Olympics men’s hockey, Canada vs. Switzerland results and highlights

The Canadians were able to dominate the Swiss on Thursday morning, winning 5-1 to open their quest in the Winter Olympics men’s hockey tournament.

Canada is pretty good at hockey. You might heard about that. Even with the National Hockey League not allowing its players to participate in the Winter Games for the first time since 1994 — robbing us of Connor McDavid and Sidney Crosby, among others — the Great White North is expected to be a force in the men’s hockey tournament.

As it turns out, Switzerland was its first victim, with Canada rolling to a 5-1 win in the group stage of the tournament. For Canada, the win puts it atop the Group A table alongside the Czech Republic, which came back to win 2-1 over the host country, South Korea.

As for this game, Canada was never in danger of losing. The Canadians took a 1-0 lead less than three minutes into the game on a goal from Rene Bourque. From there, Canada continued to pour it on, scoring on a power play with Maxim Noreau earning the marker at 7:30 of the opening period.

All told, the Canadians would cruise unopposed to a four-goal win, with Bourque and former NHLer Wojtek Wolski each scoring two goals.

Highlights

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What’s next?

All told, Canada has to feel good about the effort, and will play its second game of the tournament on Friday (North American time) against the Czech Republic.

A win over the Czechs in regulation would all but assure Canada of coming out of the group stage in the top spot, only needing a point against South Korea to certainly clear the rest of the field.