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 The USA just beat Canada 5-2 after being down 2-0. They take first in group A and will play Hungary in the quarterfinals and Canada will play Sweden.  Other quarterfinals match ups has Finland vs Czech Republic and Switzerland vs Japan. Quarterfinals are on Thursday. 

 It was pretty much a no doubter as Canada bests Japan 9-0.  Meanwhile Denmark beat Hungary 1-0 despite being outshot 45-19. Uuuf. That's the only two games today.  Canada plays again on Tuesday vs the USA. 

 This time it was Switzerland they beat 4-1.  Another semi tight one.  Also the USA beat Finland 6-1 and Sweden beat Germany 4-3 in a shootout.  Czech Republic is leading Denmark 3-1 in the 3rd.

 Canada opens the womens worlds with a 4-1 win against Finland. Also Finland's Jenni Hiirikoski began her 14th tournament,  which I believe set a record. She had also set a Games record. She is now at 76 games played, passing Karoliina Rantomaki, who has played 69. Cool.  Sweden beat Denmark 5-2. So that's opening day.  Stay tuned for more. 

 It's opening day. This morning the USA beat Japan 10-0 while Hungary beat Germany 4-2. Right now Canada leads Finland 3-1 as is Sweden over host Denmark. 

 It's intriguing.  For the first time, all 30 teams will face each other at least once next season. 52 games within the division, 64 games against hhe other two league divisions (NL East would play central and west 64 games) and 46 interleague games. Scheduled became more "balanced."  All star game is in Seattle on July 11. Opening day is on March 30 and, if weather permitting, all 30 teams will be playing. All 30 teams are scheduled to play on July 4th. St Louis plays the Cubs in London Great Britain June 24 and 25. Regular season ends October 1st. Postseason would start on October 3rd I would imagine. 

 ....... the womens world championship starts Thursday morning in Denmark. Canada will be looking to repeat as champions. 

 What. A. Game. Canada goes up 2-0. Finland kills off 5 straight penalties,  comes back to tie it at two, and kills off two more penalties. In overtime, Mason McTavish makes a game saver clearing the puck off his own goal line, to which Canada goes up ice and Kent Johnson scores to give Canada its 19th ever world juniors gold medal. Canada 3 Finland 2.  Finland has its 5th silver. This was a game. 

 Sweden are bronze medalists after beating Czech Republic 3-1 in the bronze medal game. It is their 7th bronze ever at this tournament. Coming up is the gold medal game between Canada vs Finland at 6pm Prince Albert Saskatchewan time. 

 It will be Canada vs Finland for gold tomorrow night.  Finland beat Sweden 1-0 to advance. Sweden will play Czech Republic for bronze tomorrow afternoon at 2pm Prince Albert time. Gold medal game will be at 6pm Prince Albert time. 

 Canada beat the Czech Republic 5-2 (Czechs started making a game of it) and will play for gold  and the Czechs for bronze. Finland vs Sweden is about to drop the puck to decide who Canada will play (and the Czechs too).

 The defending world junior champs are out as Czech Republic beat the USA 4-2 and will face Canada Friday afternoon at 2pm. Finland plays Sweden Friday night at 6pm.  Winners play for gold Saturday night, while the losers play for bronze Saturday afternoon.

 Canada just beat a pretty game Switzerland team 6-3 and is off to the semis. The USA vs Czech Republic game will decide the semis matchups. Other quarterfinals games had Finland 5-2 over Germany and Sweden barely beating Latvia 2-1. Stay tuned 

 Canada just finished beating Finland 6-3 to go 4 wins and no losses to finish first in group A. They will play Switzerland in the quarterfinals. Switzerland beat Austria 3-2 this afternoon.  Sweden vs Germany will decide the remaining two quarterfinals games. Winner gets Latvia and loser gets Finland. 

 USA just beat Sweden 3-2 to finish their round robin sked at 4 wins  and no losses and will play Czech Republic in the quarterfinals on Wednesday. The rest of the quarterfinals will be decided tomorrow. Tomorrow's games has Canada vs Finland for first in group A, Sweden vs Germany for second and third in group B, and Switzerland vs Austria for the last quarterfinals spot. Stay tuned. 

 Latvia just beat the Czech Republic 5-2 and will finish 3rd in group A, while the Czechs will finish 4th. Latvia may give someone all they can handle in the quarterfinals. 

 Canada is 3 for 3 as they beat Czech Republic 5-1. They're into the quarterfinals.  Last game of the round robin is Monday against Finland.  Monday will decide the quarterfinals match up.  Stay tuned for that

 This season had, you guessed it,  6 teams and 70 games. October 1, Dick Irvin Sr resigns as Chicago coach due to illness. Tommy Ivan takes over. November 18, Ted Lindsay scores goal #300. January 5, CBS aires an afternoon game between New York and Chicago. New York wins 4-1.  February 11, Ted Lindsay forms the NHLPA.  After this season him and Glenn Hall get traded to Chicago. Chicago will start improving while Detroit starts declining.  Power play rule changes.  Before, you could score as many goals as possible on the power play.  Now, once you score, penalty ends.  Playoffs:  semi finals; Boston upsets Detroit 4-1, while Montreal knocks off New York 4-1. Stanley Cup had Montreal beat Boston 4-1.  Next up is the 1957-58 season. 

