Canada juniors down Swiss 5-3 in world junior pre-tournament tune-up
VICTORIA — Maxime Comtois, the lone veteran on Canada’s world junior hockey team, hopes his teammates learn from Wednesday’s victory.
Comtois had two goals and two assists in Canada’s 5-3 win over Switzerland in a pre-tournament game designed to help both squads prepare for the world junior championship that begins on Boxing Day in Vancouver and Victoria. Canada outplayed Switzerland but struggled to pull out the victory after a holding a 3-1 first period lead.
Comtois, the only returning player from last year’s gold-medal team, expects the team to get better as the tournament progresses.
“It’s a good thing this one is out of the way,” he said. “We showed a lot of poise in the third period and we found a way.”