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OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Boston University’s Cole Eiserman broke a second-period tie and the defending champion United States beat Czechia 4-1 on Saturday night to advance to the world junior hockey championship game. The Americans will face Finland — a 4-3 overtime winner over Sweden in the first semifinal — for the title Sunday night. […]

TORONTO (AP) — Matthew Knies had three goals and two assists, Mitch Marner had a goal and four assists, and the Toronto Maple Leafs beat the Boston Bruins 6-4 on Saturday night. Auston Matthews had a goal and two assists in his return after missing six games with an undisclosed upper-body injury, and Jake McCabe […]

BRAMPTON, Ont. — Finn Harding scored 27 seconds into overtime and the Brampton Steelheads edged the visiting Flint Firebirds 5-4 in Ontario Hockey League action on Saturday at the CAA Centre. Harding, who finished with two assists, set up Vilmer Alriksson’s goal at 19:38 of the third period that tied the contest at 4-4 and […]

OTTAWA — The United States sits one win from history. Gabe Perreault and Ryan Leonard had a goal and an assist each as the Americans beat Czechia 4-1 on Saturday to advance to the gold-medal game at the world junior hockey championship. Cole Eiserman and Oliver Moore, into the empty net, also scored for the […]

TORONTO — Matthew Knies recorded his first career NHL hat trick and Mitch Marner had a goal and four assists Saturday, lifting Toronto to a 6-4 win over the Boston Bruins in Maple Leafs captain Auston Matthews return from injury. The line of Knies, Matthews and Marner had 13 points on the night with two […]

OTTAWA — Finland is back in the gold-medal game at the world junior hockey championship. Benjamin Rautiainen scored on a power play at 9:22 of overtime to secure the country’s 4-3 victory over Sweden in the semifinals of the men’s under-20 tournament Saturday. The 19-year-old undrafted forward snuck a shot past Swedish goaltender Melker Thelin […]

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Benjamin Rautiainen scored on a power play at 9:22 of overtime to give Finland a 4-3 victory over Sweden in the world junior hockey semifinals Saturday. Rautiainen beat goalie Melker Thelin from a sharp angle to the right of the net on a 4-on-3 man advantage with Tom Willander in the […]

OTTAWA — Finland is back in the gold-medal game at the world junior hockey championship. Benjamin Rautiainen scored on a power play at 9:22 of overtime to secure the country’s 4-3 victory over Sweden in the semifinals of the men’s under-20 tournament Saturday. The forward snuck a shot past Swedish goaltender Melker Thelin on a […]

OTTAWA — Katherine Henderson shares in the disappointment. Hockey Canada’s president and CEO adds the national sport organization will do what’s necessary to avoid a repeat. The country was bounced from the world junior hockey championship at the quarterfinal stage for the second time in 12 months earlier this week — an ugly first for […]

TORONTO — Police in southern Ontario say they have arrested a second suspect in connection with the homicide of a man who was found dead in Port Colborne in August. Niagara Regional Police Service say 47-year-old Jacob Cudney was arrested today and charged with first-degree murder in the death of Daniel Sanvido. Officers responded on […]