Four Sask. players named to Canada world junior hockey championship team
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Berkly Catton, Brayden Yager, Caden Price and Tanner Howe were all named.
Steven Dubois doubled his fun at the Beijing Winter Olympics on Sunday.
The 24-year-old short-track speed skater from Terrebonne, Que., won his second medal of the Games, claiming the bronze in the men’s 500 metres. He had won silver in the men’s 1,500m earlier in the Games.
Canada has earned 14 medals in Beijing — one gold, four silver and nine bronze — and is tied with Germany and Austria for third place in the medal standings. Only Norway (21) and the Russian Olympic Committee team (17) have more.
Dubois needed a little help from the judges to reach Sunday’s final. They ruled he had been illegally pushed by a South Korean skater in a semifinal, so Dubois was given a spot in the final.
Jordan Pierre-Gilles (Sherbrooke, Que.) was eliminated in a quarterfinal after falling.
In the day’s other short-track final, Canada finished fourth in the women’s 3,000m relay, about half a second off the podium.
That team comprised Kim Boutin (Sherbrooke, Que.), Alyson Charles (Montreal), Courtney Sarault (Moncton, N.B.) and Florence Brunelle (Trois-Rivieres, Que.).
In long-track speed skating action, White City’s Marsha Hudey finished 21st in the women’s 500m. Brooklyn McDougall (Calgary) was 22nd, while Heather McLean (Winnipeg) placed 27th.
Hockey: Canada’s men’s team got back in the win column with a 5-0 victory over China.
Matt Tomkins (Sherwood Park, Alta.) made 26 saves for the shutout. Ben Street (Coquitlam, B.C.), Adam Tambellini (Edmonton), Eric O’Dell (Ottawa), Kent Johnson (Port Moody, B.C.) and Corban Knight (Oliver, B.C.) scored for the Canadians.
Prince Albert’s Adam Cracknell was held off the scoresheet.
Canada completed preliminary-round play with a 2-1-0 record, good for second place in Group A behind the United States.
The 12 teams in the tournament will be ranked after the round-robin and put into a qualification round. Canada is to face China again with a spot in the quarterfinal round on the line.
Canada’s women’s team is to face Switzerland in a semifinal Sunday night. That game is to start just after 10 p.m. Saskatchewan time.
Curling: Brad Gushue snapped a two-game losing streak with a 10-5 victory over the United States on Saturday night.
A steal of four in the second end gave the Canadians a 5-0 lead and they cruised to the victory.
Gushue (St. John’s, N.L.), Mark Nichols (St. John’s, N.L.), Brett Gallant (Charlottetown, P.E.I.) and Geoff Walker (Edmonton) improved to 3-2 and sat in a four-way tie for third place in the standings of the 10-team round-robin.
The Canadians are to face Italy early Monday morning and China in Monday night’s draw.
On the women’s side, Winnipeg’s Jennifer Jones fell to 1-3 and into eighth place after an 8-4 loss to Switzerland.
The Swiss stole two in the eighth end to snap a 4-4 tie and then stole two more in the ninth to send Canada to its third straight loss.
Jones, Kaitlyn Lawes (Winnipeg), Jocelyn Peterman (Red Deer) and Dawn McEwen (Winnipeg) are to face the Russian entry Sunday night and Great Britain on Monday morning.
The top four teams after the round-robin advance to the semifinals.
Snowboarding: Qualification for the men’s and women’s Big Air competitions is to begin Sunday night.
Regina’s Mark McMorris is one of the favourites in the men’s event, which is scheduled to start Sunday at 11:30 p.m. Saskatchewan time. The final round is set to begin Monday at 11 p.m.
Alpine skiing: Erik Read (Canmore, Alta.) finished 13th in the men’s giant slalom. Trevor Philp (Calgary) was 24th.
Biathlon: Scott Gow (Calgary) placed 20th in the men’s 12.5-kilometre pursuit, with Jules Burnotte (Sherbrooke, Que.) 28th, Adam Runnalls (Calgary) 30th and Christian Gow (Calgary) 35th.
Emma Lunder (Vernon, B.C.) was 54th in the women’s 10-kilometre pursuit.
Cross-country skiing: Canada placed 11th in the men’s 4x10km relay.