World Jr. Canada 1-and-0

r Kelowna Rockets forward Brandon McMillan had a goal and an assist as Canada hammered Latvia 16-0 to open the 2010 World Junior Hockey Tournament.

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r Story courtesy of tsn.ca

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r Canada's Fix for Six has officially kicked in. Canada, chasing a sixth straight gold medal, defeated Latvia 16-0 in the opening game for both teams at the world junior hockey championship in Saskatoon.

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r Patrice Cormier, Brandon McMillan, Brandon Kozun, Luke Adam and Gabriel Bourque scored in the third period to make it 15-0. For Bourque, the goal was his Canadian record-tying seventh point of the game.

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r Bourque scored 36 seconds into game to put Canada on the board.  Powerplay goals by Nazem Kadri and Bourque made it 3-0 before the game was seven minutes old.

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r Latvia pulled starting goaltender Raimonds Ermics at 9:09, and replacement Janis Kalnins quickly coughed up a goal to Adam that made it 4-0 Canada. Cormier made it 5-0 with his first of the game before the first period was done.

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r It got worse for Latvia in the second period as Jordan Eberle scored twice to lead a six goal assault. Travis Hamonic, Kadri, Kozun and Adam Henrique added singles to make it 11-0 through 40 minutes.

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r Jake Allen started in goal for Canada, which has not lost a tournament opener for 12 years. Allen faced just eight shots through the first two periods.

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r SCORING SUMMARY

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r Canada 16, Latvia 0

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r First Period
r 1. Canada – Bourque (Ellis, Cormier), 0:36.
r 2. Canada – Kadri (Pietrangelo, Hall) PP, 4:22
r 3. Canada – Bourque (Schenn), PP, 6:39
r 4. Canada – Adam (Della Rovere), 11:43
r 5. Canada – Cormier (Hamonic, Bourque), 17:52

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r Second Period
r 6. Canada – Eberle (McMillan, Pietrangelo), 4:49
r 7. Canada – Hamonic (Pietrangelo), 9:28
r 8. Canada – Kadri (Hall), 10:26
r 9. Canada – Kozun (Bourque, Schenn) PP, 18:50
r 10. Canada – Eberle (Pietrangelo) PP, 19:40
r 11. Canada – Henrique (Bourque), 19:57

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r Third Period
r 12. Canada – Cormier (Kozun), 1:33.
r 13. Canada – McMillan (Kozun, Adam) PP, 4:35
r 14. Canada – Kozun (Cormier, Bourque), 9:19
r 15. Canada – Bourque (Kozun), 18:28
r 16. Canada – Adam (Caron, Della Rovere), 19:32

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r Goaltenders
r Canada – Jake Allen.
r Latvia – Raimonds Ermics (out at 9:09 of 1st), Janis Kalnins.

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