Beck scores twice, Celebrini ejected as Canada beats Switzerland in WJC exhibition

ÄNGELHOLM, Sweden — Owen Beck scored twice as Canada beat Switzerland 6-2 in a world junior hockey championship tune-up game Friday.

Beck, the only player returning from Canada’s championship-winning team from the 2023 world junior championship, scored the winning goal 28 seconds into the second period and capped the scoring with a short-handed goal midway through the third.

Seventeen-year-old Maclkin Celebrini had two assists, but was also assessed a boarding penalty and game misconduct at 12:55 of the second period.

Conor Geekie had a goal and an assist for Canada, and Matt Poitras, recently loaned to the team by the NHL’s Boston Bruins, had a goal.