Kelowna Rockets91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™ captain Nolan Foote posted a goal and an assist leading Canada91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s win over Germany at the 2020 IIHF World Junior Championship.
Foote91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s goal came 11:50 into the first frame, opening the game91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s scoring in Canada91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s favour.
Goalin' Nolan did the thing 🚨
91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ” Kelowna Rockets (@Kelowna_Rockets)
The Canadians would go on to add goals from Liam Foudy and Calen Addison before Ty Dellandrea capped the game off with an empty netter.
Yannik Valenti scored Germany91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s lone goal.
The victory puts the fate of Group B into Canada91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s hands. With a win against the Czechs in the final game of the preliminary rounds on Tuesday, the Canadians can clinch top spot in the group.
GAME OVER! 🇨🇦 gets back on track with a win over 🇩🇪.
91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ” #WorldJuniors (@HC_WJC)
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If that91ÂãÁÄÊÓƵ™s the case, Canada would likely match up with Switzerland or Slovakia come the quarterfinal round.
Foote and the rest of the Canadian squad hit the ice to take on the Czech Republic at 10 a.m. PST tomorrow.
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