The 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship was postponed in December due to an outbreak of COVID-19. The tournament will restart on Aug. 9 in Edmonton, Alberta, and conclude with the gold-medal and bronze-medal games on Aug. 20.
Nine out of 10 teams that participated in the earlier event will be back, including Austria, Canada, the Czech Republic, Finland, Germany, Slovakia, Sweden, Switzerland and the United States. The team from Russia has been excluded because of that nation’s invasion of Ukraine, and Latvia will take its place in Group A.
Follow along as the tournament proceeds, with the game schedule and results, along with rosters for all 10 nations.
Game schedule
Note: All times Eastern.
Aug. 9
Czech Republic vs. Slovakia, 2 p.m. Latvia vs. Finland, 6 p.m. United States vs. Germany, 10 p.m.
Aug. 10
Sweden vs. Switzerland, 2 p.m. Latvia vs. Canada, 6 p.m. Germany vs. Austria, 10 p.m.
Aug. 11
Finland vs. Czech Republic, 2 p.m. Slovakia vs. Canada, 6 p.m. Switzerland vs. United States, 10 p.m.
Aug. 12
Austria vs. Sweden, 2 p.m. Slovakia vs. Latvia, 6 p.m.
Aug. 13
Austria vs. United States, 2 p.m. Canada vs. Czech Republic, 6 p.m. Germany vs. Switzerland, 10 p.m.
Aug. 14
Finland vs. Slovakia, 2 p.m. Czech Republic vs. Latvia, 6 p.m. United States vs. Sweden, 10 p.m.
Aug. 15
Switzerland vs. Austria, 2 p.m. Canada vs. Finland, 6 p.m. Sweden vs. Germany, 10 p.m.
Note: Players drafted by NHL teams are denoted in parentheses.
Group A
Canada
Forwards
Connor Bedard Will Cuylle (NYR) Elliot Desnoyers (PHI) William Dufour (NYI) Tyson Foerster (PHI) Nathan Gaucher (ANA) Ridly Greig (OTT) Kent Johnson (CBJ) Riley Kidney (MTL) Mason McTavish (ANA) Zack Ostapchuk (OTT) Brennan Othmann (NYR) Joshua Roy (MTL) Logan Stankoven (DAL)
Defensemen
Lukas Cormier (VGK) Ethan Del Mastro (CHI) Daemon Hunt (MIN)* Carson Lambos (MIN) Ryan O’Rourke (MIN) Donovan Sebrango (DET) Ronan Seeley (CAR) Jack Thompson (TB) Olen Zellweger (ANA)
*Replaced due to injury
Goaltenders
Brett Brochu Sebastian Cossa (DET) Dylan Garand (NYR)
Czech Republic
Forwards
Jaroslav Chmelar (NYR) Michal Gut Petr Hauser (NJ) Daniel Hercik Ivan Ivan Jakub Kos (FLA) Jiri Kulich (BUF) Adam Mechura Matous Mensik Jan Mysak (MTL) Martin Rysavy (CBJ) Matyas Sapovaliv (VGK) Gabriel Szturc Tomas Urban
Defenseman
Ales Cech Tomas Hamara (OTT) David Jiricek (CBJ) David Moravec Stepan Nemec David Spacek (MIN) Stanislav Svozil (CBJ) Jiri Tichacek
Goaltenders
Jan Bednar (DET) Pavel Cajan Tomas Suchanek
Finland
Forwards
Samuel Helenius (LA) Roni Hirvonen (TOR) Roby Järventie (OTT) Oliver Kapanen (MTL) Roni Karvinen Joakim Kemell (NSH) Ville Koivunen (CAR) Brad Lambert (WPG) Eetu Liukas (NYI) Juuso Mäenpää Joel Määttä (EDM) Aatu Räty (NYI) Kasper Simontaival (LA) Kalle Väisänen (NYR)
Ralfs Bergmanis Harijs Brants Peteris Bulans Niks Fenenko Daniels Gorsanovs Bogdans Hodass Gustavs Ozolins Rihards Simanovics
Goaltenders
