2001-02 National Men's Under-18 Team

CANADA FINISHES SIXTH UPON POSTING 3-5 RECORD AT 2002 UNDER-18 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

PIESTANY, SLOVAKIA - Canada's National Under 18 Team returns home on Monday, after finishing 6th in it's first ever participation in the IIHF World Under-18 Hockey Championship, that was held in Piestany, Slovakia. Canada closed out the final round with a 5-3 loss against Belarus on Sunday to finish the Championship with a 3-5 record.

Canada's National Under 18 Team was made up of players born in 1984, not involved in the playoffs in either the CHL, university or Junior "A" leagues when the team was named on April 4th. » more

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2026 U18MWC: CAN 7 – FIN 0 (Preliminary)
Betts made 18 saves to blank the Finns in the prelim finale.
2026 U18MWC: CAN 8 – NOR 0 (Preliminary)
Zhilkin scored a hat trick to lead Canada past the Norwegians.
2026 U18MWC: CAN 6 – LAT 0 (Preliminary)
Valentini and Zhilkin had 1G 1A each to help Canada to its first win.
2026 U18MWC: SVK 2 – CAN 1 (Preliminary)
Preston scored, but Canada dropped its opener to the host Slovaks.
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