Canada Defeats Finland in Hlinka Gretzky Cup Opener
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He imitated Dalibor Dvorský with a hat trick in the first game at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup.
Wearing the maple leaf at Hlinka/Gretzky
A former Quinte Red Devil and his national teammates are off to a good start at the Hlinka/Gretzky U18 tournament in Czechia J.C. Lemieux and Canada began the tournament Monday, with a 5-3 win over Finland. The Canucks outshot the Finns 37-25 in the game. Canada plays the Swiss at 9:30 a.m. our time Tuesday. In his rookie season with the Windsor Spitfires, Lemieux had 19 points and last season won a gold medal at the World U17 Hockey Challenge.
OHL Talent On Display Day 1 Of 2025 Hlinka Gretzky Cup
Day one of the 2025 Hlinka Gretzky Cup is in the books. Canada took down Finland in a close 5-3 game. Sweden took it to the Germans, winning convincingly 10-0. The United States defeated one of the host nations, Slovakia, by a score of 6-3. And Czechia, the other host nation, gave its home crowd lots to cheer about with a 6-2 win over Switzerland.
The under-18 national hockey team entered the Hlinka Gretzky Cup tournament victoriously, with coach Jan Tomajko's team defeating Switzerland 6:2 in Brno. The hero of the match was 15-year-old defenseman Lukáš Kachlíř, who scored two goals and two assists. Šimon Bělohorský scored two goals.
The Slovak national hockey team lost their first match at the prestigious Hlinka Gretzky Cup U18 tournament in Trenčín to the USA 3:6. They kept up with the favorite for a long time, but conceded the decisive goal in the 59th minute. All three goals of the Slovak team were scored by striker Oliver Ozogány. The Slovaks will play their next match on Tuesday at 7:00 p.m. against Germany. The Germans started the tournament with a heavy loss, when th…
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