Canada 16, Latvia 0

Canada has finished putting the boots to Latvia on the first day of the World Junior Championships. Canada won 16-0, and held Latvia to 10 shots on goal. Ouch. Kings prospect Brandon Kozun had two goals and three assists, and Brayden Schenn had two assists. The star for Canada was Gabriel Bourque, with three goals and four assists. Canada scored 36 seconds into the game and never looked back. Canada goalie Jake Allen managed to stay awake for the entire game, so Kings prospect Martin Jones did not get in the game. Colten Teubert played defense for Canada but did not register a point.

Canada next plays on Monday, against Switzerland. The United States plays Slovakia today, but the Kings don’t have any prospects on Team USA.

Rules for Blog Commenting

No profanity, slurs or other offensive language. Replacing letters with symbols does not turn expletives into non-expletives.
Personal attacks against other blog commenters, and/or blatant attempts to antagonize other comments, are not tolerated. Respectful disagreement is encouraged. Posts that continually express the same singular opinion will be deleted.
Comments that incite political, religious or similar debates will be deleted.
Please do not discuss, or post links to websites that illegally stream NHL games.
Posting under multiple user names is not allowed. Do not type in all caps. All violations are subject to comment deletion and/or banning of commenters, per the discretion of the blog administrator.

Repeated violations of the blog rules will result in site bans, commensurate with the nature and number of offenses.

Please flag any comments that violate the site rules for moderation. For immediate problems regarding problematic posts, please email zdooley@lakings.com.