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By the time the final buzzer sounded, Bedard had put the entire Canadian Hockey League, and frankly, the entire hockey world, on notice.
The product of North Vancouver got his feet under him quickly, buzzing on his first shift and generating at least one high-quality scoring chance in the offensive zone, only to be thwarted by former Pats netminder Max Paddock.
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Dec 29, 2020 7:42 PM
EDMONTON Quinton Byfield had two goals and four assists in Canada’s 10-0 win over Switzerland at the world junior men’s hockey championship Tuesday.
Jakob Pelletier scored twice for Canada (3-0).
Connor McMichael, Dylan Cozens, Philip Tomasino, Ryan Suzuki, Cole Perfetti and Kaiden Guhle also scored for the defending champions.
Canadian goaltender Devon Levi posted a 15-save shutout.
Swiss goalie Noah Patenaude of the QMJHL’s Saint John Sea Dogs stopped 42 shots in the loss, his first start of the tournament.
Canada caps the preliminary round Thursday against Finland (2-0) in what is expected to be the toughest test yet for the host team.
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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