OSTRAVA, CZECH REPUBLIC—Joel Hofer made 18 saves to win his first international start at any level as Canada beat Germany 4-1 at the world junior hockey championship on Monday. It was pretty embarrassing for us, but as a group we bounced back.”Yannik Valenti broke Hofer’s shutout bid with 67 seconds left in regulation on a 5-on-3 power play for Germany. The opener allowed Canada to breathe a little easier and came a couple of minutes after Bowen Byram pinged a shot off the crossbar on a power play. Addison, a Pittsburgh prospect, then fired a slapshot home on a 5-on-3 power play just 1:37 later to make it 3-0. Canada is now 14-0 at the world juniors against Germany since the latter’s reunification in 1990.

Source: thestar December 30, 2019 17:28 UTC