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30 Dec 2020, 17:25 | Slovak captain injured

Slovakia will play today's game against Finland at the World Junior Championship without captain Samuel Kňažko and forward Dominik Sojka. Both have minor injuries.

28 Dec 2020, 23:33 | Wimmer receives two-game suspension

Austrian defenseman Philipp Wimmer has been suspended for two games at the World Juniors in Edmonton. He will miss the games against Sweden today and Russia tomorrow after an illegal check against USA's Patrick Moynihan.

27 Dec 2020, 22:02 | Braden Schneider suspended

Canada's Braden Schneider has been suspended for one game at the World Juniors in Edmonton. He checked the head of Gemany's Jan-Luca Schumacher in yesterday's game. Schneider will miss today's game against Slovakia.

24 Dec 2020, 10:30 | Canadian captain injured

The captain of the Canadian team for the upcoming World Juniors, Kirby Dach, was injured in the pre-tournament game against Russia. He will miss the entire tournament.

20 Dec 2020, 18:03 | WJC pre-tournament schedule

The International Ice Hockey Federation has adjusted the pre-tournament schedule, including the cancellation of games on Dec. 20-21.

Tuesday December 22: Switzerland-Austria and Finland-USA
Wednesday December 23: Canada-Russia and Slovakia- Czech Republic

Germany and Sweden are in quarantine and can not play any pre-tournament games.

19 Dec 2020, 22:46 | Czech Republic beats Hungary 5-0 - twice

The women's teams of Czech Republic and Hungary played yesterday and today in Kalich Arena, Litomerice. Both times the Czech women won 5-0.

In the first game Sara Cajanova and Klara Hymlarova scored two goals each. In the second game five players scored a goal each. Klara Peslarova earned a shutout in the first game and Viktorie Švejdová in the second.

18 Dec 2020, 23:00 | Eight German U20 team members test positive

Eight players of the German WJC team received a positive corona test result reports IIHF from the 2021 IIHF World Junior Championship Bubble.

Also two Swedish staff members tested positive for COVID-19.

Team Germany will remain in quarantine until 24 December, while Team Sweden will remain in quarantine until 21 December

18 Dec 2020, 22:36 | Poland and Hungary win a game each in Katowice

Poland and Hungary played two games in Katowice. Poland won 2-1 yesterday and Hungary won 3-1 today.

In yesterday's game Dominik Pas scored the winner with just 5 seconds to go. Today Krisztian Nagy scored twice for Hungary but key player of the Hungarian win was their goalie Zoltan Hetenyi who made 47 saves.

15 Dec 2020, 22:18 | Germany-Switzerland games cancelled

The planned international games between the German and Swiss women's national team this week in Füssen had to be cancelled with short notice. The reason is two positive Covid-19 tests in the Swiss squad.

13 Dec 2020, 21:39 | Latvia withdraws

Due to covid-19 cases in the Latvian national team they were forced to withdraw from Wojciecha Korfantego Cup (EIHC) that was scheduled to be played in Katowice, Poland December 17-19.

Instead Poland and Hungary will play two games.

08 Dec 2020, 21:31 | Swedish WJC head coach tested positive for COVID-19

The head coach of the Swedish Under-20 team, Tomas Montén, and two other members of the team staff tested positive for COVID-19 and will not be allowed to participate in the World Juniors that are just a few weeks away.

Four of the Swedish players have also tested positive.

07 Dec 2020, 07:22 | Swedish players to miss the World Juniors

William Eklund and Karl Henriksson of the Swedish Under-20 team will miss the World Junior Championship due to recent positive covid-19 test results.

29 Nov 2020, 11:50 | Fastest Liiga goal

Markus Nurmi of TPS needed only four seconds to score on Ässät's young goalie Rasmus Korhonen for the fastest goal ever in the Finnish top league.

The game was the Liiga debut for the 18-year-old goalie.

Fastest Liiga goals:

4 seconds: Markus Nurmi, TPS / TPS-Ässät November 28 2020
5 seconds: Jari Laiho, Lukko / Lukko-Jokerit December 6 1979
5 seconds: Esa Välioja, Tappara / Tappara-Jokerit January 31 1982
5 seconds: Seppo Ahokainen, Tappara / Ilves-Tappara December 6 1983

Source: Iitalehti

11 Nov 2020, 21:50 | Swedish junior leagues are paused

The Swedish Ice Hockey Federation´s executive committee decided yesterday to pause league games for J20 National and J18 Regional due to increased spread of covid-19.

The decision applies from November 11 and at least until the turn of the year.

05 Nov 2020, 19:03 | Finland-Sweden games cancelled

Three U20 games between Finland and Sweden that were supposed to be played this week in Vierumäki have been cancelled after two Swedish players tested positive for Covid-19.