US EditionCanada falls to Czechia in medal round for third straight year at world juniors
Czechia advanced to the gold-medal game after a late go-ahead goal and empty-netter, marking their third straight year eliminating Canada at the World Juniors.
- Czechia defeated Canada 6-4 in the world junior hockey tournament to advance to the final against Sweden.
- Sweden beat Finland 4-3 in a shootout to reach the all-European final against Czechia, the first since 2016.
- Czechia and Sweden are both vying for their third world junior hockey title.
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Le Journal de QuebecThe Czech Republic hasn't won the gold in 25 years. Canada has won it 10 times since. It doesn't matter. Unlucky, it can happen three years in a row.
BREAKING: Canada Still Stinks At Hockey, Fails To Play For Gold At The World Juniors For The 3rd Straight Year
Nick Wosika. Getty Images.We've all known for a while now that Canada has been trash at hockey. This is a nation that is obsessed with hockey, yet they haven't won a single Stanley Cup since 1993. Th...
The commentator likened the loss of the favorite to a horror movie.
World Juniors: Czech Republic again ends Canada’s gold medal hopes
The 50th annual World Junior Championships were going to be different for Canada this year. After back-to-back quarterfinal exits viewed as something of a national catastrophe in a hockey-mad country, 2026 was a chance for the favored power to return to the top of the heap. It has been different, but not in the way Canada had hoped. It lost to the Czech Republic, 6-4, Sunday in the semifinals at the Grand Casino Arena, which might have been 25 p…
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West Central TribuneWorld Juniors rundown Day 10: Czechs jump at opportunity to ‘keep their ego down’ against Canada
ST. PAUL, Minn. — History didn’t repeat itself, but it certainly rhymed. Three hundred and sixty-seven days ago, Czechia stunned the World Junior Championship host country at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa. Adam Jecho scored the winning goal with 40 seconds left in regulation to claim a 3-2 victory. The Czechs and Canadians met again in the 2026 World Junior Championship knockout rounds. Despite Canada winning the pool-play game between the …
SAINT PAUL. Sweden meets the Czech Republic in the JVM final. They beat Canada 6–4 after a crazy drama. – I can't find words. It's like a dream, says Adam Novotny.
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