Author: Conrad Jack

Conrad Jack is a Manitoba based sportswriter covering the Winnipeg Jets (NHL) and the Manitoba Moose (AHL). He also covers the NHL Draft and World Junior Championship for ITR. He writes the Bargain Bin blog which covers NHL News & Rumours.

2025 World Junior Championship: Day Four Preview

With another day of the 2025 World Juniors in the books, it’s time for yet another day of previews. This is a day of games where all four are circled on my calendar, which doesn’t happen often. I’m looking forward to today’s series of games that make up the tournament’s fourth day. Related: A Quick […]

2025 World Junior Championship: Day Three Preview

Day two marked one of the biggest days in the history of the World Junior Championship as Latvia defeated Canada in a shootout. Kazakhstan limited Sweden to just eight goals in an 8-1 loss while Finland narrowly beat Germany 3-1 and Slovakia just beat Switzerland 2-1. Day three has just two games on the slate, […]

2025 World Junior Championship: Latvia Stuns Canada in Shootout Upset

Eriks Mateiko scored the lone goal of the shootout in Latvia’s upset over Canada in the shootout Friday night. Latvia upset Canada in one of the greatest upsets in World Junior Championship history. A 3-2 shootout victory was secured by the Latvians over Canada on Canadian turf and it gives them a lot of momentum […]

2025 World Junior Championship: Sweden Still Undefeated in Win Against Kazakhstan

Team Sweden has improved to a win-loss of 2-0-0-0 in the 2025 World Junior Champion in their 8-1 victory over the debuting Kazakhstan team. It wasn’t a pretty showing, which was expected, but the Kazakhs still put up a valiant effort for being heavily outmatched. The first period wasn’t smooth sailing for the Kazakhs as […]

2025 World Junior Championship: Day Two Preview

Day one of the 2025 World Junior Championship is in the books. Sweden, the USA, Czechia and Canada all took home wins on the first day of the competition. Today’s slate of games will see Slovakia, Switzerland, Germany and Finland look to redeem themselves after yesterday’s loss while Kazakhstan and Latvia make their 2025 debuts. […]

2025 World Junior Championship: Day One Preview

The World Junior Championship starts today. Four teams will play in today’s games. Let’s take a look at all the games today. Related: A Quick Guide to the 2025 World Junior Championship Sweden vs Slovakia (11:00 AM CST) This year’s World Juniors starts with a hard-hitting contest. The Swedes, who are looking to redeem themselves […]

2025 World Junior Championship: Team Sweden Final Roster

I say this every year, but I should’ve known Sweden would’ve announced their roster early like they did last year. Team Sweden has a strong and deep roster, they’re ready to get back into medal contention and look to claim their first gold medal since 2012. Related: A Quick Guide to the 2025 World Junior […]

AHL Game Recap: Rockford Topples Manitoba 5-1 Before Christmas Break (12/22/2024)

Five consecutive goals sealed the deal for the Rockford IceHogs as they toppled the Manitoba Moose 5-1 on Sunday afternoon. Jaret Anderson-Dolan was the lone scorer for the Moose while Rockford has three players record multi-point games. The Moose jumped early in the game, but Rockford netminder Drew Commesso kept Manitoba off the board for […]

AHL Game Recap: Moose Snap Winless Drought in Shootout Victory (12/20/2024)

The Manitoba Moose snapped their eight-game winless drought in a 2-1 shootout victory over the Rockford IceHogs. It took nearly half of the first period until Manitoba found the back of the net, but it was recently waived defenseman Dylan Coghlan who scored his first goal with the Moose to put the team ahead. Parker […]

AHL: Manitoba Moose Weekend Preview vs Rockford IceHogs (12/20/2024)

The Manitoba Moose (6-16-0-1) play host to the Rockford IceHogs (10-12-3-0) for game one of a two-game weekend set at the Canada Life Centre. Manitoba has been held scoreless for 131:08, a streak they look to break tonight alongside their eight-game winless drought. The Moose received some additions to their roster in Nikita Chibrikov, who […]