Hartley’s Sport Shorts; Monday, December 28th

In a nutshell: As of 12:05 a.m. Monday by Hartley Miller

Hockey:

–Canada beat Slovakia 3-1 Sunday to improve to 2-0 in the preliminary round at the World Junior Hockey Championship in Edmonton. The Canadian team easily won its opener 16-2 on Saturday over Germany. Taylor Gauthier of the PG Cougars is the third goalie for Canada. He did not dress for either of the first two games. Canada will play (0-2) Switzerland Tuesday (3:00 PM PT).

Tomasino scores late, Canada edges Slovakia at World Juniors.

MORE: https://t.co/iroq1sXhzT pic.twitter.com/icMowjmjUd

— TSN (@TSN_Sports) December 28, 2020

–Forward Filip Koffer of the Prince George Cougars scored the game-winning goal for the Czech Republic in a
2-0 victory over Russia at the World Junior Tournament. The Czechs are 1-1 with its next game on Tuesday (11 AM PT) against the USA.

After being on the ice for well over a minute, the Czechs turn over Russia and break the tie! 1-0 Czech Republic 🇨🇿 pic.twitter.com/QD0sTyhR9z

— TSN (@TSN_Sports) December 28, 2020

An exciting day of the #worldjuniors wraps up as Czech Republic upsets Russia and Canada secures another victory! pic.twitter.com/88DKGBcFsF

— TSN (@TSN_Sports) December 28, 2020

NFL: (1 of 12 Sunday games)

Seattle Seahawks  20  LA Rams  9

–The (11-4) Seahawks clinch top spot in the NFC West.

Report: Rams’ Goff breaks right thumb.

MORE: https://t.co/6Fwn2tXvHu pic.twitter.com/JecXsAFwuT

— TSN (@TSN_Sports) December 28, 2020

–Week 16 of the NFL season concludes with (11-3) Buffalo at (6-8) New England tonight (5:20).

Sunday’s NFL action brought with it a new MVP favorite, a reawakening for the Steelers and another reminder of just how bad the NFC East is.@GeoffALowe breaks down the major takeaways from Week 16:https://t.co/SG7tsFNwN9

— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) December 28, 2020

Only 17 games remain in the NFL regular season. Here’s how the playoff picture looks in both conferences, as well as the draft order:https://t.co/ByPTKqnkQg

— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) December 28, 2020

NBA:

–The (0-2) Toronto Raptors play their next game Tuesday in Philadelphia against the (2-1) 76’ers.

DeMar DeRozan had 27 points as the San Antonio Spurs rallied in the final minute to beat the Toronto Raptors.https://t.co/5JcSkbaOxn

— Sportsnet (@Sportsnet) December 27, 2020