Nick Paul scored twice and added an assist as Canada defeated Slovakia 6-3 in quarterfinal action Thursday at the world hockey championship.
Nick Paul - Getty ImagesPRAGUE, Czechia — Any anxiety Canada felt entering the elimination round of the world hockey championship was put to rest quickly in a 6-3 win over Slovakia in quarterfinal action Thursday.
“It was important for us to get out to a good start," Canada coach André Tourigny said."The quarterfinal always comes with a lot of pressure, and it is a weird pressure because if you lose you are going home. “Right from the start, guys were winning their battles and we were able to move the puck up the ice and put pressure on ," Paul said."We generated a lot of shots and tried to build momentum early because we knew they were a good team."Peter Cehlarik, Milos Kelemen and Marek Hrivik scored for the Slovaks, who made it close with two late goals before Paul scored his second of the game into an empty net.
Dubois pounced on a big rebound from a Bowen Byram shot less than two minutes later to put Canada up 2-0.
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