Hockey

Owen Beck replaces injured Colton Dach on Canadian junior men's hockey team

Owen Beck has been added to Canada's roster midway through the world junior men's hockey championship because of Colton Dach's tournament-ending injury.

Port Hope, Ont., native added ahead of Monday night quarterfinal against Slovakia

A hockey player wearing red and black Canadian gear skates through the ice while controlling the puck.
Owen Beck, whom the Canadiens drafted in the second round of the NHL draft last summer, has been added to Canada's roster at the world juniors in place of injured Colton Dach. (Ron Ward/The Canadian Press)

Owen Beck has been added to Canada's roster midway through the world junior men's hockey championship because of Colton Dach's tournament-ending injury.

Beck of Port Hope, Ont., joins the host team in Halifax ahead of Monday's quarterfinal against Slovakia.

Dach went to the dressing room in the third period of Saturday's 5-1 win over Sweden after delivering a check. He did not return to the game.

Beck, 18, was drafted in the second round (33rd) by the Montreal Canadiens in this year's NHL draft.

The centre has 17 goals and 23 assists in 30 games for the Ontario Hockey League's Mississauga Steelheads.

Dach, a 19-year-old from St. Albert, Alta., had two assists in four games for Canada in Halifax.

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