Latest news with #MichaelEyssimont
Yahoo
25-05-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Beniers, Daccord and Eyssimont Secure Gold Medals; Larsson Wins Bronze and Fisker Molgaard Helps Denmark Achieve Highest Finishing In History
Seattle Kraken's Matty Beniers, Michael Eyssimont and Joey Daccord helped Team USA secure their first gold medal at the IIHF Men's World Championship in 92 years.
Toronto Sun
17-05-2025
- Sport
- Toronto Sun
U.S. overcomes Germany and Canada blanks Slovakia at ice hockey worlds
Published May 17, 2025 • 2 minute read US forward #23 Michael Eyssimont and Germany's defender #38 Fabio Wagner vie for the puck during the IIHF Men's Ice hockey World Championship Group B match between the United States and Germany in Herning, Denmark, on May 17, 2025. Photo by CLAUS FISKER / Ritzau Scanpix/AFP via Getty Ima HERNING, Denmark (AP) — The United States blew a three-goal first-period lead before beating Germany 6-3 at the ice hockey world championship on Saturday. 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 Conor Garland's power-play goal 4:50 into the third period proved to be the winner as the Americans moved to third in Group B. The top four advance to the quarterfinals. 'I liked our start and response in the third period,' U.S. coach Ryan Warsofsky said. 'They're (Germany) a good team. They're well coached and play hard. We knew it would be a battle and I'm proud of our guys.' Tage Thompson struck 1:42 into the game on a power play for his fourth goal of the tournament. Frank Nazar doubled the advantage and Drew O'Connor made it 3-0 on a rebound with 5:43 left in the first. But the U.S. is making a habit of squandering leads. It lost a four-goal advantage before beating Norway 6-5 in overtime Wednesday. Germany scored three times in the second. Defenseman Erik Mic's goal 8:43 into the period sparked the rally. Jonas Muller scored from the slot with 5:17 remaining and Wojciech Stachowiak leveled less than a minute later on a power play. Your noon-hour look at what's happening in Toronto and beyond. 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. After Garland's go-ahead goal, Logan Cooley made it 5-3 with 3:29 to go and Clayton Keller scored into an empty net with 1:53 left. Garland had three assists. Canada's Sidney Crosby, left, celebrates Macklin Celebrini after scoring a goal during a Group A match between Canada and Slovakia at the hockey world championships, Saturday, May 17, 2025, at Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden Photo by Anders Wiklund / AP In Stockholm, Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon struck twice each as Canada shut out Slovakia 7-0 to stay perfect after five games. Canada is second in Group A, trailing unbeaten Sweden, which has played one more game. Both teams have already secured places in the quarterfinals. Crosby added two assists, Macklin Celebrini had a goal and two assists, Brandon Montour scored and assisted, and Tyson Foerster also scored. Goalie Jordan Binnington stopped 14 shots for his second shutout. Canada took a two-goal advantage within 64 seconds. Montour scored 14:44 into the game to put the Canadians 1-0 ahead on a power play and Foerster doubled it from the right circle. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Crosby knocked in a backhand pass from Celebrini 3:25 in the second period. In reversed roles, Crosby fed Celebrini from behind the net to make it 4-0 with 1:52 left in the period. MacKinnon increased the lead 51 seconds later when his pass was deflected in. Crosby added his second from close range in the third period and MacKinnon doubled his tally with a backhand 1:36 later for his sixth at the tournament. Crosby has scored four. Crosby and MacKinnon have teamed up at the worlds after 10 years. In Stockholm, Sweden shut out winless France 4-0 to stay perfect and lead Group A with six wins from six games. Isac Lundestrom and Raymond Lucas had a goal and an assist each and Samuel Ersson stopped 15 shots. In Herning, the Czech Republic routed Kazakhstan 8-1 with captain Roman Cervenka contributing a hat trick. The Czechs top Group B and have qualified for the playoffs together with Switzerland. Denmark beat Norway 6-3 for a third win in Group B and was tied with Germany at fourth. Earlier, Finland defeated Latvia 2-1 to stay third in Group A. Latvia was fifth. Columnists Golf Toronto Maple Leafs Toronto Maple Leafs Columnists
New York Times
03-04-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
How the Canucks got shellacked in a loss that all but kills their playoff hopes: 3 takeaways
