Toronto Star

Spengler Cup: McIntyre nets winner in Canada vs. Mountfield HK opener

- THE CANADIAN PRESS

DAVOS, SWITZERLAN­D— David McIntyre scored the eventual winner while short-handed in the third period and added an assist as Canada got past Mountfield HK 5-3 on Tuesday in its Spengler Cup opener.

Victor Bartley, Curtis Hamilton, Mason Raymond and P.A. Parenteau, into an empty net, also had goals for the Canadians (1-0). Barry Brust made 31 saves for the win in net.

Andris Dzerins, Oskars Cibulskis and Lukas Vopelka found the back of the net for Mountfield (0-1). Patrik Rybar stopped 21 shots in defeat.

Canada is two-time defending champions at the Spengler Cup and is using the tournament as a final evaluation before deciding on its Olympic roster in January.

Vopelka opened the scoring for Mountfield midway through the first.

Canada tied the game 1-1 after a shot from Bartley had a weird bounce off the boards and then deflected off Rybar’s skate and into the net.

Curtis Hamilton finished off a nice passing play by lifting the puck over Rybar’s blocker to put the Canadians in front 2-1 late in the first period.

Mountfield tied it 2-2 with a goal from Cibulskis, but then Raymond put the Canadians back ahead with a shot from the point on the power play at 9:34. McIntyre scored the winner at 13:05 in the third. Dzerins cut the deficit to one later in the period before Parenteau rounded out the attack. Canada was 1 for 4 on the power play and Mountfield was scoreless on three opportunit­ies.

The Canadians face host HC Davos in their final preliminar­y round game on Thursday.

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