From frank_seravalli: Hofer stands tall as Canada beats Germany at WJC. MORE:
Facing authentic adversity and forced to go without their best player in injured forward Alexis Lafreniere and their most-utilized player in suspended forward Joe Veleno, Team Canada provided a total team response on Monday morning.
Goaltender Joel Hofer was near perfect in his first-ever start for Team Canada on the international stage, while Nolan Foote, Liam Foudy, Calen Addison and Ty Dellandrea chipped in goals in a surgical, 4-1 win over Team Germany. Perhaps it was even the expected response given that Canada’s schedule lightened after opening against the United States and Russia, facing a German team that has been relegated in seven of its last nine tournaments at the top Under-20 level.
“Russia’s battle level and heart was higher than ours and that is something that we can control,” assistant coach Andre Tourigny said before the game. “It was more the level of intensity, urgency and desire. Until you’re in it, you don’t really know the level.”After suffering their worst loss at the World Juniors to Russia, Canada brought the energy and emotion against Germany and it paid off with a complete game victory.
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