who is a lock to play in a third straight World Juniors<\/a>, dressed as the backup for a third straight game. <\/p>\nCarolina Hurricanes prospect Ryder Fetterolf stopped 34 of 36 shots for Team USA. <\/p>\n
‘It’s pretty embarrassing, honestly’: Cootes, Canadians frustrated with blowout loss to USA Vancouver Canucks prospect Braeden Cootes didn’t mince words when he spoke about Canada’s blowout loss at the hands of Team USA to close out their Summer Showcase, and he wasn’t the only one feeling the frustration over this exhibition game in August, as Cole Reschny says the game should light a fire under every player in the room. <\/p>\n
Hockey Canada invited fewer players to this summer camp with only 31 making the trip to Windsor, which was down from 42 last year. That allowed for faster-paced practices and more 1-on-1 time to build relationships. <\/p>\n
But it did not lead to better results on the ice as Canada lost to Sweden 5-3 in its opening game on Wednesday before rallying from 3-0 down to beat Finland 5-3 on Thursday. <\/p>\n
\u201cWinning\u2019s important,\u201d said head coach Misha Donskov. \u201cI mean, it\u2019s a key part of this process. It\u2019s a key part of this evaluation camp. I really liked a lot of our game over the course of the three games we played here. It\u2019s been a great week, real good practices, a lot of teaching and building relationships. I didn\u2019t like the result [Saturday] and I didn\u2019t like a lot of our game. Having said that, there were parts of our game that I did like so I think we gotta continue to build, continue to focus on what we want to do and the way we want to play and move forward.\u201d <\/p>\n
Donskov identified puck management as an area that can be cleaned up. <\/p>\n
Reschny, Donskov say Canada didn’t play to their identity against Team USA Team Canada lost their final Summer Showcase game against the USA in blowout fashion, and Calgary Flames prospect Cole Reschny and head coach Misha Donskov spoke about where they feel the game got away from them. <\/p>\n
Canada is looking to snap a three-year championship drought when the World Juniors return to Edmonton and Red Deer this year. The United States is also looking to get back on track after a quarterfinal loss on home ice in Minnesota last year. <\/p>\n
\u201cThey came out pretty hard, which we expected,\u201d said USA winger Ethan Wyttenbach, who scored twice in the second period and was excellent all week. \u201cI mean, it was a great crowd and they\u2019re a really good hockey team. Like, we gotta give them their credit and we respect them. It\u2019s just one of those games where you try and stick in it and then when you get your chance you gotta take advantage and I think that\u2019s what we did and we tried to pile it on at the end.\u201d <\/p>\n
Why? <\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t like them,\u201d the Quinnipiac star, who led the NCAA in scoring last season, said. \u201cI mean, to be honest, like, they don\u2019t like us, we don\u2019t like them, it\u2019s a pretty big rivalry. There\u2019s respect there but when you play these games, no matter what, it\u2019s always going to be a little chippy and a little bit more physical than maybe if we play a different team.\u201d<\/p>\n
Emotions boiled over near the end of the game as Reshcny and Wyttenbach, a fellow Flames prospect, went at it and received coincidental roughing minors. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just playing hockey,\u201d Reschny said. \u201cAny guy on their team, I would\u2019ve done that too. It just happened to be him. I\u2019m just playing hard. Yeah, we\u2019re drafted to the same team and hopefully going to play for a lot of years together, but here we were on opposite teams and that\u2019s how hockey goes.\u201d<\/p>\n
