(Gothenburg) Macklin Celebrini scored a goal and added five assists in Canada’s 10-0 win over Latvia on Wednesday at the World Junior Hockey Championship.
Conor Geekie and Carson Rehkopf each scored two goals. Brayden Yager, Owen Allard, Fraser Minten, Matthew Wood and Matthew Poitras also found the back of the net.
Mathis Rousseau got his second straight start for Canada, less than 30 hours after leading his team to a 5-2 victory over Finland in the opening match of the group stage.
Linards Feldbergs conceded seven goals to the Canadian team. Aksels Ozols took his teammate’s place in front of the net early in the third period.
Canada is in Group A with Finland, Sweden, Latvia and Germany. Group B consists of the United States, Czech Republic, Slovakia, Switzerland and Norway.
Geekie gave Canada the lead after just five seconds of power play, at 5:19 of the first period.
PHOTO BJORN LARSSON ROSVALL, AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Macklin Celebrini
Celebrini, considered the possible first pick in the next NHL draft, collected his second assist of the period when he passed the puck to Yager, who beat the goalie with a good shot on the side of the mitt at 7:11 of play.
Rehkopf, who started the tournament as 13e forward, played on a line with Celebrini and scored to make it 4-0.
Celebrini scored his second goal of the tournament when he scored alone against the goalkeeper, following a nice pass from Wood. He found the back of the net with a backhand shot, 10:56 into the second period.
Minten and Wood scored two more goals for Canada early in the third period to end Feldbergs’ game.
Geekie and Rehkopf then scored again and the score was 9-0.
Poitras scored a goal with nine minutes remaining in regulation time for his team.
Canada will face Sweden on Friday for its third match of the group stage.