Defending gold medalist Canada looks to remain perfect at the IIHF World Championships when it faces Austria on Tuesday
Canada (2-0-0, 6 points) can jump back into the lead in Group A on Tuesday with a regulation victory over Austria (0-2-0, 0 points) at Prague Arena in Czechia. The Canadians, the defending gold medalists at the IIHF World Championships, did not play Monday after going back-to-back on Saturday and Sunday. The Austrians played a similar schedule to open their visit at the worlds. Last year, Austria narrowly avoided relegation to Division 1A, beating out Hungary via an overtime head-to-head victory while finishing 14th. Its last medal at the world championships was nearly 80 years ago, when Austria claimed the bronze medal in 1947.
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Canada broke open a close game with Denmark on Sunday with a third-period barrage, scoring three times while outshooting the Danes 26-5 en route to a 5-1 victory. Connor Bedard of the Chicago Blackhawks scored twice in the win and added an assist and goalie Jordan Binnington of the St. Louis Blues finished with 19 saves.
Austria jumped out to an early 2-0 lead before coming back to tie the game 5-5 on Sunday before Switzerland pulled out a 6-5 win with a goal in the final minute of regulation. Lukas Haudum scored twice for the Austrians while his teammate with EC KAC in Austria, Clemens Unterweger, notched a goal and two assists.
Bedard leads Canada with four goals and five points as it seeks to extend its World Championships records of 28 gold and 53 overall medals. Haudum, with two goals and a helper, and Unterweger share the scoring lead for Austria, which has two bronze medals at the worlds, securing them in 1931 and 1947.
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