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Mason McTavish leads Canada to commanding win vs. Czechia

Canada improved to 3-0 at the 2022 IIHF World Junior Championship following a 5-1 victory over Czechia on Saturday.

Mason McTavish scored two goals, Kent Johnson scored the goal of the tournament and the Canadians survived a brief scare during the first period.

Here are three takeaways from Canada’s victory.

McTavish is running away with tournament MVP honours thus far

Following Thursday’s 11-1 victory against Slovakia, I wrote that Mason McTavish is too good for this edition of the world juniors, as he’s a near-certain lock to play top-six minutes for the Anaheim Ducks this fall.