.  It's too bad he's a Senators prospect. Jonathan Huberdeau had a great game as well, scoring a goal and five points.  We've got the Czech Republic

My favourite Boxing Day tradition isn't shopping, it's settling in to watch the Canadian juniors open their World Junior Championship.  The 2011 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships take place in Calgary and Edmonton and we play Finland at 3:30pm. Here's our team this year: #PlayerHometown/CountryTeam/OrganizationNHL DraftGoaltenders29Mark Visentin

You know what never gets boring? Da! Da! Canada! Nyet! Nyet! Soviet!

I friggin' loved this game.  I loved that it was on US soil but the crowd was all ours, I loved that we got revenge for last year and I loved that we dominated as underdogs, destroying our neighbours for a chance to play Russia in the finals. Goals by

This one actually scared me for a bit.  Switzerland scored early on an absolutely brutal goal for Mark Visentin to allow and Swiss goalie Benjamin Conz looked like Martin Gerber circa 2006. But then, the universe righted itself, as it's apt to do.  Ryan Johansen tied the score 1-1 and

It wasn't the prettiest game, but it was another New Year's Eve thriller.  Swedish goalie Robin Lehner  came up big in the shootout helping his squad squeak by and into the semi-finals. We'll now have to play a quarter-final game, likely against Switzerland.  We knew going in it would be

My prediction for this game was 14-0.  I was pretty close.  You just knew this one was going to be a laugher, we've never lost to Norway and we've outscored them 60-7. It was 7-1 after 21 minutes.  Luke's little brother scored 4 goals, giving him a tournament leading 12

Down 1-0 early, I wondered how we'd ever beat the Swedes if we had our hands full with the Czechs.  Then, everything came together as expected. We outshot the Czechs 39-19 and Luke's little brother ended up with five points.  Seven different players scored for this star-less team that's going

Canada hasn't lost a world junior opener since 1998.  I was thinking about that streak when it was 3-3 in the third period, and wondering just how good a team we have this year. As you've likely heard, there are no stars on this team.  There is nobody like Lindros

My favourite Boxing Day tradition is settling in to watch the Canadian juniors open their World Junior Championship.  The 2011 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships take place in Buffalo and we play Russia at 3:30pm. Here's our team this year: GOALTENDERSMark Visentin, 19, 6-foot-2, 198 lbs.  Hometown: Waterdown, Ont.