Conor Bedard had a goal and an assist as Canada defeated Latvia 5-2 on Wednesday in the World Junior Hockey Championship } It was started.
Ridly Greig and William Dufour each scored a goal to help out. Cormier and Oren Zellweger also found the net. Captain Mason McTavish recorded his two assists for Canada (1-0-0).
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Reynards Darjins and Bogdans Hodas scored Latvia's 6-1 victory over Finland on Tuesday.
Canada's Sebastian Kossa notched his 24 saves, while Patricks Berzins stopped 39 of his 44 shots for Latvia (0-2-0).
Canada will play Slovakia in a round-robin format on Thursday (0-0-1).
The 2022 tournament will take place in his August. The first iteration was aborted on December 29th. It came just four days after he was forced to forfeit the game due to an increase in COVID-19 cases among players and officials.
Dufour gave the Canadians a breather with 5:16 left in the third period. The New York Islanders prospect collected a smooth pass from Greig and sent a quick shot past the Virgins to give his team his 5-2 lead.
Canada put in his three-goal performance in the second round, but a series of undisciplined penalties left him in trouble in the final frame.
Latvia went 5-3 for nine seconds midway through his third. Greig was asked to hook after Kent Johnson was sent to the box for a game delay.
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The Canadian beat two of his competitors and Cossa maintained the advantage with a timely stop. did.
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Earlier in this period, Latvia scored a deficit on a power play after Greig was called to trip. Reduced to 4-2.
Mann just four seconds into his advantage, Hodus — the Medicine Hat Tigers defenseman — faced off with a shot from the top of his circle. The puck appeared to have carved Cossa's pad on its way into the net.
Greig collected a pass from Dufour along the board to Oddman to score his rush, and at the 16:16 mark, beat Belzans and stabbed the puck to win the frame on his big middle.
After Latvian captain Ralfus Bergmanis was called for a slash, the Canadians gave him a three-point lead on a power-play goal.
Bedard made a no-look backwards pass to Zellweger on the blue line. The defense rolled up and rocketed through the traffic to find the back of the net at 12:17 in the second.
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Less than a minute later, Cormier But Duns sought a rough edge after his Locmeris scored with a man advantage.
Joshua Roy calmed the bouncy puck and threw it at Cormier, who passed Beljins from the top of his circle faceoff.
Canada's Power Play appeared to be in trouble in the tournament's first try early in the period.
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Man Advantage saw Cossa nearly send the puck into his own net in an attempt to clear. The host nation turned the puck over and over, and Latvia shorthanded his shot to score.
Canada were 1-4 in Wednesday's power play and Latvia were 1-5.
Canada kept Berzins busy in the first period, as he beat Latvia 18-4.
The host nation dominated the match, but he scored the equalizer less than two minutes before Latvia played in his opening frame. Darzins chipped a shot over the side of the Cossa stick to make it 1-1.
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Bedard kicks off at 7:31 , blasted a shot from a pair of Latvian defenders and over Belzance's glove from the top of the slot.
Western Bedard, 17, a forward for the Regina Putts in his hockey league, is an early favorite with the 2023 NHL entry and the No. 1 overall pick in his draft.
Earlier on Tuesday, Winnipeg his Jets prospect Daniel Torgersson scored his two goals as Sweden (1-0-0) beat Switzerland (0-1) in the Group B game. -0) with his 3-2 win.
The final game of the day is between Germany (0-1-0) and Austria (0-0-0).
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