2025 World Junior Championship Pre-Tournament Game Extended Highlights: Canada vs. Sweden

[@Axepert1OFFICIAL]

I LOVE IIHF SO MUCH

[@hampusjohansson-s7o]

No you dont. You love the world cup, not the federation.

[@ryant2808]

Cowan looking good

[@michaelnehme9286]

He was dust last year I hope he bounces back

[@ObscureReference9]

If you missed the game, refs intentionally didn't call a high stick, interference or a too many men against Canada. Sweden was outplayed but they would have stolen it. I hope they don't get these refs in the real games. Willander was the best player on the ice.

[@scott7621]

Dont worry, they are sending the Waaambulance for you, lol.

[@paullabrecque1296]

Cowan is a future top 6 player with the Leafs

[@uralljabrones]

and yet they still wont make it past the first round of playoffs

[@moderndaydrifter4672]

They are going to trade him before he even has a chance to put on a Leafs jersey.

[@416_j.l]

@@uralljabronestake it out ur mouth

[@Odysseus38]

Gotta give the swed goalie credit, he made 40 saves

[@Echo227]

Let’s go Canada 🇨🇦

[@Evan-hockputer]

Where's the goal horn?

[@Hicks-g1m]

Go Canada my home country team

[@randomusernameidek]

How u watch these exhibition games

[@SCAMDEMIC2023]

Eyes

[@Tlilancalqui]

TSN?

[@Evan-hockputer]

KZbin

[@red3here]

TSN.

[@jerryrick4685]

Where is hage?

[@foskco87]

Would the Swedes normally be playing on an international sized rink?

[@ohohbee]

Most of them yes, i think 6 of the players are in junior leagues in na.

[@13e11even11]

Quality win

[@Ossmabingypsy]

Half the london knights on this team 😂😂😂😂😂

[@larsandersson5974]

Good game Canada! Got heavily outshot today...

[@trevortomah8508]

OHHHHHHH Yeah, congrats on the win, go Canada go.

[@ВованБелый-с6е]

Россия Вперед!!!, без нашей сборной смотреть даже не буду, выигрывать соревнования у слабых соперников это вы научились, но вы слабеете сами того не понимая.

[@red3here]

@@ВованБелый-с6еdude shush.

[@LOL-ld9kg]

​@@ВованБелый-с6еbro hockey's is Canada's sport u guys are a joke to us

[@-letunov6169]

@@ВованБелый-с6еshut up

[@tunaismeYT]

@@ВованБелый-с6еnah deal with Ukraine first

[@Evan-hockputer]

Let's Go Canada!

[@cherylbois606]

Good game

[@АрианНазаров-м7и]

Опять эти Канадцы, Америкацы... 😒 Ну, дайте хоть маленько "шанса" игрокам ЕС😒

[@XJLegend7573]

LET’S GO

[@valhellion]

Not a quality tournament without Russia. Diluted tournament. Politricks in sports never worked. Moscow & La Olympics is the reminder. History repeats. Athletes & fans lose. Not watching it again.

[@ObscureReference9]

there's the door

[@caelanlangford9041]

nobody cares

[@2k4ever-v9v]

​@@caelanlangford9041many people do, you obviously dont, so next time say i dont care instead of nobody cares, speak for yourself buddy

[@janmrvka1014]

Nobody cares about ruSSia bro. They play shity anyways

[@windsolarupnorth7084]

Nobody cares about your whining.

[@BLUNTMAN187]

Cowan > Bedard

[@skogstjuven]

Dåligt.

[@жизньбратиков-э7к]

Go play vs Russia

[@жизньбратиков-э7к]

No russian no interes

[@2k4ever-v9v]

Without russia is like having a fifa world cup without brazil 😅

[@perm9352]

Well, I would not miss Brazil either...

[@janmrvka1014]

Dont think so 😅

[@windsolarupnorth7084]

It's more fun without Russia. Russia can have their own tournament with China and Iran.

[@larsandersson5974]

I second that!

[@zloverus]

Let's go Russia❤️🇷🇺

[@larsandersson5974]

Russia is spending Christmas in the trenches in Ukraine 😆

[@galkanftw]

Wow just wow first Switzerlands swiss cheese goalie Canada;s swiss cheese goalie Swedens swiss cheese goalie al of them just commit early to the knees and wave at pucks.There is no such thing as a good goalie anymore just shoot high or aim your shots and they will go in. IDK why goalies even wear skates they don't use them.

[@-letunov6169]

that’s why they are playing on tv and you are watching…

[@hampusjohansson-s7o]

I found the guy who buys pre-boiled eggs. You should Google the difference between Switzerland and Sweden.

