Canada routs Slovakia 6-0

Sometime during Canada’s 6-0 rout of Slovakia Jordan Kyrou realized that he and his teammates had made a mistake. They had picked the wrong song to celebrate goals to at the world junior hockey championship.

After every goal “Hey Baby” by DJ Otzi blasted over the loudspeakers at KeyBank Center, sometimes twice, as replays of the goal were shown on the scoreboard.

“I think we’re going to change it up,” said Kyrou with a laugh. “At first we thought it was a good idea but after hearing it it’s like ‘uhhhh it’s kinda iffy.’ We’re probably going to change it up.”

Kyrou said they might return to a celebratory song from previous world juniors, like last year’s “We Dem Boyz” by Wiz Khalifa or “Let Me Clear My Throat” by DJ Kool, which was used in Helsinki, Finland, at the 2016 championship.

Kyrou led Canada’s (2-0) offence with a goal and two assists, while Jonah Gadjovich scored twice. Kyrou’s linemates Sam Steel and Taylor Raddysh also scored, as did Maxime Comtois.

Backup goaltender Colton Point had a 20-save shutout in net, getting the start over Carter Hart, who made 29 saves in Tuesday’s 4-2 win over Finland.

Hart is the presumptive starter for most of the tournament. But with a pair of back-to-back games in the preliminary round head coach Dominique Ducharme decided to rest Hart.

Canada’s defence, one of its strengths heading into the tournament, continues to be battered by injuries.

Dante Fabbro is working himself into game shape after missing most of selection camp and two pre-tournament exhibitions with a lowerbody contusion. Kale Clague missed the game after blocking a shot with his right foot in Tuesday’s win over Finland.

Then late in Wednesday’s first period Jake Bean was knocked off his feet by Slovakia’s Marian Studenic as they were chasing down the puck. Studenic got cut by Bean’s skate, but the Canadian went headfirst into the endboards and lay on the ice for a minute before trainers helped him to the locker-room. He returned midway through the second.