HOCKEY CANADA
Maddox Dagenais and Callum Croskery scored goals to get Canada even, but it fell 4-2 to Sweden in the quarterfinals at the 2026 IIHF U18 Men’s World Championship.
Twenty-five players from eight Members will begin the journey with Team Canada at U18 Men’s Worlds in Slovakia.
Twenty-three players – including three 2025 gold medallists – will attend pre-tournament camp ahead of U18 Men’s Worlds.
Drew Bannister will lead Canada as head coach at U18 Men’s Worlds, working alongside Matt Anholt and Mark O’Leary.
Cooper Williams, Ethan Belchetz and Daxon Rudolph scored, helping Canada blank Finland 3-0 in Brno.
Twenty-five players – representing six Members – will wear the Maple Leaf and defend gold at the 2025 Hlinka Gretzky Cup.
A total of 119 players at the U17 and U18 levels have earned invites to Program of Excellence summer camps in July.
Turcotte will lead Canada at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup, while Barney and McDonald will work with the under-17 teams.
Mike Johnston, Yanick Lemay and Mark Hunter will lead Canada’s U17, U18 and U20 programs in the 2025-26 season.
From No. 1 to No. 222, the 2025 NHL Draft was all about Canadian hockey – 85 players representing 10 Members.
Long-time junior hockey executive Alan Millar will serve as the first general manager of the Program of Excellence.
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