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Canada vs. Switzerland results: Six points by Quinton Byfield powers Canadians to 10-0 win – Sporting News

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December 29, 2020

Quinton Byfield has officially arrived at the IIHF World Juniors Championship.

Last year, the 17-year-old kid from Newmarket, Ont., notched one assist in limited time over seven games as Canada won gold. Byfield entered Tuesday’s game with one assist in three games. By the end of 60 minutes against the Swiss, he tacked on six more with two goals and four helpers as the Canadians handily won by a final score of 10-0.

Before the game, Canada had two very different wins under its belt. Boxing Day brought a lopsided win over a depleted German squad while Sunday was a tight win against a more formidable opponent in Slovakia. This contest started off looking like the game from just two days ago as the Canadians could only muster one goal — Philip Tomasino’s fourth of the tournament — on 14 shots in the first period. It was a period filled with penalties for both sides, so momentum was at a premium.

But when the game shifted to the middle frame, the floodgates began to open. Canada notched four in the second period before potting another five in the final stanza. In the end, 14 skaters collected at least one point led by Byfield and Jakob Pelletier (two goals, assist) while Connor McMichael, Cole Perfetti, Dylan Cozens and Ryan Suzuki chipped in a goal and an assist apiece. Overall, the team put 52 shots on net against QMJHL netminder Nathan Patenaude.

On the backend, Devon Levi was once again a calming presence in between the pipes as he turned aside all 15 shots he faced.

Canada will now have a day off before its final game of the preliminary round, a tough test against Finland.

Sporting News had all the action as Canada skated away with another Group A win.

Canada vs. Switzerland scores, highlights from 2021 World Juniors

(All times Eastern)

Third period: Canada 10, Switzerland 0

8:20 p.m. — GOAL. Jakob Pelletier takes the touch pass from Byfield and buries it. The Flames prospect with his second of the night. Canada leads 10-0.

8:16 p.m. — GOAL. Kaiden Guhle fires the one-timer from the right point and rips it off the post and in. Canada leads 9-0.

8:12 p.m. — Holloway takes a penalty and Switzerland heads to the power play for the sixth time. They would not score.

8:10 p.m. — GOAL. Sixty-two seconds later, Cole Perfetti gets his first of the tournament as he takes the pass in the right circle, pivots and scores. All the work on that goal goes to Peyton Krebs who maintained control on the board. Canada leads 8-0.

8:08 p.m. — GOAL. Make that a five-point night for the 2020 second-overall pick. Byfield one times the Jack Quinn royal road pass; beauty of a goal. Canada leads 7-0.

8:04 p.m. — Penalty on Connor Zary for hooking.

8:02 p.m. — PP GOAL. Quinton Byfield is having himself a game. Standing alone in front of the goalie he deflects in the Jamie Drysdale point shot. His first goal of the tourney and fourth point on the night. Canada leads 6-0.

8:00 p.m. — Canada heads back to the power play as Dawson Mercer takes a stick to the face. It’s Canada’s sixth power play of the game.

7:55 p.m. — The third period is underway and the Swiss are on the power play.

7:50 p.m. — During intermission, Kirby Dach gives an update.

Second period

Shots on goal: Canada 37, Switzerland 7 (they had four in the period); Penalty minutes: Canada 8, Switzerland 20

7:36 p.m. — With time winding down Simon Knak gets a good chance flying down the wing after his teammate is held. Knak almost carries the rebound into the net. Canada will start the third period on the penalty kill.

7:32 p.m. — GOAL. Connor McMichael with the shovel one-timer that gets past Patenaude. And guess who made the pass? Dylan Cozens. Canada leads 5-0.

7:27 p.m. — Ryan Suzuki follows the goal up with a fantastic shift that includes Tomasino ringing one off the pipe.

7:25 p.m. — PP GOAL. Ryan Suzuki’s first shot is stopped but cleans up the rebound. Canada leads 4-0.

7:22 p.m. — Canada gets a power play.

7:16 p.m. — GOAL. The Calgary Flames’ prospects connect. After Connor Zary’s shot from the slot just goes wide (may have dinged the outside of the post), Jakob Pelletier buries the puck from the sharp angle. Quinton Byfield showcasing some nifty hands at the blue line to stay onside. Canada leads 3-0.

7:05 p.m. — PP GOAL. Dylan Cozens chips the rebound from the Cole Perfetti shot over the netminder. That’s the Sabres prospects fourth goal and eighth point in three games. Canada leads 2-0.

7:04 p.m.. — Swiss called for a penalty just a second after they end their power play.

7:03 p.m. — The second period begins. BTW, Avalanche prospect Bowen Byram is wearing the “C” today.

First period: Canada 1, Switzerland 0

Shots: Canada 14, Switzerland 3; Penalty minutes: Canada 6, Switzerland 16

6:45 p.m. — The period comes to an end. Switzerland will start the second with 1:04 of power-play time.

6:43 p.m. — Connor McMichael called for interference; lucky he didn’t get a 2+10.

6:42 p.m. — Canadians and Swiss share a good chance.

6:39 p.m. — Levi with a solid save on a point from Guggenheim.

