MacKenzie Weegar leads Canada past Slovenia 5-2 at men's world hockey championship

Michael Carcone, Pierre-Olivier Joseph, and Milan Lucic also scored for Canada and Jack McBain added a goal and an assist.

“We keep talking about how we want to get better every day," said head coach André Tourigny. "We were able to accomplish a lot in terms of our structure, which is something we need to continue to improve. "We had a few important penalty kills where we were strong on the forecheck, so that was good to see."Jan Drozg had two goals, one coming on the power play, for Slovenia . Luka Gracnar stopped 46 shots in net.

"Today was a bit up and down with a strong finish from our group, but this tournament is a long journey and we still have a lot of games left," said Tourigny. The Canadians will try to start the international tournament with three-straight wins as they face Slovakia on Monday.

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