Quebec’s Pierre-Luc Dubois scored two goals as Canada unbeaten at the World Hockey Championship on Monday after beating Slovakia 5-1.
Dubois scored the goal-winning goal with 3:49 left in the middle period, and he doubled the advantage less than 12 minutes later.
The Winnipeg Jets center had four goals and one assist for the defending tournament champion leading Pool A with nine points in three wins in 60 minutes.
Adam Lowry and Morgan Geekie scored with one goal each and one assist each, and Cole Sillinger completed the scoring for the Maple Leaf representatives. Montreal Canadiens player Josh Anderson added two assists to his record.
Samuel Takac was the only fighter for Slovakia, bronze medalists at the Beijing Olympics last winter.
Logan Thompson stopped 34 shots in front of the Canadian net, while his vis-à-vis Adam Huska made 39 saves.
The Canadians will now have a day off before returning to fight the Kazakhs on Thursday.
Source: Radio-Canada
