Mason McTavish ties Canadian World Junio

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Mason McTavish probably would  Tavon Austin Jersey like to face Slovakia in every game at the World Junior Championship.The Ducks prospect lit the lamp four times in, tying the Canadian single-game WJC record.After dishing out two a sists in the first period, McTavish recorded a natural hat trick in the second, scoring Canada's sixth, seventh and eighth goals of the night. He added No. 4 in the third period for good measure. MASON MCTAVISH ties the record for most goals in  John Sullivan Jersey 1 game at the !   IIHF (@IIHFHockey) McTavish and his linemates took advantage of breakdowns by Slovakia's defense. His first goal came on a breakaway that really was a 4-on-0 for Canada after a Slovakia turnover at Canada's blue line.MASON MCTAVISH! HUGE breakaway puts up 6-0 over  IIHF (@IIHFHockey) He followed that up with a slick backhand goal off a drop pa s from Rangers prospect Brennan Othmann, and then completed the hat trick on a 2-on-0 with Joshua Roy.McTavish roofs a backhand for his second of the game to extend Canada's lead   TSN (@TSN_Sports)  Lamarcus Joyner Jersey Mason McTavish Hat-Trick Alert He finishes a 2-on-0 with Joshua Roy to give Canada an 8-1 lead late in the 2nd period.  TSN (@TSN_Sports) McTavish, the No. 3 overall selection in pick from the 2021 draft, was all over the ice. He showcased his superb pa sing ability, as well as his exceptional shot as Canada improved to 2-0-0-0 in Group A play.While it's still  Brian Allen Jersey early in the tournament, McTavish and Connor Bedard have been a nightmare for  Aaron Donald Jersey opponents to deal with. McTavish is up to eight points in the tournament and Bedard has four through two contests.The four goals by McTavish aren't the most by a player in a single game at the World Juniors, but he is now ingrained in Canadian World Juniors record books.Most goals in a World Juniors game by a Canadian playerMcTavish became the seventh Canadian player to score four goals in a game at the World Juniors.Connor Bedard was the last player to accomplish the feat. He became the youngest player to pot four in a game when he did it at the canceled tournament in December. But that game is considered unofficial since the tournament restarted in August Eric Weddle Jersey  and the December results don't count toward the competition.YearPlayerGoalsMario Lemieux19844Simon Gagne19994Brayden Schenn20114Taylor Raddysh20174Maxime Comtois20194Connor Bedard2022  unofficial4Mason McTavish20224Most total goals by a player at a World Juniors tournamentAs for most total goals scored by a player at a World Juniors tournament, Markus Nslund owns the record.Before he was ripping it up in the NHL with the Canucks, Nslund scored 13 for Sweden at Clay Matthews Jersey  the 1993 World Juniors. He finished the tournament with 24 points in seven games played. That wasn't even the most on his team, though; Peter Forsberg led Sweden with 31 points. And that output wasn't enough to win gold, as Sweden fell to Canada in the gold-medal game.MORE:In all, 12 players have scored at least 10 goals in a single World Marcus Peters Jersey  Juniors tournament. The feat has not been accomplished since Nslund in 1993.YearPlayerCountryGoals1993Markus NslundSweden131991Pavel BureSoviet Union121983Vladimir RuzickaCzechoslovakia121984Raimo HelminenFinland111985Mikko MakelaFinland111990Robert ReichelCzechoslovakia111983German VolginSoviet Union111977John AndersonCanada101977Dale McCourtCanada101993Niklas SundstromSweden101984Petr RosolCzechoslovakia101978Viktor ShkurdyukSoviet Union10