From markhmasters: Daws leaves morning skate first ahead of clash against Russia. MORE:
Only the goalies skated during Canada's allotted time this morning and just like on Boxing Day it was Guelph's Nico Daws who left the ice first, the usual routine of the starter. But, just like a couple days ago, the coaching staff isn't giving anything away.
Daws stopped 28 of 32 shots for Canada in a win against the United States on Thursday earning a positive review from coach Dale Hunter. Portland's Joel Hofer, who sealed the CHL's Russia series win in a shootout, is waiting in the wings. "It's back-to-back games so we got to give everybody a chance to get into the World Championships and get that kind of the pressure out of the way," Larionov explained.Miftakhov played the third period of Russia's opening loss to the Czech Republic stopping all five shots faced. Yaroslav Askarov started that game, but the top goalie prospect in the next NHL draft looked nervous in his World Juniors debut allowing four goals on 17 shots.
"No stupid penalties," Calgary Hitmen defenceman Yegor Zamula said when asked what has to change. "There were a lot of stupid penalties and the Czech Republic has a pretty good power play."During yesterday's power-play work at practice, Canada focused solely on five-on-three situations. In between reps, Love, who coaches Saskatoon in the WHL, showed the group video on a laptop, which was perched on the rinkside boards.
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