Canada holds off Sweden to open ice hockey worlds

FRIBOURG, Switzerland (AP) — Canada prevailed late in beating Sweden 5-3 to open the ice hockey world championship on Friday.

John Tavares, Ryan O’Reilly, Dylan Holloway, Connor Brown and Dylan Cozens scored and goaltender Jet Greaves stopped 22 shots for Canada in Fribourg.

Tavares was the first player to score at the tournament by beating goaltender Magnus Hellberg on the first Canada shot on goal 2:21 into the game. O’Reilly buried a backhand shot with 4:00 to go in the first period for 2-0.

Sweden, last year’s bronze medalist, finally scored in the middle period.

Jacob Larsson netted from the left circle 8:21 in and Lucas Raymond leveled by wristing a shot past Greaves eight seconds into a power play midway through the frame.

Holloway restored the lead for Canada from the slot with 5:44 left and Mattias Ekholm made it 3-3 1:17 later with a one-timer from the point.

Brown scored 3:21 into the final period and Canada regain the lead for good. Cozens completed the victory with a deflected backhand.

Canada is the most successful nation at the tournament with 28 titles but last won the trophy three years ago.

The team hopes to rebound from fifth place last year and was boosted by the late addition of Sidney Crosby to the roster.

The 38-year-old Crosby decided to participate in the worlds for a second straight year and a fourth time overall after his Pittsburgh Penguins were eliminated from the NHL playoffs in the first round.

With 19-year-old Macklin Celebrini already named the Canada captain, Crosby became an alternate captain, replacing Tavares.

In Zurich, Finland beat Germany 3-1.

Defending champion the United States faces host Switzerland later Friday and the Czech Republic meets Denmark.

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Germany's goaltender Philipp Grubauer, top, fails to save a goal by Finland's Anton Lundell, as Germany's Fabio Wagner, left, and Germany's Moritz Seider, right, vie with Finland's Jesse Puljujarvi, center, during the Group A preliminary round game between Finland and Germany at the men's ice hockey world championship in Zurich, Switzerland, Friday, May 15, 2026. (Michael Buholzer/Keystone via AP)

Canada's Sidney Crosby plays the puck during a Group B preliminary round game between Canada and Sweden at the men's ice hockey world championship in Fribourg, Switzerland, Friday, May 15, 2026. (Anthony Anex/Keystone via AP)

Canada's Macklin Celebrini, left, and goaltender Jet Greaves, right, react during a Group B preliminary round game between Canada and Sweden at the men's ice hockey world championship in Fribourg, Switzerland, Friday, May 15, 2026. (Anthony Anex/Keystone via AP)

Canada's John Tavares, left, scores against Sweden goaltender Magnus Hellberg, during the 2026 IIHF Men's Ice Hockey World Championship preliminary round group B game between Canada and Sweden, at the BCF Arena ice hockey stadium, in Fribourg, Switzerland, Friday, May 15, 2026. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

Canada's Robert Thomas celebrates after teammate Dylan Cozens scored a goal during a Group B preliminary round game between Canada and Sweden at the men's ice hockey world championship in Fribourg, Switzerland, Friday, May 15, 2026. (Salvatore Di Nolfi/Keystone via AP)

NEW YORK (AP) — Harvey Weinstein ’s rape retrial ended in a mistrial Friday after the jury deadlocked in the closely watched #MeToo-era case that another jury failed to decide last year.

While the former Hollywood mogul has been convicted of other sex crimes on two U.S. coasts and remains behind bars, the mistrial leaves the New York rape charge in limbo after three trials.

A majority-male Manhattan jury had been weighing whether Weinstein raped Jessica Mann, a hairstylist and actor. Weinstein’s lawyers argued that the encounter was consensual. It happened in 2013 during a fraught relationship between the then-married Weinstein and the decades-younger Mann.

The signs of stalemate emerged Friday a few hours into the third day of deliberations. Jurors sent a note saying they “have concluded that they cannot reach” a unanimous verdict. Judge Curtis Farber instructed the group to continue deliberating. That's generally what New York judges do at least the first time a jury says it's stuck.

An appeals court overturned his 2020 New York conviction on charges that involved Mann and another accuser. At a retrial last year, jury deliberations broke down amid infighting on Mann’s portion of the case, leading to this current retrial. Weinstein is charged with one count of rape in the third degree.

Mann, 40, has testified that she willingly had some sexual interludes with the then-married producer, but that he subjected her to unwanted sex that day after she repeatedly said no.

Weinstein's lawyers have emphasized that Mann subsequently continued seeing Weinstein after the encounter and expressing warmth toward him. Mann has said she was mired in complicated feelings about him, herself and what had happened.

Her viewpoint changed in 2017, when a series of allegations against the Oscar-winning Weinstein propelled #MeToo. Some of those accusations generated criminal convictions against Weinstein in New York and California.

Weinstein, 74, has said he “acted wrongly” but never assaulted anyone.

The current jury heard nearly three weeks of testimony, five days of it from Mann. Weinstein did not testify.

The Associated Press generally does not identify people who say they have been sexually assaulted. Mann, however, has agreed to be named.

Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan criminal court on Friday, May 15, 2026, in New York. (Steven Hirsch /New York Post via AP, Pool)

Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan criminal court on Friday, May 15, 2026, in New York. (Steven Hirsch/New York Post via AP, Pool)

Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan criminal court on Friday, May 15, 2026, in New York. (Steven Hirsch /New York Post via AP, Pool)

Harvey Weinstein appears with attorney Marc Agnifilo in Manhattan criminal court, Thursday, May 14, 2026, in New York. (Spencer Platt/Pool Photo via AP)

Harvey Weinstein appears in Manhattan criminal court, Thursday, May 14, 2026, in New York. (Spencer Platt/Pool Photo via AP)

Harvey Weinstein appears with attorneys Marc Agnifilo, left, and Jacob Kaplan in Manhattan criminal court, Thursday, May 14, 2026, in New York. (Spencer Platt/Pool Photo via AP)