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Canada blanks Switzerland in world juniors pre-tourney opener

The Canadian men's junior hockey team beat Switzerland 3-0 in the opening exhibition game for both squads on Thursday.

Canadians begin tournament Dec. 26 against United States in Czech Republic

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Nico Daws, seen above at a practice earlier this month, combined with Joel Hofer to lead Canada to a 3-0 win over Switzerland in a world junior championship exhibition game on Thursday in Brno, Czech Republic. (Nathan Denette/Canadian Press)

The Canadian men's junior hockey team beat Switzerland 3-0 in the opening exhibition game for both squads on Thursday.

Dawson Mercer, Liam Foudy and Bowen Byram scored for Canada. Goaltenders Joel Hofer and Nico Daws combined for a 12-save shutout.

Aidan Dubas added two assists.

"It was good to see the team play a meaningful game," Canada head coach Dale Hunter said. "Saw some good things, and some things that we can work on. It's a process and the guys are getting better every day. We'll use the next few days to practise and continue to build on things."

Canada outshot Switzerland 16-12.

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Dawson Mercer, Liam Foudy and Bowen Byram scored as Canada blanked Switzerland 3-0 in their first warm-up game ahead of the upcoming World Junior Championship.

"I thought we stuck with it. The first game is never easy," Byram said. "We've got a lot of things to build on and we'll work together to get there. We want to be a puck-moving, fast team and I think we're starting to do just that as a team."

The Canadians open the tourney in the Czech Republic on Dec. 26 against the United States.

Canada was eliminated in the quarter-finals at last year's world junior in B.C. The Swiss finished fourth after losing the bronze-medal game to Russia.

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