Crosby tallies 4 assists in 3rd-period surge as Canada routs Denmark to remain perfect at worlds
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Porter Martone had a goal and an assist, Sidney Crosby had four assists and Canada defeated Denmark 5-1 for its third straight win at the men’s hockey world championship on Monday in Fribourg, Switzerland.
Gabriel Vilardi, Denton Mateychuk, Ryan O’Reilly and Parker Wotherspoon also scored for Canada, with teenage captain Macklin Celebrini dishing out two assists. Jet Greaves made 15 saves.
Nick Olesen had Denmark’s lone goal. Nicolaj Henriksen stopped 33 shots in the loss.
“Denmark’s goalie made some big saves and we had some looks that we did not convert on, but I thought we controlled the play,” Crosby said. “We were not discouraged or frustrated with our play because we were playing well, but we wanted to trust our game especially since we had that quarterfinal from [last year’s men’s worlds] fresh in our minds.
“It was a good test for us today, but we showed a lot of poise and patience, and we were able to get a big goal early in the third. That goal from [Martone] opened things up offensively a little bit.”
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Canada dominates Denmark, improves to 3-0 at IIHF worlds
Team Canada scored five in the final frame to beat Denmark 5-1 and remain undefeated at the IIHF World Championship.
The game was scoreless until Martone got things going 28 seconds into the third period. Vilardi and Mateychuk made it a 3-0 game by the 3:33 mark.
Olesen scored at 10:12 but O’Reilly quickly answered back 1:37 later to restore Canada’s three-goal lead. Wotherspoon sealed the scoring with 29 seconds left.
“Denmark is a team that protects the interior of the ice well, and they defend well and are fearless shot-blockers,” Canada head coach Misha Donskov said. “They have great resilience in their game, but our message to our group was to stick with our plan and stay calm, and good things will happen.
“It took us a while to find our game, and eventually we did in the third period. Our skill took over and we were getting inside the dots, and we were able to capitalize on our chances.”
Canada (3-0) leads Group B with nine points, with Denmark (0-3) sits in last. The Canadians will next face Norway on Thursday.
U.S. falls to 1-2 with loss to Finland
Lenni Hameenaho scored twice and assisted on another one to lead Finland past the defending champion United States 6-2 for a third straight win in Group A in Zurich.
The U.S. lost to host Switzerland 3-1 in the opener then defeated Britain 5-1.
Hameenaho wristed a shot past goalie Joseph Woll after a turnover to put Finland 1-0 up 6:06 into the game.
The U.S. came back 1:38 later thanks to Matt Coronato’s one-timer.
Finland then pulled away with four straight goals.
Patrik Puistola and Aatu Raty scored in the first period followed in the middle period by Hameenaho on a power play and Saku Maenalanen 31 seconds apart.
That forced the U.S. to pull Woll, who allowed five goals from 10 shots, and send on Devin Cooley.
Ryan Leonard reduced the deficit with the second U.S. goal in the final period but Anton Lundell completed the victory.
The U.S. has Germany next on Wednesday.
Host Switzerland also made it three wins from three in the same group with a 6-1 result over winless Germany. Sven Andrighetto scored twice and captain Roman Josi had a goal in his three-point game.
