Dube shines as Canada thumps Swiss in world juniors tune-up
Dillon Dube showed no signs of rust in his first tune-up game for Canada, tallying two goals and an assist to help his team cruise to an 8-1 win over Switzerland on Friday.
Dube was playing for the first time since Dec. 9, having been sidelined with a shoulder injury.
Rounding out the scoring for Canada was Tyler Steenbergen who chipped in with two goals and Jordan Kyrou, Jake Bean, Drake Batherson, and Kale Clague who added singles.
Guillame Maillard had the lone tally for the Swiss.
Early on Canada is proving to be a well-oiled machine with an incredible balanced offense. Canada won its games over the Czech Republic and Switzerland by a combined 17-1 margin, with goals coming from 12 different skaters.
Canada will now head into tournament play where it opens the preliminary round on Boxing Day against Finland.
See the full boxscore here:
| Period | Score | Goal | Assists | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1-0 | Jordan Kyrou | Josh Mahura | Dillon Dube |
| 1 | 2-0 | Tyler Steenbergen | Michael McLeod | Cale Makar |
| 2 | 3-0 | Dillon Dube | Sam Steel | Jordan Kyrou |
| 2 | 3-1 | Guillaume Maillard | Gilian Kohler | Axel Simic |
| 2 | 4-1 | Jake Bean | Drake Batherson | Boris Katchouk |
| 2 | 5-1 | Drake Batherson | Josh Mahura | |
| 2 | 6-1 | Dillon Dube | Jordan Kyrou | Sam Steel |
| 3 | 7-1 | Tyler Steenbergen | Michael McLeod | Jonah Gadjovich |
| 3 | 8-1 | Kale Clague | Cale Makar | Maxime Comtois |