[@jeremyrichards8098]

Let’s look at same basic facts here: Dave Cameron is 1 for 3 at the WJC for Canada. He’s part of the most infamous collapse in WJC history when Canada, who, in the gold medal game, was up 3-0 heading into the third period, in the end, lost 5-3 to Russia. Then, he, somehow, found a way to squeak by Finland in the 2022 WJC gold medal final, where Mason McTavish pulled off both an undisciplined give away, and the save of the century. Fast forward to last year, and we have this same coach playing Fraser Minten, the same Fraser Minten who had an eye popping 48 points in 43 games in the WHL, playing 22 minutes in an elimination game over the 1st overall pick, Macklin Celebrini, the same Celebrini who is a point per game this year in the NHL, and who won the Hobey Baker as the top NCAA hockey player in his draft year. In the end, Canada was eliminated in the quarter finals last year, losing 3-2 to Czechia, failing to even medal. Taking a look at this year’s roster construction, the fact that Tanner Howe not only made the team, but was considered a lock is mystifying. This is the same Tanner Howe he had 1 assist in 7 games for Canada at the U-18s in ’23 and zero points in 4 games at the U-18s in ’22. The same Tanner Howe who, playing alongside Connor Bedard in Bedard’s draft year, produced 85 points, 36 goals in 67 games; to 77 points, 28 goals in 68 games in his draft year, without Bedard; to 16 points in 16 games this year, two years removed from playing on the coattails of Bedard. Even in Canada’s 7-1 blowout win over the Swiss a few days ago, according to Dave Cameron, the one thing he, Dave Cameron, took away from that game was Tanner Howe’s backchecking. Yes, backchecking is important, but maybe Cowan’s hat trick should have been the highlight. The issue is not Tanner Howe per se. It’s more about why does Team Canada keep coming back to this guy as a coach? This is the same coach who would rather have Fraser Minten out in the third period, over a phenom like Macklin Celebrini, in an elimination game, like last year against Czechia. This is the same coach that had Gavin McKenna penciled in as the 13th forward against the Swiss and Sweden. Had it not been for some injury and maintenance calls to forwards up the roster, McKenna might still be the 13th forward. So the question begs: why Cameron specifically? His coaching record is dismal at the NHL level. Coached 2 seasons for Ottawa in 2015 and 2016; finished 4th in the Atlantic, got bounced in the 1st round against Montreal. Didn’t even qualify for the playoffs the next year. His teams have never won anything at the OHL level. Dave Cameron the coach, at both the junior level and the professional level, are substandard. But what about Dave Cameron the player? Well, there’s not much going on there either. He played on some of the worst NHL rosters in NHL history. The 81-82 Colorado Rockies finished dead last in the league, where Cameron scored 23 points in 66 games, good for 10th in team scoring on arguably the worst team in NHL history. The 82-83 Devils finished 3rd last in the NHL that year. Cameron scored 9 points in 35 games, good enough for 20th in team scoring. The 83-84 Devils finished 2nd last in the NHL, but not for a lack of effort. No. They were bested only by the most infamous tank job in NHL history, pulled off by the Pittsburgh Penguins who, for their efforts, were rewarded with Mario Lemieux. Cameron scored 21 points in 67 games in his final NHL season, good enough for 12th in team scoring. So, when you sum in all up, Cameron is a career plug, both at the coaching and player level, it seems. This explains the fetishization of plugs like Fraser Minten, playing over Macklin Celebrini, and his inclination towards hard working back checkers like Tanner Howe, over clearly more talented and deserving players like Michael Misa, or Carter Yakemchuk or Beckett Sennecke. Gavin McKenna, the most talented player on Team Canada, who lead Canada to gold at the U-18s in 24’, scoring a hat trick in the gold medal game against the United States, will likely get the Celebrini treatment this year as well. Cameron cannot seem to accept that his brand of hard-working grit, and hard-working back checkers, in favor of rolling a 4 line offensive juggernaut, in favor of the outdated and outmoded concept of the top 6, bottom 6 roster construction does not apply to a country like Team Canada and the sheer offensive prowess they could exert over its opponents. In short, this is why his teams, at all levels, reflected in his own career as a short-lived journeyman plugger, who played for some of the worst NHL teams in NHL history, are why Canada has and continues to fail and there is nothing to suggest that this won't continue to be the case.

[@moderndaydrifter4672]

Looks like you have done your research. It was a good read and interesting. As a Canadian who loves hockey, I believe we need to put together the absolute best team that we can. If we can roll 4 lines that are 1st lines in every way, then we should do that. At the end of the day, the team that scores more goals then their opponent wins the game.