Junior Hockey

ALLEN — Braeden Cootes had two goals and three assists, Cameron Schmidt added two goals and one assist and Canada cruised to a 9-2 win over Slovakia at the under-18 men's world hockey championship on Thursday.

MONCTON — Markus Vidicek and Caleb Desnoyers each had a goal and an assist as the Moncton Wildcats topped the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies 5-3 on Thursday to take Game 1 of the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League conference semifinal series.

CALGARY — Brayden Edwards had a goal and two assists as the Lethbridge Hurricanes defeated the Calgary Hitmen 3-1 in Game 7 on Wednesday to advance to the Western Hockey League eastern conference championship series.

SPOKANE — Andrew Cristall's power-play goal at 18:11 of the second overtime period ended a long night and a tough series as the Spokane Chiefs eliminated the visiting Victoria Royals from the Western Hockey League playoffs with a 5-4 win on Tuesday n

BARRIE — Kashawn Aitcheson scored twice and added an assist as the Barrie Colts edged the visiting Kingston Frontenacs 6-4 in a Game 7, second-round Ontario Hockey League playoff showdown on Tuesday night at Sadlon Arena.

OSHAWA — Owen Griffin scored twice, Colby Barlow had a goal and two assists, and the Oshawa Generals eliminated the visiting Brantford Bulldogs from the Ontario Hockey League playoffs with a 4-1 victory on Sunday at Tribute Communities Centre.

CHICOUTIMI — The visiting Rimouski Oceanic scored the first three goals of the game en route to a 4-1 win over the Chicoutimi Sagueneens in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League playoff action Sunday at Centre Georges-Vezina.

VICTORIA — Andrew Cristall's goal with two seconds left in the first overtime period lifted the visiting Spokane Chiefs to a 5-4 Western Hockey League playoff victory over the Victoria Royals on Saturday night at the Save-On-Foods Memorial Arena.

BARRIE — Kashawn Aitcheson scored 9:57 into overtime to lift the Barrie Colts to a pivotal 2-1 Ontario Hockey League playoff victory over the visiting Kingston Frontenacs on Saturday night at Sadlon Arena.

CALGARY — Ben Kindel scored at 6:09 of overtime and the Calgary Hitmen rallied from a 5-2 deficit to knock off the visiting Lethbridge Hurricanes 6-5 in Western Hockey League playoff action on Friday at the Scotiabank Saddledome.