Ben Bowns of Great Britain saves the puck from Canada's Anthony Mantha during the IIHF Men's Ice Hockey World Championships Group A match on May 12.JOE KLAMAR/AFP/Getty Images
Anthony Mantha and captain Kyle Turris had two goals apiece in Canada’s dominant 8-0 rout of Great Britain on Sunday at the men’s hockey world championships.
Philadelphia Flyers rookie goaltender Carter Hart stopped all 12 shots he faced for Canada’s first win of the tournament.
The Canadians opened the international event with a 3-1 loss to Finland on Friday.
Mathieu Joseph, Dylan Strome, Dante Fabbro and Sean Couturier rounded out the attack for Canada.
Ben Bowns turned aside 40 of 48 shots he faced in 50 minutes of work in net for Britain. Jackson Whistle made eight saves the rest of the way.
Joseph opened the scoring for Canada 2 minutes 42 seconds into the game. Defenceman Darnell Nurse’s point shot was blocked by a British defender, with Adam Henrique gathering the loose puck to put a backhanded shot on Bowns. That rebounded to Joseph, who snapped the puck into the net.
Jared McCann’s strong individual effort led to Canada’s second tally as he carried the puck through all three zones and then fed Mantha for the easy tap-in goal and a 2-0 lead.
Mantha had his hand in on Canada’s third goal, breaking down the side of Britain’s defensive zone and feeding a streaking Turris, who deked out Bowns to put the puck in the back of the net for a 3-0 lead 2:35 into the second.
Canada struck again at the 7:05 mark of the second period while on a power play. Jonathan Marchessault wired a wrist shot at Bowns, who got a piece of the puck. As it dribbled through the crease, Strome took a couple of backhanded whacks at it before knocking it into the net.
With just 23 seconds left to play in the second period, Fabbro stepped into a booming slap shot, drilling the puck past Bowns for a 5-0 lead.
Turris put away his second goal of the game just 57 seconds into the third period, with Couturier and Mantha finding the back of the net within the next 10 minutes for the final score.
In the Group B game in Bratislava, Nico Hischier scored a late winner for Switzerland before Simon Moser added an empty-net goal to beat Latvia 3-1.
Earlier Sunday, Anton Lander scored a hat trick to put Sweden’s title defence back on track after demolishing Italy 8-0.
Italy remains the only team yet to score a goal at the tournament after conceding 17 goals in two games.
In Group A, Matthias Plachta and Frederik Tiffels’s goals lifted Germany to a 2-1 victory over Denmark.
The United States rebounded from an upset loss to Slovakia in the opening game by routing France 7-1. The United States next faces Finland on Monday.
In Group B, star-studded Russia recorded its second straight win after blanking Austria 5-0.