 Last night in Dyersville Iowa was the 2nd annual field of dreams game. Chicago Cubs and Cincinnati Reds wore replica uniforms that were worn in 1919. Chicago won 4-2. The uniforms looked pretty neat. 

 Mason McTavish scored 4 (in some good company) as Canada routed Slovakia 11-1. Yikes.  Earlier Finland won in a shootout 4-3 over Czech Republic.  Canada plays again Saturday against Czech Republic at 4pm.

 Canada beat Latvia 🇱🇻 5-2 to open the tournament. Wasn't a perfect game.  There's work to be done. They play Slovakia 🇸🇰 tomorrow for their second game.  Not many surprises but  couple of good games so far. One had Sweden 🇸🇪 beat Switzerland 🇨🇭 3-2 after going up 3-0. Tonight has Germany 🇩🇪 vs Austria 🇦🇹 to finish day two of the tournament. 

 The reboot of the holiday tradition has begun with the Czech Republic beating Slovakia in a thriller 5-4. Canada opens tomorrow at 4pm against Latvia. 

 Hollie Naughton will be carrying the Canadian flag at tonight's closing ceremony of the Commonwealth Games. Excellent.  Some final numbers. Canada won 26g, 32s   34b for 92 total.  59 by women or mixed teams.  33 medals won by men.  Canada ended up 3rd for most gold and overall,  behind Australia and England. 20 medals won by swimmers, tied fir most. Swimmers won 20 in 2018. Summer McIntosh won 6 medals at these games, becoming the most decorated there. 7 golds in swimming.  Closing ceremony should be in a couple of hours from now.  Next Commonwealth Games will be in Victoria region of Australia.  Thanks to Devin Heroux for dome of the numbers. 

 Michelle Li has the silver in badminton to open the last day of the Commonwealth Games. That is now 26g, 32s 34b for 92 total. Let's close it up. 

 First on the track. The team of Kyra Constantine, Natassha McDonald, Micha Powell and Alyanna Stiverne won the 4x400m relay.  Second on the beach as Melissa Humana-Paredes and Sarah Pavan won the beach volleyball tournament. That is now 26g, 31s 34b for 91 total. That brings day 10 to a close. Only tomorrow left. 

 Tamara Thibeault has the gold and it came on boxing 75kg class. Mia Vallee has the bronze in diving, 3m springboard. That is now 24g, 31s, 34b for 89 total. 

 Rylan Wiens has the silver, this time on the 10m platform. Way to go.  That is now 23g, 31s, 33b for 87 total.  Woohoo. 

 The team of Daniel Dearing and Samuel Schachter took silver in beach volleyball. Yaaaay!!!  That is now 23g 30s 33b for 86 total. Woo!

 Evan Dunfee has himself a gold, winning the 10000m walk. Woohoo!!!! Congrats Evan.  That is now 23g, 29s, 33b for 85 total.   Yeeeesss

 3 golds and 3 bronze. The golds: Justina De Stasio in wrestling 76kg, Camryn Rogers on hammer throw and Nishan Randhawa in wrestling 97kg. The bronzes: Jasmit Phulka in wrestling  74 kg, Keoma-Ali-Al-Ahmadieh in boxing 57kg, and Jillian Wier in hammer throw. That is now 22g, 29s, 33b for 84 total.

 2s and 3b. The silvers: both in wrestling. Madison Parks in the 50kg and Samantha Stewart in the 53kg. The bronzes: Priyanka Dhillon in boxing 48kg, Wyatt Sanford in boxing 63.5kg and Darthe Capellan in wrestling  57kg.  That is now 19g, 29s, 30b for 78 total. Yeeeeesssssss!!!!!!!!

 First, a silver from Ethan Katzberg in the hammer throw and set a personal best.  Next z bronze in synchro diving 3m from Margo Erlam and Mia Vallee. A second bronze from Carmel Kallemaa in the ribbon. Kallemaa also got a silver in the clubs and a second bronze in the hoops. A silver to round this out as Suzanna Shahbazian won it in the ball. The last four medals mentioned arr in rhythmic Gymnastics. Soooo.... I think 3 silver and three bronze so far to make 19g, 27s, 27b 73 total.

 2g, 3s and 1b.  The golds: Mia Vallee in diving 1m springboard and Amar Dhesi in wrestling 125kg event. The silvers: Linda Morais in wrestling 68kg event, Ana Godinez in wrestling 62kg event and Rylan Wiens and Nathan Zsombor-Murray in diving 10m synchro platform. The bronze: Alex Moore in wrestling freestyle 86kg. That is now 19g, 24s, 24b for 67 total. Let's keep it going. 

 This one from Lachlan McNeil in the wrestling 65kg event. Yaaaay. That is now 17g 21s 23b for 61 total. 

