Team Canada has named Carter George as the starting goalie for their pre-tournament finale against Czechia. George, who impressed in his first two pre-tournament appearances, is considered the frontrunner for the starting role at the World Juniors.
Team Canada held a meeting at its hotel on Monday. Carter George will start Canada 's pre-tournament finale against Czechia, which will be played at the Canadian Tire Centre. 'It's going to be awesome,' the Owen Sound Attack goalie gushed.'They say it's sold out, so I think that's going to be pretty cool.' Canada played its first two pre-tournament games at TD Place, which is home to the Ottawa 67s in the Ontario Hockey League. The team also practised at the 9,000-seat arena on Sunday.
TD Place will host Group B games at the World Juniors along with two quarter-final games. George, who stopped all 11 shots he faced in the first two periods of Thursday's pre-tournament game against Switzerland, appears to have emerged as the favourite to be Canada's starter at the World Juniors. He backstopped Canada to gold at the 2023 Hlinka Gretzky Cup and 2024 under-18 World Championship.'His poise,' said Hockey Canada goaltending consultant Dan De Palma.'He has the knack for the big moments.' After getting picked in the second round of June's NHL draft by the Los Angeles Kings, George got into a pair of pre-season games in Las Vegas and Utah. 'It's a little different,' he said of NHL-sized rinks.'A lot more people, a little louder, but at the same time it's just a hockey game and that's all you have to focus on.'George stopped 17 of 19 shots in the September games against the Utah Hockey Club and Golden Knights. He shared the net with Darcy Kuemper in the Vegas game and leaned on the veteran goalie for advice during Kings camp. 'He was talking about the speed of play,' George said.'Scanning and knowing where everyone was, that was the biggest advice. He said it's going to get faster so you need to know where everyone is, and I definitely took that in. ''All three are good goalies,' he said.'They're competitive. They're dialled in
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