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The U18 World Championships tournament in suburban Dallas rev up for final games this week with gold and NHL futures at stake. Here are draft-eligible players to watch by Andy Eide / @AndyEide / nhl.com/kraken
The world s best hockey players under 18 years old are skating in Frisco, Texas this coming week looking to find gold for their country and improve their future NHL prospects. The International Ice Hockey Federation is hosting the annual U18 World Championship for junior male players, which wrapped up its preliminary round this weekend.
The Dallas-area quarterfinals start Monday with Team USA facing Sweden (6pm, NHL Network, HockeyTV.com) and Canada opening up against the Czech Republic (1pm., NHLN, HockeyTV). Russia and Belarus open the quarters with a 10:30am game and Finland matches up
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Seattle Thunderbirds at Portland Winterhawks (Sunday rematch): Preview, updates, chat, how to listen and watch
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When: Sunday, April 25, 5pm.
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Two major positives for the Portland Winterhawks Saturday night: Seth Jarvis finally getting some reward for effort, and the power play breaking out. Jarvis had a hat trick against the Seattle Thunderbirds in a season where his puck luck hasn’t always been there. Two of those goals were on the power play, boosting the numbers of a unit that surprisingly has been near the bottom of the league. The win put them three points ahead of Seattle for 2nd place in the WHL’s US Division, and another win in the Sunday rematch would put them in the driver’s seat for finishing 2nd.
WHL Roundup: Nielsen scores, Giants blank Cougars 1-0 in shootout
April 4, 2021
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KAMLOOPS, B.C. - Tristen Nielsen buried the lone goal in the shootout, leading the Vancouver Giants to a 1-0 victory over the Prince George Cougars in Western Hockey League action Sunday.
Trent Miner stopped 14 shots to record his second-straight win for the Giants (3-1-0).
At the other end of the ice, Tyler Brennan had a busy night in net, stopping all 43 shots he faced in regulation.
The Cougars fell to 1-2-1 on the season. -
THUNDERBIRDS 5 CHIEFS 4 (OT)
SPOKANE, WASH. Conner Roulette scored the game winner with 13 seconds left in overtime and the Thunderbirds (5-3-0) completed a comeback to edge the winless Chiefs (0-4-3).