Star Team USA defenseman Cole Hutson was taken off the ice on a stretcher after he was hit by a shot in the world junior championships.

Pittsburgh Penguins prospect Will Horcoff scored his first goal of the World Juniors on Friday night, helping Team USA beat Germany 6-3. His strong play continued on Saturday, getting a secondary assist on Brodie Ziemer's opening goal against Switzerland.

Cole Hutson was briefly hospitalized after a puck appeared to strike him near the back of his helmet during Saturday's World Juniors game against Switzerland.

Canada 2, Latvia 1 (OT): Michael Hage (Montreal Canadiens) scored a power-play goal 44 seconds into overtime, and Canada won its second straight game in Group B at 3M Arena at Mariucci on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis.

The two-time defending gold medalist United States (1-0-0-0, 3 points) come off a win on Friday night to open Group A play at the 2026 IIHF World Junior Championship and on Saturday night takes on Switzerland,

The 2025 No. 19 pick has 25 goals in 27 games this season, but being passed over by Canada reinforced a need to improve defensively.

William Horcoff (Pittsburgh Penguins) extended the lead to 3-0 on a shot from the slot at 15:55 of the first. James Hagens (Boston Bruins) made the play happen with a check behind Germany's net to free the puck to Brodie Ziemer (Buffalo Sabres) at the bottom of the left circle. Horcoff then finished the play off a pass from Ziemer.

Zayne Parekh scored twice, Canada had four goals in the third period and the Canadians defeated Czechia 7-5 at the World Junior Championships

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Pittsburgh Penguins' defensive prospect Harrison Brunicke came through in a key moment of Canada's World Junior Championship opener against Czechia on Friday.