Tris Wykes

The 50th annual World Junior Championships were going to be different for Canada this year. After back-to-back quarterfinal exits viewed as something of a national catastrophe in a hockey-mad country, 2026 was a chance for the favored power to return to t... See more

If it didn’t sink in for American players and fans during the immediate aftermath of Friday’s World Junior Championship clash between the United States and Finland, the postgame playing of the Finnish national anthem and the raising of that country’s flag... See more

With two of its best players out injured and a 17-year old goaltender making his World Junior Championship debut, the United States lost 6-3 to Sweden on Wednesday night at Grand Casino Arena. A loud, announced crowd of 18,618 saw the Americans finish sec... See more

Relief flooded the United States locker room Saturday after its 2-1 victory over Switzerland in the Americans’ second game of the World Junior Hockey Championships. Not only had the hosts withstood a tenacious, defensive-minded foe to improve to 2-0 in th... See more

With students on holiday break, the Gophers men’s basketball pep band was down to a couple dozen members, including just two sousaphones, for Sunday evening’s nonconference tilt with Campbell University. The shorthanded brass section notwithstanding, Minn... See more