6:38 p.m. — Good pad save by Patenaude. In 11 games with Saint John this season, Patenaude was 4-3-3 with a .889 save percentage.

6:30 p.m. — Alex Newhook gets two for high-sticking. Swiss would not register a shot on goal with the man advantage and have just two with 6:30 left on the clock.

6:27 p.m. — Now a 5-on-4. Canada would not score across that whole sequence of penalties.

6:24 p.m. — Salzgeber gets a 2+10 for checking from behind after hitting Braden Schneider who is back in the lineup after his one-game suspension. So Canada now has a 5-on-3 for around a minute.

6:22 p.m. — Swiss had a few seconds on the power play but then gets called for tripping (not sure about that call either, sorry). It’ll be 4-on-4 for a few ticks above 30 seconds and then Canada will go back to the man advantage.

6:20 p.m. — Switzerland gets its first shots of the game almost seven minutes in.

6:19 p.m. — Cozens called for high-sticking but didn’t really see it on the replay. Regardless it’ll be 4-on-4 for a little over a minute. (Follow-up another look showed it.)

6:17 p.m. — Canada heads to the power play. The team is 2-for-5 in the tournament entering Tuesday’s game.

6:11 p.m. — GOAL. For the third straight game, Tomasino gets a goal. The Predators’ draft pick takes the pass and scores over the blocker of Patenaude. Canada leads 1-0.

6:08 p.m. — Game on and the Canadians immediately get a good scoring chance.

Pregame

5:10 p.m. — Lineup. Devon Levi gets the start again.

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Champions Trophy host Pakistan says it’s not been told India wants to play cricket games elsewhere

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November 8, 2024

Anne Joseph

LAHORE, Pakistan (AP) — A top official of the Pakistan Cricket Board declined Friday to confirm media reports that India has decided against playing any games in host Pakistan during next year’s Champions Trophy.

“My view is if there’s any problems, they (India) should tell us in writing,” PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi told reporters in Lahore. “I’ll share that with the media as well as with the government as soon as I get such a letter.”

Indian media reported Friday that the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) has communicated its concerns to all the Champions Trophy stakeholders, including the PCB, over the Feb. 19-March 9 tournament and would not play in arch-rival Pakistan.

The Times of India said that “Dubai is a strong candidate to host the fixtures involving the Men in Blue” for the 50-over tournament.

Such a solution would see Pakistan having to travel to a neutral venue to play India in a group match, with another potential meeting later in the tournament if both teams advanced from their group. The final is scheduled for March 9 in Pakistan with the specific venue not yet decided.

“Our stance is clear,” Naqvi said. “They need to give us in writing any objections they may have. Until now, no discussion of the hybrid model has happened, nor are we prepared to accept one.”

Pakistan hosted last year’s Asia Cup but all India games were played in Sri Lanka under a hybrid model for the tournament. Only months later Pakistan did travel to India for the 50-over World Cup.

Political tensions have stopped bilateral cricket between the two nations since 2008 and they have competed in only multi-nation tournaments, including ICC World Cups.

“Cricket should be free of politics,” Naqvi said. “Any sport should not be entangled with politics. Our preparations for the Champions Trophy will continue unabated, and this will be a successful event.”

The PCB has already spent millions of dollars on the upgrade of stadiums in Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi which are due to host 15 Champions Trophy games. Naqvi hoped all the three stadiums will be ready over the next two months.

“Almost every country wants the Champions Trophy to be played here (in Pakistan),” Naqvi said. “I don’t think anyone should make this a political matter, and I don’t expect they will. I expect the tournament will be held at the home of the official hosts.”

Eight countries – Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, England, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand and Afghanistan – are due to compete in the tournament, the schedule of which is yet to be announced by the International Cricket Council.

“Normally the ICC announces the schedule of any major tournament 100 days before the event, and I hope they will announce it very soon,” Naqvi said.

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Dabrowski, Routlife into WTA doubles final with win over Melichar-Martinez, Perez

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November 8, 2024

Anne Joseph

RIYADH, Saudi Arabia – Ottawa‘s Gabriela Dabrowski and Erin Routliffe of New Zealand are through to the doubles final at the WTA Finals after a 7-6 (7), 6-1 victory over Nicole Melichar-Martinez of the United States and Australia’s Ellen Perez in semifinal action Friday.

Dabrowski and Routliffe won a hard-fought first set against serve when Routliffe’s quick reaction at the net to defend a Perez shot gave the duo set point, causing Perez to throw down her racket in frustration.

The second seeds then cruised through the second set, winning match point on serve when Melichar-Martinez couldn’t handle Routliffe’s shot.

The showdown was a rematch of last year’s semifinal, which Melichar-Martinez and Perez won in a super tiebreak.

Dabrowski and Routliffe will face the winner of a match between Katerina Siniakova and Taylor Townsend, and Hao-Ching Chan and Veronika Kudermetova in the final on Saturday.

Dabrowski is aiming to become the first Canadian to win a WTA Finals title.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 8, 2024.

