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SCOTT TAYLOR ’ S NOTEBOOK
Manitoba Players Are International
Stars
Photos courtesy IIHF , Hockey Canada , MJHL , Jeff Miller , Bruce Fedyck and James Carey Lauder .
By Scott Taylor
There were no Manitoba players at the 2017 World Junior Hockey Championships ( Nolan Patrick was injured and Brett Howden was a final cut ), but that doesn ’ t mean there weren ’ t Manitoba players all over international hockey .
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59-second mark of the second period to give Canada a lead it would never relinquish . It was the 14th title for the Canadians ( 1984 , 1986 , 1987 , 1992 , 1995 , 1996 , 1997 , 1998 , 2002 , 2003 , 2007 , 2012 , 2015 , 2016 ), one behind host HC Davos for the most in the tournament ’ s 90-year history .
Micflikier , Genoway Brothers Lead Canada to Spengler Cup
Morden ’ s Chay Genoway scored a goal while Winnipeg ’ s Jacob Micflikier dished out a highlightreel assist as Canada won another Spengler Cup Hockey Championship during the holidays . Team Canada tallied three unanswered goals in the second period and went on to defeat Switzerland ’ s HC Lugano 5-2 to win Canada ’ s 14th Spengler Cup in the tournament ’ s 90th year . Down 1-0 just 31 seconds into the game , Genoway got Canada back in the game with a shot from the point at 6:03 of the first . Marc-Antoine Pouliot then converted a sensational pass from Micflikier at the
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MJHL Stars Help Canada West at World Junior A Challenge
Darby Gula ( Steinbach ) and Will Koop ( Winnipeg ) of the Steinbach Pistons and Riese Gaber ( Golbert Plains ) of the Dauphin Kings helped Team Canada West defeat Switzerland 5-3 to finish fifth place at the World Junior A Challenge in Bonnyville , AB . Gula picked up an assist in the fifth-place game . There were eight Manitoba players invited to the Team Canada West tryout camp , but Gula , Koop and Gaber were the only ones to survive the cut . Koop finished the tournament with a goal in four games while Gula and Gaber each had an assist . In the MJHL this season , Koop has 14 goals and 33 points in 34 games ( at press time ) and is 24th in scoring while Gula has five goals and 23 points in 35 games and Gaber has nine goals and 22 points in 31 game .
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