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• Hockey Canada renews partnership with Sheldon Kennedy’s Respect Group

2023
• The buzz came back quickly at the world juniors, the trust for Hockey Canada will take longer

“We’re going to go hold people to the standard that we believe they should be held to,” Fraser says,...2023
• Halifax brimming with excitement ahead of Canada’s gold medal match at world juniors

When Hockey Canada chose this city as the main site for the 2023 championship, the fan-crazed scenes that have played out at the Scotiabank Centre are just what they hoped would happen....2023
• Connor Bedard, top 2023 NHL Draft prospect, sets four Hockey Canada records in World Juniors performance

Bedard's three-point game sent Canada to the semifinals in dramatic fashion...2023
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• Hockey Nova Scotia will withhold registration fees from Hockey Canada

Hockey Nova Scotia has “lost confidence” in Hockey Canada’s leadership and is suspending the transfer of funds to the national organization....2022
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• Colorado Avalanche Top 25 Under 25: #7 Justin Barron
Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images Will we see Barron debut for the Colorado Avalanche this season? The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by members of the Mile High Hockey community. Eight writers have ranked players under the age of 25 as of August 1, 2021 in the Colorado Avalanche organization. Each participant used their own metric of current ability and production against futur...2021
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• NHL News: Vaccinated, Hockey Canada, Injury Updates and Wilson Suspended

Some NHL players are getting vaccinated. NHL injury updates. Tom Wilson suspended for seven games....2021
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• NHL News: Vaccinated, Hockey Canada, Injury Updates and Wilson Suspended

Some NHL players are getting vaccinated. NHL injury updates. Tom Wilson suspended for seven games....2021
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• Morning Flurries: Avalanche open camp with lethal line combos
Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Hockey is finally back — and if all goes well, it’s back for good. The NHL saw teams kick off their shortened training camps on Sunday, January 3rd, as all 31 clubs prepare for a sudden kick-off to the 115-day, 56-game season set to begin on January 13th. The Avalanche are one of the teams who managed to escape an off-season full ...2021
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• Three Colorado Avalanche prospects on Team Canada in quarantine ahead of 2021 World Juniors
DENVER, CO - JULY 13: Colorado Avalanche defenseman Bowen Byram (45) skates during a training session at the Pepsi Center in Denver, Colorado on July 13, 2020. | Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images The team had to shut down camp after an outbreak of COVID-19. Colorado Avalanche prospects Bowen Byram, Alex Newhook, and Justin Barron are in quarantine with the Canadian ...2020
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• Hockey Canada suspends world junior selection camp after positive COVID-19 tests
2020
• Bowen Byram and Kirby Dach have taken over as the leaders for Team Canada
Colorado Avalanche fans have yet another young defensive prospect to get excited about There are still a lot of questions as to where Colorado Avalanche prospect Bowen Byram is going to play his next season. Still only 19 years old, the former fourth overall selection has proven he’s too good for the WHL, but that doesn’t necessarily mean he’s ready for the NHL. Avs GM Joe Sakic has been very non-...2020
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• Mysterious suspension to Hockey Canada official Scott Salmond leaves lots of unanswered questions
It came to light only recently that Hockey Canada VP of hockey operations, Scott Salmond was suspended for preventing a doping control officer from collecting a urine sample. Two years later, the complete story is still not clear. The post Mysterious suspension to Hockey Canada official Scott Salmond leaves lots of unanswered questions appeared first on TheHockeyNews....2020
• Avalanche Prospects at the 2020 World Juniors Day 3: Sampo Ranta came to play
MATT ZAMBONIN / HHOF-IIHF IMAGES It was a good day to be an Avalanche prospect not on Team Canada. Well, Day 3 at the 2020 World Juniors had our first routs of the tournament, which all four Colorado Avalanche prospects were involved in! Finland blew past Slovakia 8-1, while Russia obliterated Canada 6-0. No Avalanche prospects played on Day 2, which is why I didn’t put up a post on Saturday. ...2019
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"When Hockey Canada chose this city as the main site for the 2023 championship, the fan-crazed scenes that have played out at the Scotiabank Centre are just what they hoped would happen."

2022
"Hockey Canada president and CEO Scott Smith leaves organization, board of directors resigns"

2021
"Brathwaite made his first foray into the NHL coaching world in 2017, when he was hired to work as the Islanders goaltending coach thanks to an impressive four-year resumé working with Hockey Canada for their U18 Men’s National Team."

2020
"The post Report: IIHF, Hockey Canada to announce cancellation of Women’s World Championship appeared first on TheHockeyNews."

2019
"Canada’s World Juniors selection camp wrapped up yesterday, and Hockey Canada cut nine players on Thursday night as they attempted to finalize their tournament roster."

