McTavish scored six points as Canada defeated Slovakia 11-1 in the Junior Worlds.

Captain Mason McTavish scored four goals and two assists as Canada beat Slovakia 11-1 to advance to theWorld Junior Hockey Championshipon Thursday. was broken.

Brennan Osman and Joshua Roy each scored for Canada (2-0-0). , Conor Bedard, Will Quill, Logan Stankoven, and Oren Zellweger added one point each. Zach Ostapchuk also scored.

Matej Kaslik scored Slovakia's (0-0-2) lone goal midway through the second period. rice field.

Canada's Dylan Garland recorded his 22 saves in his tournament debut. Thomas Boro has stopped 33 of his 44 shots for Slovakia.

Canada beat Latvia 5-2 on Wednesday, while Slovakia lost to the Czech Republic 5-4 by decision on Tuesday.

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Canada continues round-robin against Czech Republic (1-0-1) Saturday.

With seconds left on his clock, Ostapchuk picked up his puck loose on the side of the net and fended off Boro as he locked the score at 11-1.

Roy gave Canada his 10-1 lead with less than five minutes remaining.

William Dufour's shot hit Boro's pad and Roy picked up the rebound at the top of the crease and fired it over the netminder as he fell to the ice.

He found space between Boro and the post to score his fourth goal of the night. This tied the Canadian record for his most goals in a single match at the world junior level.

Other players who have achieved this feat include Mario Lemieux (1984), Braden Shen (2011), Includes Maxime Comptois (2019).

McTavish accomplished his trick in the middle with his 35 seconds left in the frame.

Bedard hit neutral in his zone, sending his puck onto the ice and giving his teammate his two-man breakaway. Roy put in a crisp pass to McTavish's tape and 19-year-old Anaheim his Ducks prospect shot past the boroughs to give the Canadians his 8–1 lead.

About a dozen hats were floating on the ice.

It was McTavish's backhand his second flick off the top of Creese's 15:16 that gave Canada his 7-1 cushion.

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Only 36 seconds ago, Slovakia finally defeated Garand after a low battle.

Kaslik grabbed the puck and put a shot into the net that hit the goalkeeper's pad and crossbar.

Three breakaways set McTavish's first goal of the night at his 6:25 mark and scored his second. Donovan sent him the lead with his pass and handled the puck as the team his Canadian captain skated his in and boro jumped over his stick side and rocketed to give him a 6-0 lead. pushed up to

Just over a minute into the second period, Stan Coven scored his fifth goal for Canada in his 5-3 win.

Kent Johnson fired a shot into the borough pad, which Stankoven did before the goalkeeper returned to his position.

Canada was 4-1 to her and Slovakia was 3-0 to her on the power play.

After her 5-2 victory over Latvia on Wednesday, Canada came out strong in the first period on Thursday.

The host nation gave him a 4-0 advantage in the first intermission after Zellweger scored with 43 seconds left in the starting frame.

The defense had Hush shoot from his mark and the puck appeared to kick another player in front of the net, but then hit the post.

Slovakia disputed the play for offside, but a video review ruled Zellweger's goal was good.

Canada launched a third attack of the night as the Slovak cleanup operation failed.

Boro attempted to send the puck out from deep in his own end, but Quill picked it up on Blue's line and sent it faceoff to Osman in his circle. :57 into the game.

Cuylle gave Canada his 2–0 lead less than three minutes later.

Ridly Greig took a penalty out of his box and chipped a pass off the board to his Cuylle. Cuylle slid into the breakaway on his one and quickly blasted Bolo's pads.

Slovakia had their own breakaway early in the first, but Garand read the play perfectly and the shot slammed off the pad, giving Canada his 1–0 lead. did.

Bedard scored the opening goal for the Canadian for the second consecutive game.

Regina, 17, his putts When his center threw the puck to McTavish, McTavish sliced ​​it back into the slot. Bedard capped off the give and go by ripping a blistering shot through Boro into the first period from the bottom of the confrontation circle at 6:16.

Finland (2-0-0) beat Czech Republic (1-0-1) in a 4-3 shootout in the opening game on Thursday. Did.

"During the match we got better and better. That's the most important thing," said Finland coach Antti Pennanen.

The Czech Republic and Canada both have Friday off and face off on Saturday.

The Czechs know they need to improve their game ahead of the match, said forward Jili Klich.

"We just want to keep our game," he said. "Of course, it's a big challenge and a big game, so we're just trying to do our best." Clearly

Switzerland (0-1-0) faced reigning champions USA (1-0-0) in Thursday's final game.

On Friday, Austria (0-1-0) will face Sweden (1-0-0) while Slovakia is Latvia (0- 2-0).

Note: McTavish leads the tournament with his 8 goals scored (4 goals, 4 assists). The qualifying rounds continue until Monday, with the quarterfinals set for Wednesday. The semi-final he is scheduled for August 19th and the medal game he will take place on August 20th. Players and officials were forced to forfeit the game.

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