Connor Bedard had two objectives and one help in serving to lead Canada to a 5-1 win over Denmark on Sunday at the world hockey championship.
Dylan Cozens, Dawson Mercer and Pierre-Luc Dubois additionally scored for Canada, which moved to 2-0 at the match to sit atop Group A. Jordan Binnington made 19 saves.
After scoring twice within the opening interval and going into the third simply up 2-1, Canada put the warmth on Denmark within the last 20 minutes scoring three extra instances.
“I liked our third period a lot,” Canada head coach Andre Tourigny mentioned. “We won a lot of puck battles and we were really aggressive on the forecheck. Our second period was not as good.
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Canada moves to a record of 2-0 with a 5-1 win over Denmark Sunday afternoon at the IIHF Men’s World Championship.
“We have been within the field too typically and we misplaced too many battles, but it surely was good for our workforce to undergo that as a result of it exhibits that the groups listed here are going to work exhausting towards us. Tonight was a chance to develop, and we confirmed that development within the third interval.”
Captain John Tavares, who joined Canada on Friday after his Toronto Maple Leafs were eliminated from the NHL post-season last weekend, had one assist in his first outing with team.
“It was nice to get my first recreation beneath my belt,” he said. “I like the mix of parts we’ve on this workforce. We have a number of ability, however we even have grit and work ethic.
“There are a lot of areas we can excel whether it is with our speed or our size, and we have a great mix of veterans and youth. We still have some areas where we can grow, but I think this is a very deep and well-rounded team.”
Christian Wejse had the lone objective for Denmark, which received 37 stops from netminder Frederik Dichow.
Canada was coming off a 4-2 win over Britain on Saturday to open the competitors.
Earlier, Finland shut out newcomer Great Britain 8-0 for its first victory. Slovakia additionally registered its first win, a 6-2 victory over Kazakhstan in Group B.
Canada’s roster:
- Michael Bunting (Scarborough, Ont.), Forward
- Brandon Tanev (Toronto), Forward
- Dylan Guenther (Edmonton), Forward
- Jack McBain (Toronto), Forward
- Dawson Mercer (Bay Roberts, N.L.), Forward
- Jared McCann (London, Ont.), Forward
- Nick Paul (Mississauga, Ont.), Forward
- Dylan Cozens (Whitehorse, Yukon), Forward
- Brandon Hagel (Morinville, Alta.), Forward
- Ridly Greig (Lethbridge, Alta.), Forward
- Pierre-Luc Dubois (Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, Que.), Forward
- Andrew Mangiapane (Bolton, Ont,), Forward
- John Tavares (Oakville, Ont.), Forward
- Connor Bedard (North Vancouver, B.C.), Forward
- Olen Zellweger (Fort Saskatchewan, Alta.), Defenceman
- Bowen Byram (Cranbrook, B.C.), Defenceman
- Kaiden Guhle (Sherwood Park, Alta.), Defenceman
- Jamie Oleksiak (Toronto), Defenceman
- Owen Power (Mississauga, Ont.), Defenceman
- Colton Parayko (St. Albert, Alta.), Defenceman
- Damon Severson (Melville, Sask.), Defenceman
- Joel Hofer (Winnipeg), Goaltender
- Nico Daws (Burlington, Ont.), Goaltender
- Jordan Binnington (Richmond Hill, Ont.), Goaltender