World Juniors: Stancl, Hradec, Mastalirsky’s hat tricks help Czechia rout Kazakhstan

By The Canadian Press on December 28, 2024.

Jakub Stancl and Vojtech Hradec each had three goals and two assists as Czechia thumped Kazakhstan 14-2 on Saturday at the world junior hockey championship.

Stancl now leads the international tournament with four goals and three assists.

Matej Mastalirsky also had a hat trick as Czechia (2-0-0-0) had eight goals in the second period alone. Adam Novotny, Vojtech Cihar, Adam Jecho,Petr Sikora, and Jakub Dvorak all added a goal in the rout.

Jan Kavan made 16 saves for the win in net.

Kirill Lyapunov and Alexander Kim replied for Kazakhstan (0-2-0-0).

Goaltender Vladimir Nikitin stopped 17-of-26 shots and Jokhar Dudarkiyev allowed five goals on 10 shots.

Later, Danny Nelson had a pair of goals as the United States beat Latvia 5-1.

Ryan Leonard, Zeev Buium and Max Plante rounded out the attack for the U.S. (2-0-0-0), while Hampton Slukynsky made 25 saves for the win.

Davids Livsics was the lone scorer for Latvia (0-1-0-1) a day after it stunned Canada 3-2 in a shootout.

Linards Feldbergs turned aside 36 shots in net.

This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 28, 2024.

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