Brad Bowden’s six-point effort leads Canada over South Korea at World Sledge Hockey Challenge

CHARLOTTETOWN — Veteran Brad Bowden scored twice and set up four more — tying his own tournament record for points in a game — as Canada cruised to a 10-1 victory against South Korea on Monday at the World Sledge Hockey Challenge.

Bowden, from Orton, Ont., sparked the offence with a goal just 20 seconds into the game as the Canadian squad improved to 2-0-0 in preliminary-round play.

“The first game I struggled a little bit, I wasn’t happy with the way I played individually but the second game I wanted to find a piece of me and implement that into our offence as well, while also learning the new things I’m trying to implement into my game,” said the 33-year-old Bowden.

“It was a pretty good night for everybody.”

Captain Greg Westlake added a pair of goals and an assist, Ben Delaney had a goal and two helpers and Adam Dixon, Steve Arsenault, Bryan Sholomicki, Tyler McGregor and Zach Savage each scored once.

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Savage’s goal was his first for Canada in his international debut.

“At first I was nervous as I should be, it was my first game too, but fell into place with the boys and rallied along,” said Savage.

Corbin Watson stopped 8-of-9 shots for the win.

Jong-Ho Jang put South Korea (0-2-0) on the board in the third period when it was already 9-0 Canada.

Canada’s next game is Wednesday against the United States, which is also 2-0-0 after hammering Norway (0-2-0) 8-0 earlier in the day.

The U.S. beat Canada in last year’s championship game to win the tournament for the second year in a row. The Americans have taken top spot four times at the event. Canada has won the Challenge five times to lead all nations at the four-team competition.

The Canadian Press