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Yager, Canada Red fall to Sweden in shootout at World Junior Summer Showcase

Warriors standout picks up assist as Canada falls 3-2 in final game for World Junior vets
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Brayden Yager on the ice with Team Canada during the 2024 World Junior Summer Showcase.

MOOSEJAWTODAY.COM -- Brayden Yager and Canada Red skated to a 3-2 shootout loss to Sweden in Windsor, Ont. on Wednesday night.

The Moose Jaw Warriors forward picked up an assist on Canada’s first goal by Carson Rehkopf midway through the second period, which tied the game 1-1.

Sweden took a 2-1 lead early in the third, but Rehkopf’s second of the game with 1:47 to go tied the game back up.

Yager, along with fellow returnees from last year’s World Junior team — Rehkopf, Easton Cowan, Matthew Wood, Oliver Bonk and Tanner Molendyk — will now head home from the camp.

The rest of Team Canada will travel to Plymouth, Mich. to face off with Finland on Friday and the United States on Saturday.