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"Women's Hockey: Canada squeaks by USA in thriller, finishes Olympics group play 3-0"

2017
"Hockey Canada loosens rules for kids following backlash "

2016
"Hockey Canada has so much talent to choose from for the upcoming World Cup that more than few quality players are bound to be left out."

2015
"Hockey Canada made the announcement at MasterCard Centre in Toronto."

2014
"Report: Lightning won't loan Drouin to Hockey Canada for WJHC"

• Canadian Tire assists national women’s para hockey team with $1-million goal

The Canadian team, offering an alternative to companies that stopped supporting scandal-plagued Hockey Canada, is seeking $1 million to fund its operations....2022
• Damien Cox: It might take a boycott to prevent Hockey Canada from hiding behind the world junior tournament

It appears to be business as usual, which means filling the coffers and putting a shine back on the organization in Edmonton next month....2022
• Morning Flurries: Nathan MacKinnon brings the spice
Photo by Michael Martin/NHLI via Getty Images Your daily dose of Avalanche news, along with other interesting stories from around the NHL. All Avalanche Paul Coffey offered some thoughts on the legend in the making, Cale Makar. [The Athletic] A look at how Makar has delivered in the clutch his entire career. [Mile High Hockey] Despite being playoff ineligible new Colorado Avalanche forwar...2022
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• Colorado Avalanche Top 25 Under 25: #7 Justin Barron
Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images Will we see Barron debut for the Colorado Avalanche this season? The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by members of the Mile High Hockey community. Eight writers have ranked players under the age of 25 as of August 1, 2021 in the Colorado Avalanche organization. Each participant used their own metric of current ability and production against futur...2021
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• Colorado Avalanche Top 25 Under 25 No. 19: Trent Miner
Photo by Marissa Baecker/Getty Images After a taste of the AHL last season, Miner hopes to take a big step in his development The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by members of the Mile High Hockey community. Eight writers have ranked players under the age of 25 as of July 1, 2021 in the Colorado Avalanche organization. Each participant used their own metric of current ability and produc...2021
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• Morning Flurries: Avalanche open camp with lethal line combos
Photo by Dustin Bradford/Icon Sportswire via Getty Images Hockey is finally back — and if all goes well, it’s back for good. The NHL saw teams kick off their shortened training camps on Sunday, January 3rd, as all 31 clubs prepare for a sudden kick-off to the 115-day, 56-game season set to begin on January 13th. The Avalanche are one of the teams who managed to escape an off-season full ...2021
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• Three Avalanche prospects invited to Hockey Canada’s National Junior Team Selection Camp
Alex Newhook as a part of Canada’s U18 team Bowen Byram will be joined by two future NHL teammates at Team Canada’s World Junior camp A few years ago Colorado Avalanche fans got a look into the future as star prospects Cale Makar and Conor Timmins anchored Canada’s gold-medal winning team at the 2018 World Junior Hockey Championship. This year there is a very strong chance that we could see thr...2020
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• Already facing a lawsuit over minimum wage, the CHL might soon have to deal with a concussion case
What started as a concussion lawsuit launched against the CHL, the WHL and Hockey Canada by former WHL player James McEwan in January 2019 was recently re-filed with the Supreme Court of British Columbia to include both the OHL and QMJHL. The post Already facing a lawsuit over minimum wage, the CHL might soon have to deal with a concussion case appeared first on TheHockeyNews....2020
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• MHH Roundtable: World Junior Edition
As one of the most anticipated hockey events of the year is about to start, we figured we would see who we are excited too see and who we think will win Which Avs prospect are you looking forward to watching? Luke: Daniil Zhuravlyov. The Avs 2018 5th round Russian mystery defenseman. Going into last years WJC, I expected more of an offensive defenseman, what I saw was a guy who make smart plays, u...2019
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• Bowen Byram makes Canada’s 2020 World Juniors team, Alex Newhook cut
Photo by Kevin Light/Getty Images #JusticeforAlexNewhook Only one Colorado Avalanche prospect will don the Canadian jersey this holiday season in the Czech Republic. Canada’s World Juniors selection camp wrapped up yesterday, and Hockey Canada cut nine players on Thursday night as they attempted to finalize their tournament roster. Both of Colorado’s first round draft picks in 2019, Bowen Byram...2019
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• Hockey Canada appoints Andrea Skinner as interim chair, the first woman to lead organization

The lawyer, who has a background in inclusion and mental health, will face growing backlash regarding the organization’s handling of a lawsuit over an alleged gang-rape incident in 2018....2022
• Dave Feschuk: Hockey Canada can hide in a fortress of money. Sponsors, not government, hold the hammer for change

