A goalie from Thunder Bay, Ont. continues to make his mark within the hockey world and is taking part in a pivotal function in Staff Canada’s success to this point on the 2025 IIHF World Junior Championship.
18-year-old Carter George has put up a pair of shining performances in shutout victories whereas in web for Staff Canada, posting a 31-save 4-0 win in opposition to Finland on Boxing Day and a 3-0 win over Germany on December 29, through which he made 25 saves.
“It is fairly cool to have the ability to do it once more. I simply wish to go on the market and do my half to get this staff a win,” stated George.
George is the one participant on this yr’s match roster hailing from northern Ontario. Whereas it is his first time within the World Juniors, he is no stranger to worldwide competitors, having competed on the 2023 Hlinka Gretzky Cup in Slovakia and the Czech Republic, serving to Canada win a gold medal.
George additionally backstopped Canada to a gold medal on the 2024 world under-18 championship in Finland in Could.
Carter George will get drafted 57th for the Los Angeles Kings on June 29, 2024. (Los Angeles Kings/NHL.com)
This previous June, Carter was drafted 57th general by the NHL’s Los Angeles Kings within the second spherical of the 2024 entry-level draft.
George at present performs for the Owen Sound Assault within the Ontario Hockey League (OHL) after being chosen by the foremost junior membership in 2022. He has a glowing .905 save share by means of 23 video games with the Assault this season.
Previous to the OHL, George performed youth hockey with the Thunder Bay Kings of the Better Toronto Hockey League from 2020 to 2022. The staff stated George is the eighth Kings alumnus to play within the World Junior Hockey Championship.
On the World Juniors, Staff Canada has two wins and an time beyond regulation loss to this point within the annual match, which is going down in Ottawa till January 5. The Canadian squad will face the usA on New 12 months’s Eve.
