Canada world junior hockey champions honoured at Bell Centre in Montreal – Montreal | 24CA News

Some of the members of Team Canada’s gold medal-winning hockey staff and their assistant coach had been honoured on the Bell Centre Tuesday night time previous to the Montreal Canadiens taking the ice to compete towards the Winnipeg Jets.

Team Canada gained their second consecutive gold medal within the World Junior Hockey Championships on Jan. 5. For gamers, the joys of victory continues.

”It’s a second that I’ll keep in mind for the remainder of my life. There are numerous youngsters (who) dream of simply carrying the Canada jersey and we gained the gold so it was simply wonderful,” Joshua Roy, ahead, advised Global News.

Canada defeated the Czech Republic 3-2 in additional time, clinching the sport and bringing dwelling gold.

”The golden aim in OT was unbelievable. The followers on the market in Halifax too, was wonderful,” mentioned Tyson Hinds, a defenceman for Team Canada.

Stepping onto centre ice on the Bell Centre to be honoured in entrance of hundreds of followers is one thing memorable for these gamers.

”When I (was) rising up I used to be watching the Montreal Canadiens … was my dream staff and simply to be right here and get honoured like that, it’s unbelievable,” Hinds mentioned.

The thrill of victory comes at time when Hockey Canada, the governing physique that oversees the juniors and grassroots hockey within the nation, is mired in controversy following allegations of sexual assault by gamers in 2018 and 2003.

But assistant coach Stéphane Julien says the under-20 gamers on his staff need to change the tradition of Hockey Canada and get the main focus again on the ice.

”They need to be a part of the answer,” Julien advised Global News.

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