It was only a few weeks ago that the pair were together at Flames development camp. <\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s just a rivalry game,\u201d said Wyttenbach. \u201cHe\u2019s the captain over there. He\u2019s a really good hockey player and he\u2019s trying to light some fire under his team so I understand why he did it. Obviously it\u2019s funny that we\u2019re both drafted [by the Flames] and were roommates a couple weeks ago, so it\u2019s definitely funny. It\u2019s bound to happen eventually. I mean, you see at the Olympics when guys go at it who are teammates, it happens. It\u2019s a cool little rivalry and when we\u2019re teammates it will be a different story.\u201d<\/p>\n
Players on both sides appreciated seeing a pair of future NHL teammates going at it at the end of a summer exhibition game. <\/p>\n
\u201cI didn\u2019t really realize it was Whyts there,\u201d said Canada defenceman Carson Carels, who was picked sixth overall by Calgary in June. \u201cI mean, once I saw that happen I was kind of struck, but that shows the character Cole has on him and that\u2019s why he wears that \u2018C\u2019 for us. He\u2019s all for Canada and for our team. Whether it\u2019s your buddy or not your buddy, he\u2019s playing and pushing himself to the max and doing everything he can for us.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt just shows the way [Wyttenbach] plays and the high level of compete he has,\u201d said centre Wyatt Cullen, who produced three points Saturday and was named Team USA\u2019s player of the game. \u201cIt just shows that he\u2019s such a hard worker. It\u2019s a guy you like to look up to and try to play like. It\u2019s pretty cool to see him competing even though it\u2019s 7-2 and at the end of the game. You love to see it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Carels on Reschny’s skirmish with Wyttenbach: ‘That’s why he wears that C for us’ Late into Canada’s blowout loss to Team USA in their final Summer Showcase game, Cole Reschny got into a little skirmish with fellow Flames prospect Ethan Wyttenbach, and both players spoke about it after the game, while Reschny’s teammates heaped praise upon their captain for showing emotion in the loss. <\/p>\n
Adding injury to insult, Team Canada centre Caleb Desnoyers left the game in the third period after Cullen lost an edge and fell awkwardly into him from behind.<\/p>\n
\u201cYou never want to see something like that,\u201d said Donskov. \u201cI haven\u2019t got a medical update on him yet, but hopefully he\u2019s OK.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s kind of heart-wrenching for sure because he\u2019s a great guy and a great player for us,\u201d said Carels. \u201cJust the character he has, he\u2019s going to get through that and I think it\u2019s nothing too, too serious and I think he\u2019ll stay strong through that.\u201d<\/p>\n
Desnoyers was the fourth overall pick to the Utah Mammoth in 2025 and if he\u2019s not in the NHL this year projects to play a key role at the World Juniors. <\/p>\n
\u201cI know he has a goal to make Utah this year and it\u2019s tough to see that,\u201d said Cootes, who made his NHL debut last season getting into three games with the Canucks. \u201cYou never want to get hurt in the summer. I hope he\u2019s OK. I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll be fine. He\u2019s a tough kid. I haven\u2019t chatted with him yet, but I\u2019m sure he\u2019ll be OK.\u201d<\/p>\n
‘Remarkable’ Lacelle overcomes hearing limitation to contend for Canada’s World Junior crease Netminder William Lacelle discusses his time at Canada summer camp, how he’s overcome his hearing limitation, being passed on in the NHL Draft and the motivation he took from that, and more. <\/p>\n
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Team Canada lines on Saturday: <\/p>\n
Busch – Reschny – Zhilkin<\/p>\n
Belchetz – Malhotra – Cootes<\/p>\n
Lombardi – Desnoyers – Martin<\/p>\n
Harrington – Nesbitt – Roobroeck<\/p>\n
Lawrence<\/p>\n
Reid – Verhoeff<\/p>\n
Carels – Rudolph<\/p>\n
Morrison – Lin<\/p>\n
Huang<\/p>\n
Beckman <\/p>\n
Ivankovic <\/p>\n
Team USA lines on Saturday: <\/p>\n
Berchild – Cullen – Wyttenbach<\/p>\n
Sanderson – Rogowski – West<\/p>\n
Plante – Nelson – Mooney<\/p>\n
Kvasnicka – Mutryn – Mutryn<\/p>\n
Hextall<\/p>\n
Schock – Amico<\/p>\n
Barnett – Bleyl<\/p>\n
Rombach – Barnhill<\/p>\n
Fiddler<\/p>\n
Fetterolf<\/p>\n
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