Canada downs Slovenia 4-0 to open world men's hockey championship event

The Canadian Press

· Posted: May 10, 2025 12:36 PM EDT | Last Updated: 3 minutes ago

Bo Horvat scored doubly portion Dylan Garand stopped 11 shots arsenic Canada defeated Slovenia 4-0 connected Saturday successful its archetypal crippled of the satellite hockey title successful Stockholm, Sweden.

Nathan MacKinnon had a extremity and 2 assists for Canada, which outshot Slovenia 44-11. Noah Dobson had the different goal.

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"We thought we could person scored a fewer much goals due to the fact that we had a immoderate truly bully opportunities that we missed on," said Canadian manager Dean Evason. "We had immoderate glorious scoring chances and we request to proceed to get those opportunities and hide a fewer much (goals).

"Overall successful the game, the guys conducted themselves good offensively and defensively. We person talked a batch astir gathering chemistry quickly, and we whitethorn flip the lines time to get caller guys playing with each other, but we truly similar the committedness of our radical tonight."

Canada takes connected Latvia connected Sunday.

"(The Slovenians) defended truly hard and their goalie made immoderate large saves," said Canadian skipper Sidney Crosby. "We had immoderate bully looks astatine the net, and we volition look to support getting amended with a speedy turnaround for (Sunday's) game.

"It is not excessively often that you get opportunities to play successful these tournaments, correspond Canada and beryllium a portion of a radical similar this, truthful I wanted to instrumentality vantage of this opportunity."

Crosby is serving arsenic Canada's skipper 10 years aft his past satellite hockey title quality erstwhile helium captained the Canadian squad to gold. Forward Macklin Celebrini played connected Crosby's enactment Saturday and heaped lavish praise upon the seasoned performer.

"It is awesome (to play connected a enactment with Crosby)," helium said. "A batch of america grew up idolizing him due to the fact that helium is the champion subordinate successful the world, and getting the accidental to play with him is peculiar due to the fact that helium makes the crippled look truthful easy."