TORONTO -- Team North America began the World Cup of Hockey 2016 by making an emphatic statement.
Forwards Jack Eichel, Johnny Gaudreau, Nathan MacKinnon and Jonathan Drouin scored in a dominant 4-1 win against Team Finland in the preliminary round opener for each team at Air Canada Centre on Sunday.
The team of players 23 and under from Canada and the United States was playing its first competitive game and put on a show, taking over in the second period with three goals and dominating Team Finland with wave after wave of speed and skill.