For all of Hockey Canada’s promises of reform, there’s little in place to hold them to any of it. And while the freeze on federal funding sends an important message, a much deeper cut in sponsorships is more likely to get results....2022
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• Colorado Avalanche Top 25 Under 25: #7 Justin Barron
Photo by Minas Panagiotakis/Getty Images Will we see Barron debut for the Colorado Avalanche this season? The Top 25 Under 25 is a collaboration by members of the Mile High Hockey community. Eight writers have ranked players under the age of 25 as of August 1, 2021 in the Colorado Avalanche organization. Each participant used their own metric of current ability and production against futur...2021
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• Three Avalanche prospects invited to Hockey Canada’s National Junior Team Selection Camp
Alex Newhook as a part of Canada’s U18 team Bowen Byram will be joined by two future NHL teammates at Team Canada’s World Junior camp A few years ago Colorado Avalanche fans got a look into the future as star prospects Cale Makar and Conor Timmins anchored Canada’s gold-medal winning team at the 2018 World Junior Hockey Championship. This year there is a very strong chance that we could see thr...2020
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• Colorado Avalanche prospect report: A five-point game for Alex Beaucage
Ian Clermont — Rouyn Noranda Huskies World Juniors camps are on the horizon. It’s that time of year! World Juniors selection camps kick off this week, NCAA teams begin wrapping up their fall schedules and, well, the CHL teams finish up their Teddy Bear tosses. Over the last week, nine of ten countries (the USA will announce their roster later today) announced their selection camp rosters, and t...2019
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• Hockey Canada uses its own regulations to get seven-year-old kids who were kicked out of their league back on the ice
Participation in a so-called outlaw league resulted in three seven-year-old players being kicked out of their league by their local minor hockey association, but Hockey Canada stepped in and found a loophole in its own regulation to get the kids back on the ice where they belong. The post Hockey Canada uses its own regulations to get seven-year-old kids who were kicked out of their league back on ...2019
• No Bad Blood for Matt Duchene in Leading the Avalance in Post Patrick-Roy Era
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• The Connor McDavid Story: How the Future of the NHL Became a (Reluctant) Star
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• QMJHL Roundup: Joe Veleno scores in junior debut, Sea Dogs down Mooseheads 5-2
SAINT JOHN, N.B. - Joe Veleno didn't take long to find the scoresheet in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The 15-year-old centre, who was the first player in Quebec to be granted exceptional player status by Hockey Canada, scored his fi......2015
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• Cale Makar calls for change in hockey culture
Photo by Jonathan Kozub/NHLI via Getty Images The Avalanche blueliner was one of the only NHL players to actually call out the rotten organization. On Thursday, as stars from across the NHL gathered in Las Vegas for the media tour, posing for pictures to be used for the next several months and promotional material for the league to sprinkle all over social media, the tough hockey question ...2022
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• Morning Flurries: Avalanche open camp with lethal line combos
2021

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• Three Colorado Avalanche prospects on Team Canada in quarantine ahead of 2021 World Juniors
2020

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• Avalanche Prospects at the 2020 World Juniors Day 3: Sampo Ranta came to play
2019

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• MHH Roundtable: World Junior Edition
2019

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• Hockey Canada uses its own regulations to get seven-year-old kids who were kicked out of their league back on the ice
2019
• Hockey Canada loosens rules for kids following backlash
Concerns about rigid implementation of cross-ice hockey program erupted at beginning of the season....2017
• The Connor McDavid Story: How the Future of the NHL Became a (Reluctant) Star
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• Affordable First Shift program encouraging Canadian kids to play hockey
2014

• Burns, Giordano, Hall deserving of spots on Canada's final World Cup roster
Hockey Canada has so much talent to choose from for the upcoming World Cup that more than few quality players are bound to be left out. In CP's picks for the final seven players to be named to the roster, that group would include the Canadien......2016
• Hockey Canada wants fewer empty seats at Bell Centre for 2017 world juniors
MONTREAL - The empty seats at the Bell Centre for the 2015 world junior hockey championship were not forgotten when Hockey Canada put tickets on sale for the 2017 event this week. There is a wider variety of options and some lower prices on t......2016
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• Canada, Russia will face off in Toronto to kick off 2017 world junior championship
TORONTO - Canada will open the 2017 world junior hockey championship against Russia on Dec. 26 at Toronto's Air Canada Centre. Hockey Canada has released the schedule for the tournament, which will be held in Toronto and at Montreal's Bell Ce......2016
• Maple Leafs' Babcock to coach Canada at World Cup
Mike Babcock was named coach of Team Canada for the 2016 World Cup of Hockey on Thursday. Hockey Canada made the announcement at MasterCard Centre in Toronto. Babcock's assistant coaches will be Chicago Blackhawks coach Joel Quenneville, Bo......2015
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• Hockey Canada brings back core of 2014 Olympic team for World Cup
TORONTO - Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby headlines the first 16 players Canada unveiled for its World Cup of Hockey roster. Chicago Blackhawks captain Jonathan Toews was also named among the Canadian team forwards Nashville Pred......2016
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• The Connor McDavid Story: How the Future of the NHL Became a (Reluctant) Star
2015

