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Wednesday's World Junior Hockey Championships roundup (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) VANCOUVER (CP) - The U.S. had all it could handle, overcoming a 2-0 deficit before hanging on for a 6-5 win over Finland Wednesday at the world junior hockey championships. Italian hockey player banned over racist slurs (Sports Illustrated) ROME (AP) -- A hockey player was banned for life from Italy's national team after repeatedly shouting racist slurs at an opponent during a league game. Canada holds off Switzerland 4-3 at world junior hockey championship (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) VANCOUVER (CP) - Canada got away from its pack-of-wolves mentality and had to hold off Switzerland for a 4-3 win at the world junior hockey championship Wednesday. Canadian team adjusts to early starts at world junior hockey championship (Canadian Press via Yahoo! News) VANCOUVER (CP) - The Canadian junior hockey team will play all its games at the world junior hockey championship starting at 4 p.m. local time, which is an odd time of the day for players to be ready for battle. Promising hockey player makes a decision to go public (Boston Globe) FRAMINGHAM -- The play was so mundane and so in the flow of the action, it was easy to miss. The Framingham High boys' varsity hockey team faced off against Xaverian in its season opener two weeks ago. Xaverian was en route to a 9-0 victory, but Framingham was pressuring for a goal. Hockey Thursday (The Des Moines Register) Friday at San Antonio, 7 p.m. Saturday vs. Omaha at Wells Fargo Arena, 7:30 p.m. Hockey Today (Columbus Ledger-Enquirer) Buffalo at Toronto (7:30 p.m. EST). The Sabres are 9-1 in their last 10 games, while the Maple Leafs have won three in a row.

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