Canada advances to men's U18 world hockey semifinals on Cole Reschny overtime goal
Cole Reschny scored the game-tying and game-winning goals in leading Canada to a 3-2 overtime win over the Czech Republic Wednesday in the quarterfinal of the under-18 men's world hockey championship in Allen, Texas.
Reschny of Macklin, Sask., scored 2:41 into overtime for the winner. His first of the game with 4:08 left in the second period knotted the score at 2-2 just 45 seconds after Adam Benak put the Czechs up 2-1.
Jackson Smith made it 1-1 for Canada with 20 seconds remaining in the first period. David Rozsival opened the scoring for the Czech Republic at 6:06.
Jack Ivankovic made 22 saves in the win, while Frantisek Poletin stopped 37 of 40 shots in the opposite net.
The defending champion Canadians finished the preliminary round undefeated with an 8-1 win over Norway in Group A on Monday. The Czechs, meanwhile, closed the prelims Monday with a 7-3 loss to Sweden in Group B.
The semifinals will take place on Friday, with the medal games on Saturday.
Try Our AI Features
Explore what Daily8 AI can do for you:
Comments
No comments yet...
Related Articles
Toronto Sun
13 hours ago
- Toronto Sun
Which Canadian has the best chance to win the U.S. Open?
Corey Conners of Canada plays a shot from the fifth tee during the final round of the Memorial Tournament presented by Workday 2025 at Muirfield Village Golf Club on June 01, 2025 in Dublin, Ohio. Photo by Michael Reaves / Getty Images WATCH BELOW: On the latest episode of On Tour with Jon McCarthy, Postmedia's Rob Wong chats with Toronto SUN National Golf Writer Jon McCarthy about the US Open at Oakmont. They discuss the challenges that the course presents, Rory McIlroy's motivation at this point in his career and which Canadians could potentially win the tournament. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account Celebrity NHL Editorial Cartoons Toronto Maple Leafs Music
Winnipeg Free Press
16 hours ago
- Winnipeg Free Press
Majority of Proline players favour Panthers in upcoming game versus Oilers
It seems Proline bettors are favouring the Florida Panthers to continue their winning ways in the Stanley Cup final. Florida took a 2-1 series lead over the Edmonton Oilers with a decisive 6-1 win Monday night. Action is slated to resume Thursday night in Sunrise, Fla. Fifty-four per cent of early bettors are looking towards Florida. And the early over-under on the game is over 6.5 goals, with 59 per cent of gets on the over. On Monday night, just 41 per cent of bettors picked Florida to win while 52 per cent of players correctly had the game to go over 6.6 goals. In NBA action, the Oklahoma City Thunder and Indiana Pacers resume their best-of-seven final series Wednesday night. The Thunder captured a 123-107 victory Sunday night to tie the championship at one game apiece. A whopping 66 per cent of bettors had Indiana, a 12-point underdog, winning the second game while 67 per cent of wagers were also on the Pacers +11.5. Monday Mornings The latest local business news and a lookahead to the coming week. Fifty-four per cent of early wagers for Wednesday's game are on the Thunder to win while 74 per cent of bettors also like Oklahoma City at -5.5 on the point spread. On Monday night, the Toronto Blue Jays rallied to edge the St. Louis Cardinals 5-4 in 10 innings. That was a popular result as 62 per cent of bettors had the Jays winning and 68 per cent correctly had the game to go over 8.5 total runs. A Proline digital play won $2,697.63 from a $20 bet on a seven-pick parlay while another earned $1,148.99 from a $9 wager on a six-pick international soccer parlay. A retail bettor claimed $1,748 from a $20 bet on a three-pick international soccer parlay that included Canada downing Ukraine in their Canadian Shield Tournament game (the Canadians won 4-2) and both teams scoring in the contest. Another received a $2,718.30 payout from a $9 bet on a 10-pick baseball parlay. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 11, 2025.
