World junior hockey game tonight

The IIHF said with the forfeiture, "the sportive integrity of the event has been compromised, and the event must be canceled. With a change in protocols this year and players, coaches and staff staying at a hotel open to the public, many expressed their frustrations with how it was all organized. By Shanna McCarriston. Dec 29, at pm ET 2 min read.

A judge sentenced Benderman to four years in prison and ordered he be expelled from the country after serving his sentence, the official said. Michael Brosowski, founder of the Blue Dragon Children's Foundation, which helps homeless and trafficked minors in Vietnam, said Benderman's arrest was partly the result of investigations by his staff. In an interview with The Canadian Press from Hanoi, Brosowski said his charity has a program to help street children.

During a routine visit to lakes and parks where homeless kids congregate at night in the capital, he said his staff met with Benderman's victims. Brosowski said in several boys told his foundation's social workers they had been abused by a foreigner whom they called Ben or Dan.

A few months later another boy told Brosowski's staff he had recently been with the same man and disclosed his home address and his Facebook profile, which was under the name Dean Wilson. We could see he had previously been arrested in Cambodia. Brosowski said based on the info they collected, Hanoi police were able to set up a sting and catch Benderman with an underage boy. The Blue Dragon organization is an Australian charity based in Hanoi and was started by Brosowski in He said his charity provided a lawyer, Van Ta, who represented the four boys, who were between 13 and 15 years old.

Scheduling has already been impacted by the virus. The pre-tournament slate that typically gives all of the 10 teams three games to get accustomed to the rinks and new teammates was reduced to one game apiece, and even one of those games had to be cancelled hours before it was set to be played on Thursday.

The first phase involves two groups of five teams playing a round robin to decide positioning for the playoff portion. Eight teams make it to the quarter-finals , while the bottom team from each group gets set to play the fifth seed from the other group. United States. Will Alex Ovechkin catch Wayne Gretzky?

Tracking NHL goals record as Capitals star keeps climbing list of all-time scorers. Will Ovechkin catch Gretzky? Latest on Great 8's pursuit. Alex Ovechkin career goals and rank on NHL all-time scoring list. Russia 5 , USA 3. Sweden 7 , Czech Republic 1. Germany 2, Canada USA 11 , Austria 0. Slovakia 1, Canada 3. Slovakia 3, Germany 4 OT. USA 7 , Czech Republic 0. Canada 10 , Switzerland 0. Canada 4 , Finland 1.