Leafs prospects Easton Cowan and Noah Chadwick are in Plymouth this week to attend Team Canada's World Junior Summer Showcase; a camp that includes a couple friendlies against Team Sweden ahead of World Junior selections in the Fall.

Here are some quotes from the two Leafs, with links to full interviews attached.

Cowan and Chadwick were both on Team Red. Cowan on the second line, Chadwick with Oliver Bonk.

Cowan got an assist in the first period.

PWHL Toronto have hired Jim Midgley as an assistant coach. He was an assistant coach for the CANWNT in 2021, coached in the NHL with the Rangers, and before that coached the Halifax Mooseheads.

The Canadian women's U18 team has promoted Scarborough's own Vicky Sunohara to be their new head coach. The former centre is a seven-time World Champion, two-time Olympic gold medalist at Salt Lake City and Turin, and CWHL champion as captain of the Brampton Thunder.

Sunohara is of Japanese-Ukrainian heritage and has been coaching the University of Toronto for about a decade. She's been the assistant coach for the U18 team for a couple tournaments and is now the head coach.

The below is from her Wikipedia page. It is quite the read if you have some time.

She has been described as "the Wayne Gretzky of women's hockey" and is recognized as a trailblazer and pioneer for the sport. In 2020, Sunohara was named to "TSN Hockey’s All-Time Women’s Team Canada," in recognition of her status as one of Canada’s best female hockey players of all time.
Canadian women’s hockey great Vicky Sunohara to lead under-18 program in 2024-25 | TSN
Canadian hockey legend Vicky Sunohara will coach the country’s women’s under-18 program this season.
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The Habs signed Justin Barron to a two-year contract. $1.15 million AAV.

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