Bedard nets 4 goals as Canada obliterates Austria

Connor Bedard scored four goals in Canada's dominant 11-2 victory over Austria at the World Junior Championship on Tuesday.

The 16-year-old matched a Canadian tournament record for goals in a single game, and he's the youngest player in the country's history to accomplish the feat.

Wayne Gretzky is the only other 16-year-old Canadian to record a hat trick at the world juniors, doing so twice in 1977.

Canada wasted no time taking the game to Austria. Kent Johnson opened the scoring roughly five minutes into the contest, and Canada jumped to a 5-0 lead before the end of the first period.

Forwards Mason McTavish, Cole Perfetti, and Elliot Desnoyers followed Bedard's lead offensively, recording three points apiece in the victory.

Canada now owns a 2-0 record at the tournament after dispatching Czechia 6-3 in its opener on Boxing Day. The hosts return to the ice Wednesday for a clash against Germany.

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