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MONTREAL – No one on Canada’s junior team has any concern about rising star Connor McDavid being shut out in the team’s opening game of the world junior championship.

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Things can’t be going much better for the Winnipeg Jets — or worse for the Minnesota Wild.

MONTREAL – Of course, everyone knew that Connor McDavid’s so-called scoring “drought” wasn’t going to last.

NEWARK, N.J. – The New Jersey Devils replaced the fired Pete DeBoer with a three-headed coaching staff and didn’t fare any better in the first game of the unique experiment.

MONTREAL – Opening with a pair of one-sided wins was a confidence booster for Canada but now comes the first real test at the world junior championship: Finland.

The Winnipeg Jets called up Patrice Cormier from the American Hockey League’s St. John’s IceCaps on Sunday.

SUNRISE, Fla. – Brad Boyes and the resilient Florida Panthers put together a big rally against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday night.

ANAHEIM, Calif. – Things weren’t looking too promising for the Anaheim Ducks until a couple of their defenceman came through with the tying and winning goals.

TORONTO – Just before leaving his final news conference at the Sochi Olympics, Canadian hockey coach Mike Babcock made one final statement to reporters about the team’s methodical run to gold.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Calgary forward Johnny Gaudreau is the NHL’s first star of the week after his five-goal output helped the Flames to a pair of wins.

TORRANCE, Calif. – Los Angeles Kings defenceman Slava Voynov faces a March trial on a charge of beating his wife.

OTTAWA – Several fans lost their hats and the glass behind the opposing team’s net took a beating Monday night as Bobby Ryan slammed his hand against it after each of his three goals.

RALEIGH, N.C. – Carey Price needed to be great for the Montreal Canadiens, and he was up to the task.

Marian Hossa is as close to a living legend as the Chicago Blackhawks have in their dressing room. Younger teammates are eager to call him special and revere him as a role model.

NEW YORK, N.Y. – Five Chicago Blackhawks players and Buffalo Sabres forward Zemgus Girgensons are poised to be selected by fans to play in the NHL All-Star Game at Columbus, Ohio, next month.

ARLINGTON, Va. – Brooks Orpik is a veteran of three outdoor NHL games and is holding out slim hope he can play in a fourth.

ARLINGTON, Va. – Playing baseball growing up in Wawota, Sask., Brooks Laich and friends would light a wine cork on fire to make eye black and guard against the sun.

BROSSARD, Que. – It will be hard to overlook the head-to-head battle between the likely top two picks in the NHL draft when Canada faces the United States at the world junior championship.