“There was an opportunity to start preparing for the chance to pack the mail. “It’s something we talked about in the hub season last year,” Blazers’ goaltending coach Dan De Palma said. 5.Įrnst has been waiting for this nine-game window of opportunity, the chance to prove he can be the third consecutive Dylan to carry the torch between the Blazers’ pipes. 7 if Canada reaches the gold-medal game, which is slated for Jan. He may not return to the Blazers’ crease until Jan. 8, his last game before trading blue and orange for the Maple Leaf. Garand is likely to start against the Vancouver Giants in Kamloops on Dec. Hockey Canada has not yet told Garand he will be participating in the under-20 squad’s selection camp for world juniors, but that nod seems a formality on Wednesday and it will spur Ernst into the most important stint of his career to date. “Hopefully, going back this year, the only thing I’m concerned about and focused on is bringing back a gold medal.” “I feel like my first year was kind of eye opening, like, oh my god, I’m on the big stage, with so much attention from the media and you’re worried about your role, stuff like that. “Honestly, my only goal is winning a gold medal,” said Garand, who boasts a 14-2 record and. Garand was Team Canada’s backup goaltender at the tournament and is expected to compete for the starting job this time around, with the 2022 world juniors set to get underway on Boxing Day in Red Deer and Edmonton. blanked Canada 2-0 in the gold-medal game at the 2021 World Junior Hockey Championship in Edmonton. “I feel like I’m going to play my best when Garand leaves and give my team a chance to win those games.” “I feel really pumped about my game right now,” said Ernst, the 17-year-old netminder from Weyburn, Sask. The down-and-out glove stop on the Winterhawks’ forward is a save-of-the-year candidate, one of 43 pucks turned away in a 4-3 comeback victory and, perhaps more importantly for Ernst, another sign he belongs. Tyson Kozak looked flummoxed on Friday at Veterans Memorial Coliseum in Portland, astounded to see Kamloops Blazers’ netminder Dylan Ernst holding a puck that should have been in the back of the net.
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