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Canada Takes First Game At IIHF World Championships

Canada opened the IIHF World Hockey Championships with a 6-1 win over Latvia.

Team Canada outplayed the Latvians throughout, outshooting their opponents 42-17.

Jason Spezza led the way with 2 goals while Matt Duchene, Sidney Crosby, Nathan MacKinnon and Tyler Toffoli added singles. Varna native Ryan O'Reilly was +1 in the game.

The next came for Canada is Sunday against Germany

 

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Scoreboard, Nov. 14

Loads of local hockey action, and Canada punched a ticket to the semis of the IIHF Women's World Championship.