Canada beat Slovakia 11-1 in their second round match of the Junior Ice Hockey World Championship on Thursday.
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For the second time in as many nights, 17-year-old hockey player Connor Bedard hit the target first.
Will Cuylle, Brennan Othmann, Olen Zellweger, Logan Stankoven and Mason McTavish also flashed the red light for the Canadiens unanswered.
Matej Kaslika finally got his team on target in the 15th minute of the second period, taking advantage of a puck that was loose in the slot.
Mason McTavish ended Slovakia’s small hopes and restored Canada’s six-goal lead with his fourth point of the evening just 36 seconds later.
Who else but Mason McTavish could give Team Canada an 8-1 lead. The Anaheim Ducks’ third overall pick in the 2021 auction also completed a natural hat trick.
Only 7️⃣ Canadian players have ever scored 4 goals in a game #WorldJunior:
Mario Lemieux (1984)
Simon Gagne (1999)
Brayden Nice (2011)
Taylor Raddysh (2017)
Maxime Comtois (2019)
Connor Bedard (2022 – Winter)
‼️Mason McTavish (2022 – Summer)‼️ pic.twitter.com/g5OnqtiQPn— Hockey Canada FR (@HockeyCanada_fr) August 12, 2022
Number 23 McTavish capped off a phenomenal night with a fourth goal and sixth point. He became only the seventh player in team history to score four goals in a single game.
CH hope Joshua Roy added insult to injury with a tenth win.
Zack Ostapchuk scored the 11th and final goal for the Canadians with 21 seconds remaining.
Juraj Slafkovsky and Filip Mesar, who belong to the Habs, are not on the Slovak staff.
More details to come.