Patriks Berzins Bruno Bruveris Rudolfs Lazdins
Slovakia
Forwards
Jakub Demek (VGK) Dalibor Dvorsky Roman Faith Samuel Honzek Maros Jedlicka Matej Kaslik Jakub Kolenic Lubomir Kupco Martin Misiak Oleksii Myklukha Libor Nemec Servác Petrovský (MIN) Peter Repcik Oliver Stümpel Adam Sýkora (NYR)
Defensemen
Denis Bakala Simon Becar Simon Groch Viliam Kmec Michal Laurencik Dávid Nátny Rayen Petrovicky Maxim Strbak Adam Stripai Boris Zabka
Goaltenders
Patrik Andrisik Tomas Bolo Simon Latkoczy
Group B
Austria
Forwards
Luca Auer Jonas Dobnig Tim Geifes Maximilian Hengelmüller Nico Kramer Moritz Lackner Oskar Maier Senna Peeters Ian Scherzer Lucas Thaler Finn van Ee Leon Wallner Janick Wernicke
Defensemen
Lukas Hörl Lorenz Lindner Matteo Mitrovic Lukas Necesany Maximilian Preiml David Reinbacher Tobias Sablattnig Christoph Tialler Martin Urbanek
Goaltenders
Thomas Pfarrmaier Leon Sommer Sebastian Wraneschitz
Germany
Forwards
Alexander Blank Ryan Del Monte Josef Eham Luca Hauf Haakon Hanelt (WSH) Nikolaus Heigl Thomas Heigl Danjo Leonhardt Yannick Proske Bennet Rossmy Maciej Rutkowski Joshua Samanski Markus Schweiger Justin Volek
Defenders
Arkadiusz Dziambor Nils Elten Korbinian Geibe Maximilian Glotzl Adrian Klein Luca Munzenberger (EDM) Maksymilian Szuber (ARI) Leon van der Linde
Goalkeepers
Florian Bugl Niklas Lunemann Nikita Quapp (CAR)
Sweden
Forwards
Jonathan Lekkerimäki (VAN) Daniel Ljungman (DAL) Fabian Lysell (BOS) Oskar Magnusson (WSH) Theodor Niederbach (DET) Oskar Olausson (COL) Isak Rosén (BUF) Albert Sjöberg (DAL) Linus Sjödin (BUF) Åke Stakkestad Victor Stjernborg (CHI) Daniel Torgersson (WPG)
Defensemen
Emil Andrae (PHI) Simon Edvinsson (DET) Måns Forsfjäll Helge Grans (LA) Ludvig Jansson (FLA) Anton Olsson (NSH) William Wallinder (DET)
Goaltenders
Calle Clang (ANA) Carl Lindbom (VGK) Jesper Wallstedt (MIN)
Switzerland
Forwards
Mats Alge Dario Allenspach Nicolas Baechler Attilio Biasca Joshua Fahrni Lilian Garessus Marlon Graf Joel Henry Simon Knak (NSH) Joel Marchon Tim Muggli Kevin Nicolet Fabian Ritzmann Jonas Taibel
Defensemen
Giancarlo Chanton Noah Delémont Vincent Despont Rodwin Dionicio Nick Meile Arno Nussbaumer Dario Sidler Maximilian Streule Brian Zanetti (PHI)
Goaltenders
Andri Henauer Kevin Pasche Noah Patenaude
United States
Forwards
Brett Berard (NYR) Thomas Bordeleau (SJ) Logan Cooley (ARI) Matt Coronato (CGY) Riley Duran (BOS) Dominic James (CHI) Matthew Knies (TOR) Carter Mazur (DET) Hunter McKown Sasha Pastujov (ANA) Mackie Samoskevich (FLA) Redmond Savage (DET) Landon Slaggert (CHI) Charlie Stramel
Defensemen
Sean Behrens (COL) Brock Faber (MIN) Luke Hughes (NJ) Wyatt Kaiser (CHI) Tyler Kleven (OTT) Ian Moore (ANA) Jack Peart (MIN) Jacob Truscott (VAN)
CLEVELAND (AP) — Restricted free agent forward Isaac Okoro has agreed to re-sign with the Cleveland Cavaliers on a three-year contract, a person familiar with the negotiations told The Associated Press on Saturday.
