PRAGUE, Czechia — Connor Bedard had two goals and one assist in helping lead Canada to a 5-1 win over Denmark on Sunday at the world hockey championship.
Dylan Cozens, Dawson Mercer and Pierre-Luc Dubois also scored for Canada, which moved to 2-0 at the tournament to sit atop Group A. Jordan Binnington made 19 saves.
“I liked our third period a lot," Canada head coach André Tourigny said."We won a lot of puck battles and we were really aggressive on the forecheck. Our second period was not as good. Captain John Tavares, who joined Canada on Friday after his Toronto Maple Leafs were eliminated from the NHL post-season last weekend, had one assist in his first outing with team.
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