Kelowna Rockets winger and Team Canada hopeful has chosen a different path than the defencemen in his family, Mark Masters writes.

Team Canada head coach Dale Hunter may have already found his top line for this year’s World Juniors as Kirby Dach, Joe Veleno and Alexis Lafreniere combine to score three of Canada’s four goals in a 4-1 win over Team USA at the World Junior Summer Showcase in Plymouth, Mich., on Tuesday, Mark Masters writes.

Alexis Lafreniere has allowed his mind to wander, if ever so slightly, beyond what's right in front of him. Lafreniere is not only projected to be first overall pick at the 2020 NHL draft, the event will be held at the Bell Centre in Montreal — about a 40-minute drive from his hometown of Saint-Eustache.

Team Canada winger Alexis Lafrenière has 79 goals in 121 QMJHL games over the last two seasons and is backing up his words with actions so far at Canada’s World Junior summer camp where he’s one of only three draft-eligible players on the roster, Mark Masters writes.

Before projected first overall pick Alexis Lafreniere hears his name called by an NHL team at the 2020 draft, he has some unfinished business to attend to at the World Juniors. As Mark Masters reports, Lafreniere will be a key player on a Canadian team seeking redemption after a disappointing sixth place finish in Vancouver.

Dale Hunter has been a Canadian Hockey League force since buying the OHL's London Knights with his brother, Mark, back in 2000. But apart from coaching Canada at the under-18 Ivan Hlinka Memorial Tournament in 2013 — which he won — Hunter has been on the outside looking in with the national program.

TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button breaks down what makes Alexis Lafreniere such a dynamic player, and explains that the most significant hallmark of his game is that he always finds a way to be a catalyst when the games matter the most.

Highly-touted 2020 NHL Draft prospect Alexis Lafreniere will be one of two returning players at next week's Canadian national junior hockey team summer development camp for the annual World Junior Summer Showcase.

London Knights head coach Dale Hunter will serve as head coach of Canada's 2020 world junior hockey championship team, Hockey Canada announced Tuesday. Ottawa 67's head coach André Tourigny and Saskatoon Blades head coach Mitch Love will serve as assistant coaches on Hunter's staff.

Hockey Canada has announced that London Knight general manager Mark Hunter will be taking over the under-20 program and Canada's national junior team.

Team Canada will be grouped with rivals the United States and Russia at next year's World Juniors. The groups are made up based on how teams fared at this year's World Juniors.

Finland is taking home gold from this year's World Junior Hockey Championship after beating the United States 3-2 in a dramatic final on Saturday.

American forward Ryan Poehling was named the World Juniors Most Valuable Player, as voted by the media. See the rest of the award winners.

Kirill Slepets scored a hat trick, his second on a breakaway in the third period, as Russia defeated Switzerland 5-2 to win the bronze medal at the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship on Saturday.

The United States edged Russia 2-1 at the World Juniors on Friday to advance to the gold medal game. The Americans face Finland on Saturday with a chance to improve on their bronze medal from a year ago.