Peterborough Petes Mason McTavish Aids Team Canada With Three Points In Rout at World Juniors

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Peterborough Petes’s Michael McTavish netted three points for Team Canada at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Juniors in an 11-2 rout against Team Austria on Tuesday.

McTavish scored his first NHL goal in his debut with the Anaheim Ducks against the Winnipeg Jets on Oct. 13. Photo Courtesy of David Pickering and the Peterborough Petes.

The NHL’s third overall pick in the 2021 entry draft scored two goals and an assist to move the team to a 2-0 record.

His first point was an assist from making a pass in the neutral zone to goal-scorer Logan Stankoven to extend Canada’s lead to 3-0 after 8:22 of the first period.

Team Canada ended the first period up 5-0.

With a quiet second period, McTavish got on the scoreboard with a goal 4:44 into the third. He scored a sharp-angle shot beating Austrian goaltender Leon Sommer top shelf to give Canada a 9-1 lead.

The Anaheim Ducks draftee quickly scored his second goal 47 seconds later off a rebound shot by teammate Ronan Seeley to make it 10-1.

McTavish has three goals and two assists in two games in the tournament.

Teammate and forward Connor Bedard scored four goals against Austria. He becomes the first player since Wayne Gretzky in 1977 to score a hat trick at the World Junior tournament at 16 years of age. It also tied a record for most goals scored in an IIHF game.

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