Rick Nash is only 20 years old but he's leading the pack in Innsbruck, Austria, scoring two big goals in today's victory over the States.  With the win, Canada clinched first place in Group B and will play Sweden, the Group C first-place team, in the qualification round on Saturday.

Again, I'm stuck in front of a computer when I'd rather be in front of a television to watch Canada take on the USA this afternoon at 14:15 EST.  It promises to be a great game and I don't intend to let a little work interfere with my following

Canada absolutely dominated Slovenia, outshooting them 56-12.  8-0 was actually a rather generous score for Slovenia considering.  This was the first world championship game ever between two-time defending champion Canada and the slower, less-skilled Slovenes. A true test is Thursday when we face the damn Yankees.

Canada takes on Slovenia this morning at 10:00 EST.  If you're like me, you won't be able to park yourself in front of a television to enjoy, but you can still follow the action by following my lead. I'll be streaming The Fan 590 so I can hear the

Not quite what I was expecting.  I was on the edge of my seat half way through the third with a slim one goal lead.  To give the Latvians credit, they never stopped working and never gave up.  They kept coming, causing the Great White North to feel rather nervous.

We hockey fans are hockey starved.  It's April and I didn't attend a playoff pool draft, I didn't don my Leafs jersey a single time and I haven't heard a peep out of Bob Cole.  It's been seven months since we've seen the world's best going at it and we're

Canada's world championship roster has been announced.  Carrying the hopes and dreams of a nation on their collective shoulders will be: Goaltenders Martin BrodeurRoberto LuongoMarty TurcoDefencemen Ed JovanovskiChris PhillipsWade ReddenRobyn RegehrScott HannanSheldon SourayDan BoyleForwards Brendan MorrisonDany HeatleyRick NashJoe ThorntonKris DraperKirk MaltbyRyan SmythShane DoanMike FisherSimon GagneBrenden MorrowPatrick MarleauPlay gets underway April

At this very moment, it's a scoreless game between Canada and the United States in the final game at the world championship in Linkoping, Sweden.  The game is already almost half way through the third period.  It looks like it's going to be an awesome finish. Go watch TSN and

When Gary Bettman broke this nation's collective heart, I found a silver lining in the clouds.  I envisioned a World Championship with the best of the best going at it once more for hockey supremacy.  Perhaps the Great One would build another super Team Canada.  I had high hopes. One

The World Junior Hockey Championship has returned to Canada for the first time since 1997.  We were victorious at the 2002 Olympics, captured two consecutive IIHF world titles and won the World Cup of Hockey back in September.  We rule the hockey universe, without a doubt. I can't say enough

As an experiment, I blogged Team Canada's 9-0 win over Germany in real time last week.  It didn't detract from my enjoyment of the game and it provided an interesting account of the action, so I've deemed the experiment a complete success. Tomorrow night our junior team faces Russia for

For the fourth year in a row, Canada has advanced to the finals of the World Junior Hockey Championship.  The final score was rather deceiving as the game never seemed close.  Canada once again completely dominated play and outshot the Czech Republic 42-11. The finals take place at 19:30

Canada completely dominated the World Junior Hockey Championship round robin.  Over four games Canada out scored their opponents 32-5, setting a record for most goals scored by one team while coasting to an easy 4-0 record. Of course, we've yet to face Russia, the United States or the Czech Republic,

Canada faces Germany at the World Junior Hockey Championship in minutes.  I've settled in my basement to watch the game, only I'm going to do something I've never done before.  I'm going to blog the game. I have no idea how this will turn out, so consider yourself witness to

I enjoyed Game Bloggin' this lop-sided 9-0 victory over Germany.  Everybody did their part and played a very disciplined game.  In three games thus far, we're out scoring our opponents 24-4.  Next up is Finland, Thursday at 16:35 EST.

James and I thoroughly enjoyed cheering Canada's junior team on this afternoon.  We overwhelmed Sweden, outshooting them 45-17 on the way to an 8-1 walloping.  Sidney Crosby scored another two goals and now has four for the tournament.  Next up is Germany, tomorrow night at 20:00 EST.

Canada overwhelmed Slovakia in today's opening match up of the World Junior Championships.  It was The Crosby Show as Sidney Crosby scored two and added an assist.  Next up is Sweden, Monday at 16:00 EST.

Every year around this time I get excited about the World Junior Championship tournament.  It's fantastic hockey and great fun watching future stars play for national pride. This year I'll be focused on our National Junior Team like never before.  Without the NHL, this is the first chance we've had

The World Cup has returned to Canada after 13 long years.  This marks four straight national championship wins for Canada as we were victorious at the 2002 Olympics and captured two consecutive IIHF world titles.  There is no doubt as to which nation rules the hockey universe. It was a

To borrow a phrase from fellow Torontonian Neil Young, tonight's the night.  It all comes down to this.  One game will settle the score and determine who is the supreme hockey nation.  Canada faces off against Finland at the ACC. I'm quite looking forward to this game, but it's bitter

Bring on the Finns!  Canada was outworked, outplayed for long stretches and outshot 40-24, but Vincent Lecavalier scored 3:45 into overtime to earn us a thrilling 4-3 victory over the Czech Republic on Saturday night. I left a tie game when I entered the Molson Amphitheatre last night but

It's been tough catching all the games in this great tournament.  I missed the entire quarterfinals last night because I was playing a ball game.  From what I've seen Jarome Iginla had a great game with two goals and an assist while Martin Brodeur recorded the easy shutout. So far

So far, so good.  Canada is clearly the team to beat in this tournament and nothing short of winning it will be acceptable to hockey fans in this great nation. Although this clearly isn't the Russian squad that gave us fits throughout the 70s and 80s, it still feels awfully