Men vs. boys: Canada steamrolls USA in Hlinka Gretzky Cup final

Aug 9, 2026, 7:39 PM ET|Comments (0)

from the Edmonton Journal,

Men against boys.

Article content Yeah, we know, the Hlinka Gretzky Cup is an international U18 hockey tournament where the players from eight countries are all teenagers, mostly 17 with some very starry 16-year-old outliers with major talent, but Canada’s clobbering of USA in the gold-medal game Saturday night did look, dare we say, like dads vs. kids.

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