Bedard shines as Canada demolishes Germany to bounce back at world juniors | CBC Sports

Connor Bedard had a hat trick and 4 assists as Canada bought again on observe on the world junior hockey championship Wednesday with an emphatic 11-2 victory over Germany.

Dylan Guenther additionally had a hat trick — all off Bedard passes — whereas Brandt Clarke and Logan Stankoven every added a aim and two assists.

Shane Wright and Joshua Roy, with an aim and an help every, and Zack Ostapchuk additionally scored for the event hosts, who opened on residence soil Monday with an embarrassing 5-2 loss to Czechia.

Bedard’s seven factors tied a single-game Canadian report on the event, becoming a member of Dave Andreychuk (1983), Brenden Morrow (1999), Mike Cammalleri (2002) and Gabriel Bourque (2010).

Thomas Milic made 14saves in his first world junior begin for Canada. Roman Kechter and Philip Sinn replied for Germany, which bought 30 stops from Simon Wolf earlier than he was changed by Rihards Babulis for the third interval in a mercy pull. Babulis completed with 11 saves.

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Connor Bedard leads Canada previous Germany on the World Junior Championship

Projected number one draft choose, Connor Bedard scores 3 targets and has 4 assists main Canada to an 11-2 victory over Team Germany on the World Junior Championship.

Canada, which improved to 16-0 towards the Germans all-time on the males’s under-20 showcase, will now shortly pivot to face Austria — outscored 20-0 by means of its two event video games — on Thursday again at Scotiabank Centre.

Coming off a 1-0 defeat Tuesday to Sweden in sport that noticed Nikita Quapp cease 43 pictures in a shedding effort, Germany is off Thursday earlier than a Friday assembly with Austria.

A talent-rich crew loaded with 9 first-round NHL draft picks, plus presumptive 2023 top-5 picks Bedard and Adam Fantilli, Canada was surprised by the Czechs in a disjointed, uninspired curtain-raiser that left the powerhouse favourites trying to find solutions.

That included gamers questioning their very own readiness and preparation, whereas Fantilli and Bedard every tried and failed “The Michigan” lacrosse-style transfer early — sequences seen afterwards as symptomatic of the Canadians’ free strategy towards an underdog opponent.

Guenther opened the scoring on an influence play within the first interval off a Bedard feed, and it appeared like Canada had made it 2-0 a couple of minutes later solely to have a aim waved off after the referee’s whistle blew earlier than the puck crossed the aim line.

The Canadians, who had a aim disallowed towards the Czechs that might have made it 2-0 earlier than their underdog opponent tied issues moments later Monday, may need been feeling a bit of deja vu when Ketcher snapped a shot by means of Milic to tie the sport.

But Wright was credited along with his second aim of the event on one other energy play when a German defender swept the puck into his personal web.

Bedard, who had 4 targets in an 11-2 victory over Austria final December earlier than these world juniors have been shelved by COVID-19, then made it 3-1 when the silky clean 17-year-old took a stretch feed and ripped his a shot previous Wolf and bought one other early within the second on a goaltending miscue.

Milic, who stopped all 10 pictures he confronted after coming off the bench to exchange Benjamin Gaudreau within the second interval of Canada’s surprising show two nights earlier, did not have rather a lot to do on the different finish, however was stable when referred to as upon.

Bedard roofed his hat trick aim on one other energy play earlier than Rayan Bettahar was handed a match penalty and ejected for an unlawful test to the top on Fantilli.

That’s when the floodgates actually opened for Canada towards Germany, which has solely two gamers drafted by NHL groups — together with Quapp, who did not gown Wednesday.

Guenther scored his second on a slick Bedard feed to make it 6-1 and Clarke blasted a one-timer off a German defender.

Bedard then arrange Guenther for his third on the identical energy play, and Stankoven added one other late within the interval for a 9-1 lead by means of 40 minutes.

Ostapchuk made it 10-1 early within the third earlier than Bedard assisted on Roy’s aim for his seventh level of the night.

Sinn bought a late comfort aim on a German energy play.

Goaltender tumble

Milic was excellent after changing Gaudreau on Monday with the rating 5-2 for the Czechs — after a tricky begin.

“Great way to come in,” Milic joked Tuesday. “The camera’s right in my face, too. I just had a good laugh about it. I think it might have helped honestly ease the tension a little bit of going cold with such a tense situation.

“It all performed out properly.”

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