It's only adults that get the summer off in hockey. The junior summer showcase ended on the weekend and all the WJC hopefuls have gone home to train, but now the younger set are at it:

By the numbers: Team Canada and the Hlinka Gretzky Cup
Ahead of the Hlinka Gretzky Cup, take a facts-and-figures look at the Canadians taking the ice in Edmonton.
Hockey Canada logoJason La Rose

Easton Cowan wasn't in the last game for Canada at the WJSS because they don't need to assess Cowan, like me, they're sure about him.

Color of Hockey: HPOC Movement Camp thriving at Hurricanes practice facility | NHL.com
Activities on, off ice highlight event promoting diversity, opportunities in game
NHL logoWilliam Douglas
IIHF - Introducing innovative, ecofriendly Ice Rinks: IIHF and ISU Unite for Global Sustainability Conference
The International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) has partnered with the International Skating Union (ISU)…
IIHF International Ice Hockey Federation

Not quite an introduction, this is standard sports body bureaucrats having a meeting and calling it news, but eventually they're more likely to do something wide ranging than anyone else.

Meanwhile at the Olympics, I don't watch much – the team sports don't interest me, but this guy who won gold in the hammer throw just before the men's 100m, is amazing:

No one has ever been so chill winning a gold medal.

Have a chill day, everyone, and don't forget to vote:

2024 T25U25 Community Vote
Your turn to rank the prospects.
PPP LeafsCathy Squires

The community vote will close today after 5 pm, so get in there and rank these guys you've never seen play while you still can!

Tomorrow we'll start the serious T25 posts, later today I have some speculation about a player not on the list.

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