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Winger Tajon Buchanan back with Canada after recovering from broken leg

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November 8, 2024

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Inter Milan winger Tajon Buchanan, recovered from a broken leg suffered in training at this summer’s Copa America, is back in Jesse Marsch’s Canada squad for the CONCACAF Nations League quarterfinal against Suriname.

The 25-year-old from Brampton, Ont., underwent surgery July 3 to repair a fractured tibia in Texas.

Canada, ranked 35th in the world, plays No. 136 Suriname on Nov. 15 in Paramaribo. The second leg of the aggregate series is four days later at Toronto’s BMO Field.

There is also a return for veteran winger Junior Hoilett, who last played for Canada in June in a 4-0 loss to the Netherlands in Marsch’s debut at the Canadian helm. The 34-year-old from Brampton, now with Scotland’s Hibernian, has 15 goals in 63 senior appearances for Canada.

Midfielder Ismael Kone, recovered from an ankle injury sustained on club duty with France’s Marseille, also returns. He missed Canada’s last three matches since the fourth-place Copa America loss to Uruguay in July.

But Canada will be without centre back Derek Cornelius, who exited Marseille’s win Sunday over Nantes on a stretcher after suffering an apparent rib injury.

The Canadian men will prepare for Suriname next week at a camp in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

“We are looking forward to getting the group together again with the mindset that there is a trophy on the line,” Marsch said in a statement. “We want to end 2024 the right way with two excellent performances against a competitive Suriname squad and continue building on our tremendous growth this past summer.”

The quarterfinal winners advance to the Nations League Finals at SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., with the two semifinals scheduled for March 20 and the final and third-place playoff March 23, and qualify for the 2025 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Thirteen of the 23 players on the Canadian roster are 25 or younger, with 19-year-old defender Jamie Knight-Lebel, currently playing for England’s Crewe Alexandra on loan from Bristol City, the youngest.

Bayern Munich star Alphonso Davies captains the side with Stephen Eustaquio, Jonathan Osorio, Richie Laryea, Alistair Johnston and Kamal Miller adding veteran support.

Jonathan David, Cyle Larin and Theo Bair are joined in attack by Minnesota United’s Tani Oluwaseyi.

Niko Sigur, a 21-year-old midfielder with Croatia’s Hadjuk Split, continues in the squad after making his debut in the September friendly against Mexico.

Suriname made it to the Nations League quarterfinals by finishing second to Costa Rica in Group A of the Nations League, ahead of No. 104 Guatemala, No. 161 Guyana and unranked Martinique and Guadeloupe.

“A good team,” Osorio said of Suriname. “These games are always tricky and they’re not easy at all … Suriname is a (former) Dutch colony and they’ll have Dutch players playing at high levels.”

“They won’t be someone we overlook at all,” added the Toronto FC captain, who has 81 Canada caps to his credit.

Located on the northeast coast of South America between Guyana and French Guiana, Suriname was granted independence in 1975 by the Netherlands.

Canada has faced Suriname twice before, both in World Cup qualifying play, winning 4-0 in suburban Chicago in June 2021 and 2-1 in Mexico City in October 1977.

The Canadian men, along with Mexico, the United States and Panama, received a bye into the final eight of the CONCACAF Nations League.

Canada, No. 2 in the CONCACAF rankings, drew Suriname as the best-placed runner-up from League A play.

Canada lost to Jamaica in last year’s Nations League quarterfinal, ousted on the away-goals rule after the series ended in a 4-4 draw. The Canadians lost 2-0 to the U.S. in the final of the 2022-23 tournament and finished fifth in 2019-20.

Canada defeated Panama 2-1 last time out, in an Oct. 15 friendly in Toronto.

Goalkeepers Maxime Crepeau and Jonathan Sirois, defenders Joel Waterman, Laryea and Miller and Osorio took part in a pre-camp this week in Toronto for North America-based players.

Canada Roster

Goalkeepers: Maxime Crepeau, Portland Timbers (MLS); Jonathan Sirois, CF Montreal (MLS); Dayne St. Clair, Minnesota United FC (MLS).

Defenders: Moise Bombito, OGC Nice (France); Alphonso Davies, Bayern Munich (Germany); Richie Laryea, Toronto FC (MLS); Alistair Johnston, Celtic (Scotland); Jamie Knight-Lebel. Crewe Alexandra, on loan from Bristol City (England); Kamal Miller, Portland Timbers (MLS); Joel Waterman, CF Montreal (MLS).

Midfielders: Ali Ahmed. Vancouver Whitecaps (MLS); Tajon Buchanan, Inter Milan (Italy); Mathieu Choiniere, Grasshopper Zurich (Switzerland); Stephen Eustaquio, FC Porto (Portugal); Junior Hoilett, Hibernian FC (Scotland); Ismael Kone, Olympique Marseille (France); Jonathan Osorio, Toronto FC (MLS); Jacob Shaffelburg, Nashville SC (MLS); Niko Sigur, Hadjuk Split (Croatia).

Forwards: Theo Bair, AJ Auxerre (France); Jonathan David, LOSC Lille (France); Cyle Larin, RCD Mallorca (Spain); Tani Oluwaseyi, Minnesota United (MLS).

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This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 8, 2024.

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