Toronto Sun
16 hours ago
- Toronto Sun
McCARTHY: Time is now for a Canadian golfer to win another major as Oakmont looms
"The game feels great. The last few years has been a really consistent good stretch, so yeah, it's time to see what I'm made of," Nick Taylor said. Get the latest from Jon McCarthy straight to your inbox Canadians Nick Taylor and Mackenzie Hughes during a practice round ahead of the U.S. Open. AP Photo OAKMONT, Pa. — There has never been a better group of Canadian golfers on the PGA Tour and the final step to cement this generation's legacy would be to win a major championship. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. THIS CONTENT IS RESERVED FOR SUBSCRIBERS ONLY Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. SUBSCRIBE TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Subscribe now to read the latest news in your city and across Canada. Unlimited online access to articles from across Canada with one account. Get exclusive access to the Toronto Sun ePaper, an electronic replica of the print edition that you can share, download and comment on. Enjoy insights and behind-the-scenes analysis from our award-winning journalists. Support local journalists and the next generation of journalists. Daily puzzles including the New York Times Crossword. REGISTER / SIGN IN TO UNLOCK MORE ARTICLES Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account. Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments. Enjoy additional articles per month. Get email updates from your favourite authors. THIS ARTICLE IS FREE TO READ REGISTER TO UNLOCK. Create an account or sign in to continue with your reading experience. Access articles from across Canada with one account Share your thoughts and join the conversation in the comments Enjoy additional articles per month Get email updates from your favourite authors Don't have an account? Create Account There are four Canadians in the field this week at the U.S. Open in Oakmont: Corey Conners, Nick Taylor, Mackenzie Hughes and Taylor Pendrith. All four of them are PGA Tour winners, all four arrive ranked inside top 50 in the world and all four of them are between 33 and 37 years old. After playing a practice round together ahead of Thursday's action, the Postmedia caught up with Canada's two highest-ranked golfers and asked if it ever crosses their mind as the years go by that the time to make something magical happen might be right now. 'The game feels great. The last few years has been a really consistent good stretch, so yeah, it's time to see what I'm made of,' five-time tour winner Nick Taylor said. For Conners, it's about stacking up good results at big events and building confidence, something Canada's only major winner Mike Weir once told the Toronto Sun was key for him in getting over the final hump. Jon McCarthy has something for every golfer, with a notably Canadian slant. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. Please try again This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. 'Mentally, I've always been fairly mature, but I'm always growing,' Conners said. 'I've gained confidence being out here a number of years and playing in these big events and getting myself into the mix a few times. Using that experience I'm ready to go and do it again.' Taylor is firing on all cylinders heading into the torture chamber that is Oakmont. The 2023 RBC Canadian Open champ finished T13 last week at TPC Toronto — taking top-Canadian honours — and finished in fourth place a week earlier at Jack Nicklaus' Muirfield Village, always one of the toughest tests on the PGA Tour. He already has a win under his belt this year in January at the Sony Open in Hawaii. 'There's no bailout here at Oakmont, there's nothing easy. I think the positive of playing the past two weeks is that obviously Muirfield was extremely difficult and par had a value there as well,' Taylor said. 'You just have to commit. You can't be trying to steer it around here or you'll get in trouble.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Committing to his shots is coming a little easier for Taylor these days, as he has largely removed the left-miss off the tee, something that had plagued him some weeks in the past. His iron play has improved to the point where he should be in ball-striking conversations usually limited to Conners when Canadians are mentioned. 'I can't get ahead of myself, these events are really challenging,' Taylor said. 'You can come to any event feeling good and a course like this can just get you.' With a reputation as a closer on Sundays, Taylor's biggest issue at majors has been making it to the weekend. At the Masters in April, he finally ended a rather shocking streak of nine consecutive missed major cuts. If his game continues to become more consistent, expect plenty of big things from the 37-year-old native of Abbotsford, B.C. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. For Conners, it never has been about consistency or about getting into contention, something he does quite regularly. The 33-year old Listowel, Ont., native is ninth in the season-long FedEx Cup standings and is armed with one of the finest tee-to-green games in the world. He also possesses a swing that earns praise from analysts and his peers nearly every week he tees it up. 'I've hit the ball well my whole career and it's definitely good to hear,' Conners said. 'It makes me happy, I guess. It's not always as sharp as I want it to be, but it's certainly a good strength to have around here at Oakmont.' When the U.S. Open rolls into Oakmont, the conversation instantly goes to the rough and the greens. 'Some of the craziest greens I've ever seen and pretty demanding off the tee and into the greens. It's quite something, 'Conners said after playing the course this week for the first time. 'I think the shift is just really battling hard when you make a mistake and trying to recover. You're not going to be able to force anything out here, you have to be disciplined and not get discouraged after mistakes and take a bogey if that's the case.' This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Read More The stoic Conners seems to have the perfect personality to handle the roller coaster of emotions Oakmont will deliver. And pairing that with his ball-striking prowess, it could once again come down to whether the top-ranked Canadian can rely on his sometimes shaky putter for four days. So far this season, Conners is 74th in strokes-gained putting and actually in the positive compared to the PGA Tour average in a stat that he never has cracked the top-100 in over his career. 'Putting has been fairly consistent this year — it wasn't great last week, but I'm optimistic with my ball-striking and I think I'm getting it dialled in where I want,' Conners said. For now, Canada's major championship hopes rest squarely on the shoulders of this unlikely generation of PGA Tour winners. 'We are all waiting for more guys to get out here and follow in our footsteps,' Conners said. 'It would be great to have a younger generation of Canadian at these events and on the PGA Tour. I don't know what it was for us, maybe just good timing for the crop that's out here. 'I know Golf Canada is working hard with its development programs and we all benefited from that, and it helped us get where we are. But we're patiently waiting for more and trying to inspire some younger kids.' Celebrity NHL Editorial Cartoons News Toronto Maple Leafs