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• Hockey Canada president and CEO Scott Smith leaves organization, board of directors resigns

The organization says “an interim management committee will be put in place.”...2022
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• Report: Lightning won't loan Drouin to Hockey Canada for WJHC
2014
• Canada '02-03 juniors tied to assault allegations

Hockey Canada says it has been made aware of an "alleged group sexual assault" involving members of its 2002-03 National Junior Team. It is the second Canadian junior team to have players facing sexual assault allegations....2022
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• Ottawa freezing Hockey Canada funding over handling of alleged sexual assault

Hockey Canada’s federal funding is being frozen in the wake of the national sport body’s handling of an alleged sexual assault and out-of-court settlement....2022
• Report: IIHF, Hockey Canada to announce cancellation of Women’s World Championship
The IIHF is reportedly set to cancel the Women's World Championship amid the coronavirus outbreak. The decision is set to come days after the governing body announced the cancellation of six events on the March calendar. The post Report: IIHF, Hockey Canada to announce cancellation of Women’s World Championship appeared first on TheHockeyNews....2020
• Already facing a lawsuit over minimum wage, the CHL might soon have to deal with a concussion case
2020

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• Penguins captain Crosby joining Canada for Worlds
Hockey Canada announced Sunday that Pittsburgh Penguins center Sidney Crosby will play for Canada at the 2015 IIHF World Championship. Crosby and Pittsburgh were eliminated in their Eastern Conference First Round series against the New York Ra......2015
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• Hockey Canada appoints Andrea Skinner as interim chair, the first woman to lead organization
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• Morning Flurries: Avalanche open camp with lethal line combos
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• Morning Flurries: Nathan MacKinnon brings the spice
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• Colorado Avalanche Top 25 Under 25: #7 Justin Barron
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• Morning Flurries: Avalanche open camp with lethal line combos
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• Morning Flurries: PS2 Graphics Energy
Perry Nelson-USA TODAY Sports Happy Friday! The NHL is all abuzz about their new Reverse Retro jerseys. And so they’ve been doing plenty of promotional work for them, including their placement of the exciting (and, let’s be honest, somewhat hideous at times) special edition looks in NHL 21. It’s a very cool idea, but the execution? I’m still trying to figure out these graphics: ...2020
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• Three Colorado Avalanche prospects on Team Canada in quarantine ahead of 2021 World Juniors
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• Bowen Byram and Kirby Dach have taken over as the leaders for Team Canada
2020

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• Three Avalanche prospects invited to Hockey Canada’s National Junior Team Selection Camp
2020

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• Avalanche Prospects at the 2020 World Juniors Day 3: Sampo Ranta came to play
2019

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• MHH Roundtable: World Junior Edition
2019

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• Colorado Avalanche prospect report: A five-point game for Alex Beaucage
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• The buzz came back quickly at the world juniors, the trust for Hockey Canada will take longer
2023
• Canadian Tire assists national women’s para hockey team with $1-million goal
2022
• New Hockey Canada board asked to fix image

Hockey Canada has elected a slate of candidates to fill the nine vacant seats on its board of directors following blistering criticism of the federation's handling of sexual assault allegations and hushed payouts to victims....2022
• Hockey Canada 'at a crossroads,' review says

Hockey Canada finds itself "at a crossroads" that requires reimagined leadership after a scandal-plagued year, according to a governance review....2022
• Hockey Canada will not collect participants’ fee for 2022-23 season

Several provincial organizations had already withheld those fees from Hockey Canada in the wake of an ongoing scandal that has embroiled the national sports body for months....2022
• Hockey Canada CEO, Board of Directors step down amid sexual assault scandal

Hockey Canada has made sweeping changes to its leadership...2022
• Hockey Canada CEO, board of directors resigns

CEO Scott Smith and Hockey Canada's entire board of directors have resigned following criticism of the sport's national federation for its handling of sexual assault allegations....2022
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• Hockey Canada scandal explained: Organization losing sponsors due to handling of sexual assault allegations

Hockey Canada is experiencing fallout after settling a sexual assault lawsuit in May...2022
• Hockey Canada grilled on alleged sexual assaults

Hockey Canada's board chairs, under scrutiny for their handling of alleged sexual assault cases, played defense when questioned by the House of Commons on Tuesday, saying that 'toxic behavior' goes beyond the sport of hockey....2022
• Bruce Arthur: Hockey Canada survey tells us Hockey Canada hopes you’ve forgotten, or don’t care, about its sexual assault scandal

Hockey Canada has tried its damnedest to get through this without anyone taking responsibility, Bruce Arthur writes. It’s another reminder that it’s up to the public to provide real pressure for real change....2022
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