David Alter, TSN.ca Staff Team Canada , The Canadian Press
All it took was some time on the ice for Quinton Byfield to get back up to speed.
“Definitely in camp not playing hockey for eight-to-nine months definitely affects you a little bit, Byfield said after Team Canada’s 10-0 rout of Switzerland Tuesday night. I had to ease myself into it a little bit, almost, and I’ve found my footing.”
After recording just one assist through two tournament games, Byfield exploded for a pair of goals and added four assists as Team Canada dominated Team Switzerland to remain undefeated at the 2021 IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship.
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Canada had a pleasant start to the 2021 World Junior Championships, scoring 19 goals while only conceding three during their opening two games. Slovakia did howevere provide considerably much more bite than Germany and the Canadians had to fight throughout all three periods to eventually drag out a 3-1-win.
Having been scheduled favourably, Team Canada once again was heavily favoured against a Team Switzerland with few NHL calibre prospects on their roster. Switzerland held their own quite well defensively throughout their first two games, losing to an only goal against the Slovaks and conceding four to Team Finland.
Just two days after a narrow 3-1 win over Slovakia, Canada exploded for 10 goals against Switzerland, with seven of those coming in the second half of regulation time.
Quinton Byfield leads Canada to 10-0 win over Switzerland in world junior tournament
Canada s Quinton Byfield (19) scores a goal on Switzerland goalie Noah Patenaude (1) during third period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship action in Edmonton on Tuesday, December 29, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson December 29, 2020 - 8:57 PM
EDMONTON - After a quiet start to his run at the world junior men s hockey championship, Quinton Byfield s six-point performance paced Canada to a 10-0 blanking of Switzerland on Tuesday.
The No. 2 pick in October s NHL draft by the Los Angeles Kings scored twice and assisted on four goals.
Byfield is one of six players returning from the Canadian team that claimed world junior gold in Ostrava, Czech Republic in January.
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