Brianne Spiker

It has been a whirlwind year for goaltender Emerance Maschmeyer since she last suited up at the IIHF Women’s World Championships. Since Canada went home with silver last April in Brampton, Ont., the 29-year-old has gotten married, become the No. 1 goaltender for Ottawa in the inaugural Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) season, and announced at the end of February that she and wife Geneviève Lacasse are expecting a baby.

The 2024 NHL Draft is loaded with a number of quality defencemen, but TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button sees forwards making a late push toward the top.

Canada is aiming for its third straight gold medal at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup from Aug. 5 – 10 in Edmonton and will have a star prospect to help defend the title. Here are several players to watch.

Canada Red, Sweden, United States and Canada White will be competing for medals this weekend at the U17 Hockey Challenge from Sarnia, Ont. TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button identifies seven players to watch.

After lighting up the WHL last season as a rookie with 34 goals and 97 points in 61 games to claim CHL and WHL rookie of the year honours, Medicine Hat Tigers forward Gavin McKenna is off to a torrid start this season, leading the league with 37 points in 19 games.

TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button says this year’s Canadian World Junior team is much different from the one that finished fifth in Sweden a year ago.

There is a new player at No. 1 for the third straight edition of TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button’s 2025 draft ranking.

Montreal Canadiens blue-chipper Ivan Demidov, in the middle of a record-setting season in the KHL, is the No. 1 player on Craig Button’s top 50 NHL-affiliated prospects list.

While TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button has Erie Otters defenceman Matthew Schaefer going first overall to the New York Islanders, a good stretch of this year’s draft is defined by centres.

TSN Director of Scouting Craig Button profiles seven players to watch for Canada as the 2025 Hlinka Gretzky Cup (LIVE on TSN, TSN.ca and the TSN App) gets underway on Monday.