Canada starts it’s quest for gold facing a short handed Germany squad due to Covid-19 restrictions.
Next up at 3pm PST on NHL Network – Canada v Germany… here's the lineups: pic.twitter.com/p81C62mtWq
— John Hoven | The Mayor (@mayorNHL) December 26, 2020
🇨🇦 goal 🚨#gohabsgo Kaidan Guhle snipes one short side
1-0 🇨🇦— WJC Lyfe (@WJCLyfe) December 26, 2020
🚨🇨🇦Less than 2 minutes into the first @HC_WJC is one the board! A great shift give Kaiden Guhle a perfect opportunity to put Canada on the board. #WorldJuniors@CanadiensMTL pic.twitter.com/nMFKVVJdRF
— IIHF (@IIHFHockey) December 26, 2020
🙅♂️🇨🇦 @byfield55 called for crosschecking. On to the penalty kill they go. #WorldJuniors
— IIHF (@IIHFHockey) December 26, 2020
🚨🇨🇦 @DawsonMercer14 comes in with a wrap-around and makes it 2-0 for @HC_WJC
— IIHF (@IIHFHockey) December 26, 2020
#WJC: Another gaffe from Tiefensee as he loses his footing on a simple dump-in and Dawson Mercer (NJD 1st/2020) stuffs home a short-handed goal. Canada up 2-0 over Germany in the 1st pic.twitter.com/shmuYjAqg7
— Steve Kournianos (@TheDraftAnalyst) December 26, 2020
Dawson Mercer scores after stripping Tiefensee off the puck behind the net. Here's a replay. #WorldJuniors pic.twitter.com/vk3bILuX89
— Steven Ellis (@StevenEllisTHN) December 26, 2020
Canada's Braden Schneider (NYR) tossed from the game for check to the head. Canada leading Germany 2-0. IIHF will probably take a longer look at the hit, but officials got the call right on the ice.
— Chris Peters (@chrismpeters) December 26, 2020
Braden Schneider got 5+ game misconduct for getting Jan-Luca Schumacher in the head. #WorldJuniors pic.twitter.com/guSN51Zz7e
— Steven Ellis (@StevenEllisTHN) December 26, 2020
https://twitter.com/mayorNHL/status/1342977780011597825
https://twitter.com/HeresYourReplay/status/1342978005174509571
🚨🇨🇦And just like that, 1:08 later, @HC_WJC
fires back and makes it 3-1. #WorldJuniors— IIHF (@IIHFHockey) December 26, 2020
How sweet it is!@PredsNHL prospect and #GensNation fav @philtomasino26 gets his first of the tournament and we CANNOT get enough! pic.twitter.com/92YbFIB4QL
— Oshawa Generals (@Oshawa_Generals) December 26, 2020
🚨🇨🇦 ?
Buzzer beater, or too late? @HC_WJC waits in anticipation to find out if their 4th goal will count. #WorldJuniors— IIHF (@IIHFHockey) December 26, 2020
— hockey images that precede unfortunate events (@UnfortunateHKY) December 26, 2020
It's good! 0.2 seconds put on the clock for the period. #WorldJuniors https://t.co/hG7g5rlEuF pic.twitter.com/b5K9USNq6S
— IIHF (@IIHFHockey) December 26, 2020
Germany, welcome to the World Juniors. Sorry, nine of your players can't play. Also, we're gonna need you guys to start the tournament with back-to-backs against Finland and Canada. By the way, we're going to count goals after the buzzer. Would you like to proceed?
— Chris Peters (@chrismpeters) December 26, 2020
Interesting explanation from Gord Miller about the Peyton Krebs goal. Said the IIHF's feed and TSN's feed for the clock were different – but the belief is that the IIHF's feed was delayed by 0.2 seconds, which means the goal wouldn't have counted. #WorldJuniors
— Steven Ellis (@StevenEllisTHN) December 27, 2020
STATS CHECK #WorldJuniors
After the first period…
Quinton Byfield
2:48 TOI
0 points
plus-1
2 PIM
3-for-4 in faceoffs (75%)— John Hoven | The Mayor (@mayorNHL) December 27, 2020
Moving to the second period Team Germany put a new goaltender in net. Team Canada decided to score on him too.
New goalie for Germany. Same result. Dawson Mercer enters, takes a shot, rebound pops to the high slot, and Mercer (NJD) tracks it to the middle of the ice to get it back and score a few seconds after his entry.
— Scott Wheeler (@scottcwheeler) December 27, 2020
Dawson Mercer is such a chameleon. He brings whatever you need.
His second of the night makes it 5-1 pic.twitter.com/sqynxQO1oV
— /Cam Robinson/ (@Hockey_Robinson) December 27, 2020
https://twitter.com/HeresYourReplay/status/1342988828886388737
#WJC: C Alex Newhook (COL 1st/2019) walks in and scores to make it 7-1 Canada over Germany. Going how we expected it. Remember that goal differential could be a SF-round tiebreaker so no reason for Canada to not run up the score. pic.twitter.com/XuBMVAopYJ
— Steve Kournianos (@TheDraftAnalyst) December 27, 2020
https://twitter.com/HeresYourReplay/status/1342991700227203075
Phil Tomasino rocking the knuckle-puck pic.twitter.com/PKa5kQOw7g
— /Cam Robinson/ (@Hockey_Robinson) December 27, 2020
https://twitter.com/IIHFHockey/status/1342995052109438976
https://twitter.com/HeresYourReplay/status/1342995878202765312
Well that ended the second period. Only one period to go before this game mercifully ends.
https://twitter.com/HeresTheReplay/status/1343001234551304192
🎩🎩🎩 HATTY!!!!!!! @Dylan_Cozens nets his 3rd goal of the game and picks up the tournament's first hat trick of the year! @HC_WJC @BuffaloSabres #WorldJuniors pic.twitter.com/h8YO5PQ4Ry
— IIHF (@IIHFHockey) December 27, 2020
🚨 Jakob Pelletier
14-1 CAN pic.twitter.com/YQeK4u4ZSb— See It Again (@HeresTheReplay) December 27, 2020
🚨 Thomas Harley
15-1 CAN pic.twitter.com/P8d6q1YsgI— See It Again (@HeresTheReplay) December 27, 2020
SHORTY ALERT!
🚨 Connor McMichael SH
16-1 CAN pic.twitter.com/pgUhbKChcT— See It Again (@HeresTheReplay) December 27, 2020
https://twitter.com/HeresTheReplay/status/1343010008255127555
Final STATS CHECK #WorldJuniors
After the third period…
Quinton Byfield
11:09 TOI (added 3:41 in the third)
1 assist
0 SOG
plus-2
2 PIM
13-for-16 in faceoffs (81%) https://t.co/hS4zQCU0i4— John Hoven | The Mayor (@mayorNHL) December 27, 2020
Tough couple of days for Germany as they’ll try to regroup and hopefully get a couple players out of quarantine.
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