Celebrini’s 5-point performance leads Canada over Latvia at world juniors
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Macklin Celebrini had a goal and four assists as Canada hammered Latvia at the world juniors on Wednesday.
Macklin Celebrini had a goal and four assists as Canada hammered Latvia 10-0 at the world junior hockey championship on Wednesday.
Conor Geekie and Carson Rehkopf, with two each, Brayden Yager, Owen Allard, Fraser Minten, Matthew Wood and Matthew Poitras also scored.
Celebrini’s five points were two short of the national record for a single game at the world juniors — a mark held by six players, including Connor Bedard at last year’s tournament in Halifax.
Mathis Rousseau made his second start in goal for Canada less than 30 hours after leading his country to a 5-2 victory over Finland in their Group A opener.
Linards Feldbergs allowed seven goals for the overmatched Latvians, who dropped their first game 6-0 to hosts Sweden. Aksels Ozols replaced his teammate early in the third period.
Canada is in Group A with the Finns, Swedes, Latvians and Germany at the annual under-20 tournament. Group B consists of the United States, Czechia, Slovakia, Switzerland and Norway.
Looking for a third straight gold medal despite missing an impressive list of NHL talent, with Bedard right at the top, Canada entered 3-0 against Latvia all-time with a combined 31-4 scoreline, including a 16-0 victory on Dec. 26, 2009.
Things weren’t quite that bad on this night. The Latvians, unsurprisingly, were also never close.
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