Canada Red beats Canada White for bronze, U.S. wins gold at U17 World Challenge

OAKVILLE — Liam Pue had two goals and an assist, Jakob Royer had a goal and two assists and Canada Red collected a bronze medal with an 8-4 win over Canada White at the under-17 World Challenge hockey tournament on Saturday.

Canada Red lost 4-3 to Czechia in Friday’s semifinals but bounced back from the disappointing loss to outshoot Canada White 53-40 at the Sixteen Mile Sports Complex.

Canada White dropped a 5-2 decision to the United States in Friday’s other semifinal.

Canada Red, which held 4-3 and 7-4 first- and second-period leads on Saturday, went 3-for-5 on the power play, while Canada White was 2-for-7.

Kash Kwajah, Zaac Charbonneau, Reid Nicol, Landon Roulston and Drew Bate also scored for Canada Red. Kyle Lauder, Thomas Boisvert and Lucas Matheson each chipped in with two assists.

Adrian Sgro led Canada White two goals and an assist. Maddox Schultz, with a goal and two assists, and Madden Daneault also scored.

In Saturday night’s gold-medal game, the U.S. beat Czechia 3-0.

UNITED STATES 3 CZECHIA 0

Carter Morris scored twice and Cameron Evans scored into an empty net as the Americans struck gold with a 3-0 victory over Czechia, which was outshot 35-30.

Joey Cullen pitched in with two assists for the U.S., which went 1-for-2 on the power play, while Czechia was 0-for-3.

The U.S. led 1-0 after the first period and the second was scoreless.

Mason Martin made 30 saves to record the shutout, while Matyas Novotny stopped 32 of 34 shots for Czechia.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Nov. 7, 2026.

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