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 30 games

Switzerland U20 vs Germany U20 2:00 pm - World Junior Championship Preliminary Round - Watch on TSN1/RDS/NHLN-US

Carlos Händel -

Latvia U20 vs Denmark U20 4:30 pm - World Junior Championship Preliminary Round - Watch on TSN3/RDS/NHLN-US

Mikus Vecvanags -

Dinamo Minsk 3 Salavat Yulaev Ufa 2 (Final OT)

Alexander Zharovsky - one assist

Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 0 Lokomotiv Yaroslavl 1 (Final)

Bogdan Konyushkov -  no points

Luleå HF 4 Djurgårdens IF 3 (Final)

Filip Eriksson - no points

Brynäs IF 1 Skellefteå AIK 3 (Final)

Rasmus Bergqvist - one assist

HC Slovan Bratislava 4 HK Nitra 5 (Final SO)

Dmitri Kostenko - one goal (3)

Erie Otters at Brantford Bulldogs 4:00 pm

Owen Protz -

Kitchener Rangers at Sudbury Wolves 7:05 pm

Andrew MacNiel -

Medicine Hat Tigers at Red Deer Rebels 9:00 pm - Watch online

Bryce Pickford -

December 29 games

Germany U20 1 Sweden U20 8 (Final) - World Junior Championship Preliminary Round

Carlos Händel - no points

Finland U20 1 Czechia U20 2 (Final OT) - World Junior Championship Preliminary Round

Aatos Koivu - no points

Slovakia U20 5 United States U20 6 (Final) - World Junior Championship Preliminary Round

LJ Mooney - two assists - First career WJC points

Canada U20 9 Denmark U20 1 (Final) - World Junior Championship Preliminary Round

Michael Hage - two assists

Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 4 Sherbrooke Phoenix 5 (Final SO) (SO: 2-1)

Arseni Radkov - 0 goal on 4 shots (SO: 1/3) (replaced Derik Brouillard for the start of the 3rd period)

Penticton Vees 6 Kelowna Rockets 4 (Final) - Watch online

Hayden Paupanekis - one goal (11), one assist

December 28 games

Syracuse Crunch 2 Laval Rocket 4 (Final)

Kaapo Kähkönen - 2 goals on 33 shots
Alex Belzile - two goals (13,14), one assist
Tobie Bisson - no points
Nate Clurman - no points
Lucas Condotta - no points
Laurent Dauphin - two assists
Jared Davidson - no points
Josiah Didier - no points
Will Dineen - no point
Sean Farrell - three assists
Josh Jacobs - no points
Filip Mešár - no points
David Reinbacher - no points
Joshua Roy - one goal (8), one assist
Xavier Simoneau - no points
Tyler Thorpe - no points
William Trudeau - no points
Luke Tuch - no points
Florian Xhekaj - one goal (6) - GWG

Finland U20 8 Latvia U20 0 (Final) - World Junior Championship Preliminary Round

Mikus Vecvanags - 8 goals on 41 shots - First caree WJC game
Aatos Koivu - one assist - First career WJC assist

Torpedo Nizhny Novgorod 0 Neftekhimik Nizhnekamsk 5 (Final)

Bogdan Konyushkov -  no points

Severstal Cherepovets 1 Salavat Yulaev Ufa 2 (Final SO) (SO: 2-1)

Alexander Zharovsky - no points (SO: 0/1)

Spartak Moscow 1 CSKA Moscow 2 (Final)

Daniil Sobolev - no points

Timrå IK 1 Luleå HF 5 (Final)

Filip Eriksson - one assist

Djurgårdens IF 3 Skellefteå AIK 2 (Final SO) (SO: 1-0)

Rasmus Bergqvist - wasn't in the lineup

HK Nitra 2 HK Dukla Trenčín 3 (Final OT)

Dmitri Kostenko - wasn't in the lineup

Chicoutimi Saguenéens 4 Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 3 (Final)

Arseni Radkov - 4 goals on 18 shots (Replaced by Derik Brouillard at 12:40 of the 2nd period)

Erie Otters 3 Kitchener Rangers 5 (Final)

Andrew MacNiel - no points

Brantford Bulldogs 2 Owen Sound Attack 1 (Final)

Owen Protz - no points

Red Deer Rebels 4 Medicine Hat Tigers 7 (Final) - Watch online

Bryce Pickford - one goal (27)

Arizona State University 1 Dartmouth College 4 (Final)

Emmett Croteau - 1 goal on 20 shots