VANCOUVER, B.C. — This was almost certainly the final nail in the coffin. The Vancouver Canucks' chances of making the playoffs were already a massive long shot before facing the Seattle Kraken. They would have needed to rattle off at least seven wins in their final eight games plus count on out-of-town scoreboard help to punch their ticket into the Stanley Cup playoffs. Most fans accepted it was over, but a small minority was still clinging to the last sliver of hope. Advertisement Vancouver's uninspiring performance Wednesday night against Seattle should shatter any hopes of a miracle. It's not just that they lost in regulation; the lethargic, 5-0 way it happened all but confirms it's over. Plenty of players still have stakes to play for, but the final seven games are relatively meaningless for the team as a whole. Here are three takeaways from another dismal Canucks loss on home ice: You wouldn't know this was a must-win game for the Canucks based on the way they started it. The first period was sleepy and uneventful. There wasn't a lot of energy or physical edge on either side. There wasn't much offensive creativity. Both teams failed to register a single high-danger chance at five-on-five through the opening 20 minutes. Natural Stat Trick's heat map of shots after the first period was one of the saddest I've seen through six seasons of covering the Canucks — neither team got close to generating quality looks from the inside in the first period. (Natural Stat Trick) The Canucks were mostly lifeless and ineffective with the early two power-play opportunities they were handed. On the first one, they won the draw and got set up right away but lacked a decisive shot-first mentality. There was way too much perimeter passing. Quinn Hughes turned the puck over at one point, and Seattle was off to the races on a two-on-one counterattack. The Kraken would have taken an early 1-0 lead had Matty Beniers not whiffed on the shot that was preceded by a dangerous east-west pass. Vancouver's second power-play opportunity wasn't much better. Hughes found Jake DeBrusk in the slot for a redirect chance that Joey Daccord denied, but other than that, they didn't manufacture much. Jonathan Lekkerimäki had a tough sequence where he lost puck possession below the goal line, with the Canucks losing the ensuing battle and gifting the Kraken a clear. Things went from bad to worse at the end of the opening frame. DeBrusk was carrying the puck through the neutral zone and carelessly turned it over to Michael Eyssimont. Eyssimont turned on the jets and rifled the puck five-hole on Thatcher Demko on his partial breakaway. Michael Eyssimont picks off a Jake DeBrusk pass. He takes it into the Canucks zone and rips a shot past Thatcher Demko. 1-0 Seattle. 🎥: Sportsnet | #Canucks — CanucksArmy (@CanucksArmy) April 3, 2025 Demko is one of the veterans who actually has something to play for through the remainder of the season. The talented but oft-injured stopper has missed most of the season with multiple injuries. His performance was understandably rusty when he first returned, but he has rounded into encouraging form over his last several starts. Advertisement It'd be meaningful for Demko to finish the season healthy and end the campaign on a potential heater. The Canucks will have a tough decision to make on Demko's future this summer. The 29-year-old has only one year left at a $5 million cap hit, and Vancouver already has Kevin Lankinen locked up on a long-term contract extension. Would management feel comfortable having $9.5 million committed to two goaltenders next season? Is Demko too unreliable with his health that his cap hit would be better spent upgrading the forward group? Demko has mostly played well since returning from his most recent injury, but he had an off night against the Kraken. He went down into reverse VH too soon to seal the short-side post on a Chandler Stephenson rush. Stephenson, from a bad angle, picked the far side top corner. 2-0 Seattle. 🎥: Sportsnet | #Canucks — CanucksArmy (@CanucksArmy) April 3, 2025 Demko would probably want Shane Wright's rush goal back as well. 3-0 Seattle. 🎥: Sportsnet | #Canucks — CanucksArmy (@CanucksArmy) April 3, 2025 This loss was far from Demko's fault because the Canucks didn't generate nearly enough looks offensively, but his outing was subpar nonetheless. With the Canucks' playoff hopes dying, it's probably time for the coaching staff to scale back Hughes' minutes. He has almost certainly been playing banged up and has handled a monstrous workload of minutes over the past few weeks. And it has taken a toll on his performance, as Hughes hasn't been single-handedly taking over games like he was earlier in the season. Hughes logged 19:57 through the first two periods, nearly on pace for another 30-minute outing. He finished the night at 27:45. Vancouver's captain has played at least 26 minutes in six of his last seven games. The Canucks should shave a few of those minutes off Hughes through the remaining games to avoid the risk of running him into the ground. (Photo of Michael Eyssimont scoring against Thatcher Demko: Simon Fearn / Imagn Images)
