The Maple Leafs will squeeze in one more game against the New York Rangers tomorrow before the NHL holiday break begins and the league takes three days off.

There will still be hockey during that time, of course. The World Junior Championship begins Boxing Day and our man on the ground ElSeldo will keep us up to date on all the action.

PPP talks to Timothy Liljegren at Sweden’s World Junior Championships camp

If you need a Toronto hockey fix, the Marlies are still in Utica and will play the Comets again tonight, but they’ll be back in Toronto to play at the Air Canada Centre on Boxing Day.

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Kazakhstan promoted for 2019 World Junior Championships - Eyes On The Prize
Kazakhstan beat the host nation in the final game 6-1 to earn the promotion to the top division; one point in the standings ahead of Latvia.

Pegula Sports and Entertainment purchase the Buffalo Beauts - The Ice Garden
This is the first time a professional women's hockey team has been purchased by an NHL owner in North America.

Watch this stellar new Blackhawks-themed Christmas lights show - Second City Hockey
Some people like putting up Christmas lights on their houses during the holidays. Other people like showing they’re totally bonkers by turning their houses into ridiculous Blackhawks-themed music-and-lights shows set to Fall Out Boy.

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