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Penguins loan Brunicke to Team Canada, bring Rakell back from IR
The Penguins made some roster moves on Friday ahead of a big weekend. Defenseman Harrison Brunicke, as expected, is going to play for Team Canada at World Juniors in Minnesota. Depending on how the team does,
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Team Canada adds Vanacker to World Junior camp, Misa expected to join later
Forward Marek Vanacker has been added to Team Canada’s camp ahead of the world junior hockey championship, Hockey Canada announced Friday.
Hockey Canada announced on Thursday that the coach of Team Canada at this year’s Spengler Cup will be Michel Therrien. He will be helped by assistant coaches Drew Bannister, Rob Cookson, and Patrice Lefebvre.
TORONTO — Hockey Canada announced its 27-player training camp roster for the 2026 World Juniors in an event at Toronto’s downtown TELUS Harbour on Monday morning.
When asked Sunday by NHL.com for his take on the roster bids being made by Celebrini and 20-year-old Chicago Blackhawks center Connor Bedard, Team Canada general manager Doug Armstrong replied, “Very impressed by it. But I wouldn’t say surprised.”
Sharks star Macklin Celebrini, who is in the midst of a breakout second season in the NHL, says it would be a "huge honor" to play for Team Canada at the 2026 Winter Olympics in February.
The 2026 preseason will be vitally important for Chicago Cubs outfielder Owen Caissie as he tries to earn a starting spot in what he hopes will be his first full season in Major League Baseball. But Caissie will spend a good chunk of spring training away from the Cubs, representing his country in the World Baseball Classic.
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Pete DeBoer discusses benefits of keeping Team Canada coaching staff together for 2026 Olympics
It’s hard to believe, but we are just two months away from the return of NHL players to the Winter Olympics. Absent from Olympic play since 2014, it’ll be the Games debut for a whole lot of the world’s best players,
The United States women's national hockey team won the 2025 Rivalry Series on Wednesday with yet another dominant win over Team Canada.
The first hint of concern regarding the readiness of Canada’s women’s hockey team was raised by coach Troy Ryan two days before the defending Olympic champions opened their four-game Rivalry Series against the United States last month.
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