Okoro’s new deal is worth $38 million, according to the person who spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because the contract has not been signed or announced by the team.
ESPN.com first reported the agreement, citing Okoro’s representation.
The fifth overall pick in the 2020 NBA draft, Okoro is Cleveland’s best perimeter defender, often drawing the assignment of guarding the opponent’s top scorer. Okoro also has worked to improve his offensive game.
The 23-year-old averaged 9.4 points and 3.0 rebounds in 69 games — 42 starts — last season for the Cavs, who beat Orlando in the opening round of the playoffs before losing to eventual champion Boston.
Okoro shot a career-best 39% on 3-pointers, forcing teams to come out and guard him.
His agreement caps an extraordinarily busy summer for the Cavs that began with coach J.B. Bickerstaff being fired and replaced by Kenny Atkinson. All-Star guard Donovan Mitchell signed a three-year, $150 million extension in July, ending months of speculation that he wanted out of Cleveland.
Also, power forward Evan Mobley signed a five-year, $224 deal and center Jarrett Allen signed a three-year, $91 million extension.
GUADALAJARA, Mexico – Canada’s Marina Stakusic fell 6-4, 6-3 to Poland’s Magdalena Frech in the quarterfinals of the Guadalajara Open tennis tournament on Friday.
The 19-year-old from Mississauga, Ont., won 61 per cent of her first-serve points and broke on just one of her six opportunities.
Stakusic had upset top-seeded Jelena Ostapenko of Latvia 6-3, 5-7, 7-6 (0) on Thursday night to advance.
In the opening round, Stakusic defeated Slovakia’s Anna Karolína Schmiedlová 6-2, 6-4 on Tuesday.
The fifth-seeded Frech won 62 per cent of her first-serve points and converted on three of her nine break point opportunities.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 13, 2024.
TORONTO – Alejandro Kirk’s long single with the bases loaded provided the Toronto Blue Jays with a walk-off 4-3 win in the 11th inning of their series opener against the St. Louis Cardinals on Friday.
With the Cardinals outfield in, Kirk drove a shot off the base of the left-field wall to give the Blue Jays (70-78) their fourth win in 11 outings and halt the Cardinals’ (74-73) two-game win streak before 30,380 at Rogers Centre.
Kirk enjoyed a two-hit, two-RBI outing.
Erik Swanson (2-2) pitched a perfect 11th inning for the win, while Cardinals reliever Ryan Fernandez (1-5) took the loss.
Blue Jays starter Kevin Gausman enjoyed a seven-inning, 104-pitch outing. He surrendered his two runs on nine hits and two walks and fanned only two Cardinals.
He gave way to reliever Genesis Cabrera, who gave up a one-out homer to Thomas Saggese, his first in 2024, that tied the game in the eighth.
The Cardinals started swiftly with four straight singles to open the game. But they exited the first inning with only two runs on an RBI single to centre from Nolan Arendao and a fielder’s choice from Saggese.
Gausman required 28 pitches to escape the first inning but settled down to allow his teammates to snatch the lead in the fourth.
He also deftly pitched out of threats from the visitors in the fifth, sixth and seventh thanks to some solid defence, including Will Wagner’s diving stop, which led to a double play to end the fifth inning.
George Springer led off with a walk and stole second base. He advanced to third on Nathan Lukes’s single and scored when Vladimir Guerrero Jr. knocked in his 95th run with a double off the left-field wall.
Lukes scored on a sacrifice fly to left field from Spencer Horwitz. Guerrero touched home on Kirk’s two-out single to right.
In the ninth, Guerrero made a critical diving catch on an Arenado grounder to throw out the Cardinals’ infielder, with reliever Tommy Nance covering first. The defensive gem ended the inning with a runner on second base.
St. Louis starter Erick Fedde faced the minimum night batters in the first three innings thanks to a pair of double plays. He lasted five innings, giving up three runs on six hits and a walk with three strikeouts.
ON DECK
Toronto ace Jose Berrios (15-9) will start the second of the three-game series on Saturday. He has a six-game win streak.
The Cardinals will counter with righty Kyle Gibson (8-6).
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Sept. 13, 2024.
