Connor McDavid made hockey look fun. Canada made it look easy.
McDavid had a goal and two assists and captain Curtis Lazar scored twice as Canada blew out Denmark 8-0 Friday night at Air Canada Centre in the quarter-finals of the world junior championship. It was a show of force from the undefeated Canadians, who advance to play Slovakia in the semifinal Sunday.
"It was too much for us to face in Canada with their speed and physicality," Danish coach Olaf Eller said. "We faced an amazing team, which, with their speed and extremely quick transition game, killed us."
McDavid earned player of the game honours and deservedly so. The projected No. 1 pick dazzled in his first game at Air Canada Centre, recording one assist falling down, scoring a goal by deking the goalie out of the net and picking up another assist by turning a defenceman inside out.