Your midday sports snack. Toast points • Canadian world junior goalie Carter Hart was stout yesterday in a 4-2 win over Finland, but he’ll watch from the bench tonight as Colton Point starts against Slovakia. The Slovaks were idle on the first day of the tournament in Buffalo, while Canada and the United States —…

Don Cherry dresses for “Coach’s Corner” on Hockey Night in Canada in Toronto on Nov. 11. Photograph by: Christopher Wahl MISSISSAUGA, Ont. — Don Cherry, who can be as loud as the jackets he wears during his weekly “Coach’s Corner” segments on Hockey Night in Canada, was worried a year ago that he was losing…

BUFFALO — If Dante Fabbro is still hurting from what is believed to be a badly bruised foot, the Team Canada defenceman didn’t show it in a 4-2 win against Finland. Fabbro, who missed practically all of the selection camp and both exhibition games leading up to the world juniors, was not given the green…

TORONTO — Canadian hockey legend Johnny Bower has died. A statement from his family says the 93-year-old died after a short battle with pneumonia. Bower was a two-time Vezina Trophy winner who helped the Toronto Maple Leafs win their last Stanley Cup championship in 1967. Bower, who became known as the China Wall, remained one…

BUFFALO — A little luck and a lot of opportunistic scoring. That’s essentially how Canada defeated Finland 4-2 in their first game of the world junior hockey championship on Tuesday. It wasn’t necessarily pretty. But at the same time, there was a lot to like from the Canadian side, which received goals from four different…

For the record, Brady Tkachuk has not speared anyone from the bench this year. Nor has he instigated an on-ice brawl by jabbing the blade of his stick in the stomach of an opponent. In fact, he hasn’t used his stick to pick up a single suspension or even a match penalty. That’s where the…