 It's Hannah Taylor who has it. She takes it in the wrestling 57kg class. Woohoo!!!  That is now 17g 20s 23b for 60 total. Let's keep it going. 

 The team of Tatiana Cocsanova, Carmel Kallemaa and Suzanna Shahbazian won the rhythmic Gymnastics all around.  Yippee. That is now 17g, 20s, 22b for 59 total. A quiet day 7.

 This bronze from Caeli McKay on the 10m platform. Woohoo!!! That is now 16g 20s 22b for 58 total. 

 1g 2s 1b. The gold courtesy of Sarah Mitton in the shot put. The silvers: first one from Summer McIntosh in the 400m freestyle.  McIntosh is part of the 4x100m medley that won the second silver.  Sophie Angus, Kylie Masse, Maggie Mac Niell, Ella Jansen and Mary Sophie-Harvey was part of the relay.  The bronze came from Zachary Gingras in the 100m T38 race. 11 medals today so far. That is now 16g, 20s, 21b for 57 total. 

 Kylie Masse just added Canada's 15th gold in the 50m backstroke. Yeeesssssss!!!!!!!! That is now 15g, 18s, 20b for 53 total. 

 2 golds,  a silver and a bronze.  The golds: Nicholas Bennett in the pool in the 200m freestyle S14 and Marc Deschenes in judo +100kg class. The silver: Hollie Naughton in squash (first ever medal in squash). The bronze: Joshua Liendo in the pool in the 50m freestyle.  That is now 14g, 18s, 20b for 52 total.  Yessss. 

 First the gold.  It came from Shady El Nahas in judo 100kg class. The silver came from Kyle Reyes, also in judo 100kg class. Pretty easy to say they faced each other.  That is now 12g, 17s, 19b for 48 total. Yesssss.

 This in the mixed 4x100m medley relay. The team of James Dergousoff, Ruslan Gaziev, Maggie Mac Niell, Kylie Masse, Javier Acevado, Sophie Angus, Patrick Hussey and Rebecca Smith take the silver. That is now 11g, 16s, 19b for 46 total. Another 13 today. Coming on strong. I think that may be it for today. 

 The team of Taya Hanson, Rosalie Mercille, Sarah Te-Biasu and Tara Wallack won gold in the womens 3X3 wheelchair basketball event. Meanwhile Aurelie Rivard took silver in the 200m individual medley SM10 event. That is now 11g, 15s, 19b for 45 total. Wheeeee!!!!!!!

 The golds: first from Joshua Liendo in 100m butterfly and the womens 3X3 basketball team of Kady Dandeneau, Tara Llandes, Tamara Steeves and Elodie Tessier beat Australia. The silvers: the 3X3 mens basketball wheelchair team of Vincent Dallaire, Colin Higgins and Robert Hedges. The second silver was Kristel Ngarlem in weightlifting 87kg class.  That is now 10g, 14s, 19b for 43 total. Yeeeeesss!

 This from Francois Gauthier-Drapeau in the 81kg class.  Yeeeeeessssss. That is now 8g, 12,s 19b for 39 total. 

 This one from Mohab El Nahas in judo in mens 81kg class. Woohoo.  That is now 8g, 11s, 19b for 38 total 

 First the gold.  It came from Catherine Beauchemin-Pinard in judo 63kg class.  Now the bronze.  It came from the mens 3X3 basketball team. The team of Alex Johnson, Bikramjit Gill, Jordan Jensen-Whyte and Adam Paige beat Scotland 13-12. Woohoo. That is now 8g, 11s, 18b for 37 total. 

 This bronze goes to Emma Spence, winning UT on the beam.  Yaaaaaay.  That is now 7g 11s 17b for 35 total. 

 Maya Laylor has won gold in weightlifting 76kg class. Woohoo!!!!!!!! That is now 7g 11s 16b for 34 total.  Let's keep this going. 

 2g 3s 2b since lunch.  Golds: Christa Deguchi in judo 57 kg class and Summer McIntosh in 200m individual medley.  Silvers: Kelly Deguchi in judo 52kg class, Kylie Masse in the 200m backstroke and Alexis Ashworth in weightlifting 71kg class. Bronzes: Camille Berube in 100m breaststroke SB6 and Javier Acevado in the 100m backstroke. That is now 6g 11s 16b for 33 total.  Geez 15 medals today. 

 And yet four more. A gold by Maude Charron in weightlifting 64kg class, a bronze by Chris Kaji in mens rings, a second bronze by Maggie Coles-Lyster in cycling  the scratch race and a third bronze by Kelsey Mitchell in the kieren (cycling). That is now 4g, 8s, 14b for 26 total. Let's keep this going. 

 2 silvers and 2 bronze. The silvers are: Jayson Rampersand in mens floor and Laurie Denommee in womens vault.  The bronzes are: Nicolas Vachon in weightlifting 81kg class and Jayson Rampersand (his second of the day) in pommel horse. That is now 3g 8s 11b for 22 total. Let's keep it going.