Dylan Cozens speaking with media during the World Juniors tournament (Photo supplied by TSN)

By The Canadian Press

Enthusiastic Yukon welcome as Dylan Cozens returns triumphant from world juniors

Jan 7, 2020 | 1:15 PM

WHITEHORSE – The first Yukon teen ever to play for Canada’s world junior hockey team received a boisterous welcome as he returned to the territory early Tuesday.

Dylan Cozens, who scored Canada’s first goal in a 4-3 gold-medal victory over Russia, was greeted by family and friends as he arrived in Whitehorse after a 30-hour journey from the Czech Republic.

Yukon’s Community Services Minister John Streicker was among those there, and says the territory is making plans to recognize the 18-year-old centre more formally at a later date.

Cozens says it was “pretty cool” to receive the enthusiastic welcome and he’s looking forward to a week off before returning to his junior club, the Lethbridge Hurricanes.

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He told the gathering at the airport that he’s not leaving the house for the next few days.

Cozens became the first from the territory to be selected in the first round of the NHL Entry Draft when he was taken seventh overall by the Buffalo Sabres in June 2019.

(CKRW-FM, Whitehorse)