Canada's Connor Bedard controls the puck during the preliminary round match between Denmark and Canada at the Ice Hockey World Championships in Prague, Czechia, Sunday, May 12, 2024. (Petr David Josek/AP)

By Canadian Press

Sports

Bedard’s three-point effort leads Canada past Denmark 5-1 at hockey worlds

May 12, 2024 | 12:36 PM

Connor Bedard had two goals and one assist in helping lead Canada to a 5-1 win over Denmark on Sunday at the World Hockey Championship.

Dylan Cozens, Dawson Mercer and Pierre-Luc Dubois also scored for Canada, which moved to 2-0 at the tournament to sit atop Group A.

Jordan Binnington made 19 saves.

Christian Wejse had the lone goal for Denmark, which got 37 stops from netminder Frederik Dichow.

Canada was coming off a 4-2 win over Britain on Saturday to open the competition.

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