• The Canadian Press

    Bedard, Fantilli, Celebrini headline young roster at world hockey championship

    CALGARY — Forwards Connor Bedard, Adam Fantilli and Macklin Celebrini will be part of a young Canadian squad looking to defend its gold medal at this year's world men's hockey championship, Hockey Canada released its initial 22-player roster Friday for the tournament that runs May 10-26 in Prague and Ostrava, Czechia. Bedard, the 2023 first-overall draft pick and a finalist for this season's Calder Trophy as NHL rookie of the year, is coming off a successful first year with the Chicago Blackhawk

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    Canadiens sign defenceman Adam Engstrom to three-year, entry-level contract

    MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens signed defenceman Adam Engstrom to a three-year, entry-level contract on Friday. The 20-year-old Engstrom had four goals and 18 assists in 51 games for Rögle BK of the Swedish Hockey League this season, ranking second among defencemen on his team with 22 points. The six-foot-two, 193-pound blueliner added four assists in 15 playoff games as Rogle reached the SHL final. Montreal drafted Engstrom in the third round, 92nd overall, in the 2022 NHL draft. Engstrom re

  • The Canadian Press

    WHL: Cougars avoid elimination with emphatic 6-1 win over Winterhawks

    PORTLAND, Ore. — Koehn Ziemmer scored two goals and had an assist as the Prince George Cougars avoided elimination with an emphatic 6-1 win over the Portland Winterhawks on Thursday in Western Hockey League playoff action. Hunter Laing, Ondrej Becher, Borya Valis and Keaton Dowhaniuk also scored for Prince George. Joshua Ravensbergen made 25 saves. The Cougars are now down 3-2 in the best-of-seven third-round series. Game 6 will be Monday at CN Centre in Prince George, B.C., with the winner of t

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    QMJHL: Drakkar advance to first final since 2014 with 2-1 OT win over Eagles

    BAIE-COMEAU, Que. — Anthony Lavoie scored the game-winning goal 10:03 into overtime and the Baie-Comeau Drakkar pulled out a 2-1 victory over the Cape Breton Eagles on Thursday to advance into the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League finals. It's the first time the Drakkar have made it to the league finals since 2014. They will await the winner between the Drummondville Voltigeurs and Victoriaville Tigres. Drummondville is up 3-1 in the series heading into Game 5 on Friday. Justin Poirier's pow