Comtois scores winner, Canada opens U18 men’s hockey worlds with 4-1 win over Latvia
POPRAD, Slovakia — Maxime Comtois scored the game-winning goal on a power play as Canada downed Latvia 4-1 on Thursday, the first day of action at the world men’s under-18 hockey championship.
Stelio Mattheos also had a power-play goal for Canada, while MacKenzie Entwistle had a goal and an assist and Isaac Ratcliffe also scored.
Rihards Paskausks scored for Latvia.
The teams were tied 1-1 after a tight first period, but Canada opened the game up with a pair of goals on 25 shots in the second.