The Montréal Canadiens signed defenseman Bryce Pickford to a three-year, entry-level contract (2026-27 to 2028-29). (December 24)

The Montréal Canadiens acquired forward Phillip Danault from the Los Angeles Kings for a 2026 2nd round pick. (December 19)

 

World Junior Championship, December 26-January 5

 

All games are at Eastern time

December 28 games

Syracuse Crunch at Laval Rocket 3:00 pm - Watch on RDS.ca

Finland U20 vs Latvia U20 4:30 pm - World Junior Championship Preliminary Round - Watch on TSN1/NHLN-US

Mikus Vecvanags -
Aatos Koivu -

Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod at Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 6:00 am

Bogdan Konyushkov - 

Severstal Cherepovets at Salavat Yulaev Ufa 6:30 am

Alexander Zharovsky -

Spartak Moscow at CSKA Moscow 9:00 am

Daniil Sobolev -

Timrå IK at Luleå HF 12:00 pm

Filip Eriksson -

Djurgårdens IF at Skellefteå AIK 12:00 pm

Rasmus Bergqvist -

HK Nitra at HK Dukla Trenčín 11:00 am

Dmitri Kostenko -

Chicoutimi Saguenéens at Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 3:00 pm

Arseni Radkov -

Erie Otters at Kitchener Rangers 2:00 pm

Andrew MacNiel -

Brantford Bulldogs at Owen Sound Attack 2:00 pm

Owen Protz -

Red Deer Rebels at Medicine Hat Tigers 6:00 pm - Watch online

Bryce Pickford -

Arizona State University at Dartmouth College 3:00 pm

Emmett Croteau -

December 27 games

Syracuse Crunch 3 Laval Rocket 4 (Final SO) (SO: 3-2)

Kaapo Kähkönen - 3 goals on 36 shots (SO: 2/4)
Alex Belzile - no points (SO: 1/1)
Tobie Bisson - no points
Nate Clurman - no points
Lucas Condotta - one goal (6)
Laurent Dauphin - one assist
Jared Davidson - one assist (SO: 0/1)
Josiah Didier - no points
Will Dineen - no point
Sean Farrell - no points (SO: 1/1) - SO GWG
Filip Mešár - no points
Ryan O'Rourke - no points
David Reinbacher - two assists
Joshua Roy - one assist (SO: 1/1)
Xavier Simoneau - no points
Tyler Thorpe - no points
William Trudeau - one goal (4), one assist
Luke Tuch - no points
Florian Xhekaj - one goal (5)

Slovakia U20 4 Germany U20 1 (Final) - World Junior Championship Preliminary Round

Carlos Händel - no points

Latvia U20 1 Canada U20 2 (Final OT) - World Junior Championship Preliminary Round

Mikus Vecvanags - didn't play
Michael Hage - one goal (2) - GWG

Switzerland U20 1 United States U20 2 (Final) - World Junior Championship Preliminary Round

LJ Mooney - no points

Khimik Voskresensk 4 Yuzhny Ural Orsk 0 (Final)

Yevgeni Volokhin - wasn't in the lineup, possibly due to an injury

Medicine Hat Tigers 5 Lethbridge Hurricanes 1 (Final) - Watch online

Bryce Pickford - one goal (26), three assists

Vancouver Giants 4 Kelowna Rockets 6 (Final) - Watch online

Hayden Paupanekis - one goal (10), one assist

Arizona State University 5 Dartmouth College 1 (Final)

Emmett Croteau - didn't play

December 26 games

Trois-Rivières Lions at Adirondack Thunder 7:00 pm - Postponed to unknown date due to PHPA strike

Denmark U20 2 Finland U20 6 (Final) - World Junior Championship Preliminary Round

Aatos Koivu - one goal (1) - First career WJC game

Germany U20 3 United States U20 6 (Final) - World Junior Championship Preliminary Round

Carlos Händel - one assist - First career WJC point
LJ Mooney - no points - First career WJC game

Czechia U20 5 Canada U20 7 (Final) - World Junior Championship Preliminary Round

Michael Hage - one goal (1), two assists - First career WJC game

Skellefteå AIK 2 Luleå HF 3 (Final)

Rasmus Bergqvist - no points
Filip Eriksson - no points

Vlci Žilina 1 HK Nitra 4 (Final)

Dmitri Kostenko - wasn't in the lineup