Fraser Minten capped a two-goal effort with the game-winning goal 18:15 into overtime as the Saskatoon Blades topped the Moose Jaw Warriors 5-4 on Friday in Western Hockey League playoff action. Egor Sidorov, Charlie Wright and Brandon Lisowsky also scored for Saskatoon, which took a 3-2 lead in the best-of-seven third-round series. Evan Gardner made 39 saves. Denton Mateychuk, with two goals, Brayden Schuurman and Jagger Firkus replied for Moose Jaw, which scored four unanswered goals to force overtime after entering the third period down 4-0. Jackson Unger surrendered four goals on 17 shots ..read more

Alexis Gendron netted the game-tying and game-winning goals late in the third period and in overtime to lift the Drummondville Voltigeurs to a 3-2 victory over the Victoriaville Tigres and a trip to the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League finals on Friday. Gendron scored with 49 seconds left in the third period to knot the contest at 2-2. He then scored his eighth goal of the post-season just 11 seconds into the extra frame for the win. Mikael Huchette added a goal and two assists for Drummondville, which took the best-of-seven third-round series 4-1 and will next face the Baie-Comeau Drakka ..read more

Carter George made 23 saves for his second shutout of the tournament as Canada defeated Latvia 4-0 in quarterfinal action Thursday at the world men’s under-18 hockey championship. Team captain Porter Martone scored and 16-year-old Gavin McKenna had an assist.  McKenna is second in tournament scoring with 15 points (six goals, nine assists) in five games. He tied Macklin Celebrini (2023) and Tyson Jost (2015) for most points at a single U18 men’s world championship by a Canadian. Martone is third with 14 points (five goals, nine assists). He now has 20 career points at the tournament, one ..read more

Sandis Vilmanis’s second goal of the game, scored at 6:02 of overtime, lifted the North Bay Battalion to a 5-4 victory over the visiting Oshawa Generals in the Ontario Hockey League’s Eastern Conference final series on Wednesday. The win prevented a series sweep by the Generals, who still lead the best-of-seven matchup 3-1 with Game 5 set for Friday at Tribute Communities Centre in Oshawa, Ont. Liam Arnsby, Sandis Vilmanis, Tnias Mathurin and Paul Christopoulos also scored for the Battalion, who outshot the visitors 43-31. Beckett Sennecke scored twice for the Generals, while Connor Lockhart a ..read more

Martin Rysavy’s goal at 7:14 of the third period snapped a 1-1 deadlock and lifted the Moose Jaw Warriors to a 3-1 victory over the visiting Saskatoon Blades to grab a 2-1 lead in the Western Hockey League’s Eastern Conference final. Atley Calvert and Denton Mateychuk (empty-netter) also scored for the Warriors, who were outshot 33-32. The Blades led 1-0 after the first period and the teams were tied 1-1 heading into the third. Grayden Siepmann scored for the Blades, who split a pair of overtime games to start the series in Saskatoon. The Warriors won Game 1 4-3, and the Blades bounced back wi ..read more

One night after losing their first game of the post-season, the visiting Baie-Comeau Drakkar refocused and crushed the Cape Breton Eagles 8-2 to grab a 3-1 lead in their best-of-seven Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League semifinal series. Justin Poirier scored four goals, including three in the first period, as the Drakkar made amends for Monday’s 2-1 loss to the host Eagles. Isaac Dufort had two goals and an assist for the Drakkar, Justin Gill had a goal and two assists, and Donovan Arsenault added a single. Cam MacDonald and Angelo Fullerton scored for the Eagles who trailed 4-1 after the f ..read more

VANTAA, Finland — Gavin McKenna had two goals and four assists, team captain Porter Martone had a goal and four assists and Canada ended group-stage play with an 11-3 rout of Kazakhstan on Tuesday at the world men’s under-18 hockey championship. Canada finished as the top team in Group B, winning its four group-stage games by a combined score of 31-7. The Canadians will play Latvia, the fourth-place team in Group A, in the quarterfinals on Thursday. Liam Greentree, Tij Iginla, Maxim Masse, Cole Beaudoin, Henry Mews, Caleb Desnoyers, Frankie Marrelli and Harrison Brunicke also scored for Canada ..read more

Calum Ritchie scored twice and added an assist and the visiting Oshawa Generals scored three unanswered goals in the second period en route to a 5-2 victory over the North Bay Battalion in the Ontario Hockey League’s Eastern Conference final on Monday. Beckett Sennecke, Stuart Rolofs and Connor Lockhart also scored for the Generals, who grabbed a commanding 3-0 lead in the best-of-seven series. Owen Van Steensel and Sandis Vilmanis scored for the Battalion, who lost the first two games of the series in Oshawa — 4-2 on Friday and 3-0 on Sunday. The teams were tied 1-1 after the first period and ..read more

Rusian Gazizoz scored twice, including once into an empty net, as the London Knights defeated the visiting Saginaw Spirt 3-1 on Sunday to grab a two-game lead in the Ontario Hockey League’s Western Conference final series. Kasper Halttunen also scored for the Knights, who outshot the Spirit 27-18. Easton Cowan chipped in with two assists at Budweiser Gardens. Rodwin Dionicio scored for the Spirit, who trailed 2-0 after the first period and 2-1 heading into the third. The Knights won Friday’s opener in the best-of-seven series 3-1. The Knights went 1-for-4 on the power play, while the Spirit we ..read more

Porter Martone had a hat trick as a seven-goal second period lifted Canada over Switzerland 8-1 on Sunday to stay undefeated at the men’s under-18 world hockey championship. Gavin McKenna scored his team-leading fourth goal and added a pair of assists for Canada (3-0). He sits tied with Martone with eight points through three games. Kashawn Aitcheson started Canada’s comeback, scoring 10 seconds after Switzerland opened the scoring. Ryder Ritchie, Tij Iginla and Marek Vanacker rounded out the scoring. Ryerson Leenders earned his first start in net for Canada and turned aside 26-of-27 shots, in ..read more