Canada steamrolled Norway 8-1 at the IIHF U18 Men’s World Championship on April 28, 2025, keeping their perfect record intact. Braeden Cootes and Ryan Roobroeck led a relentless attack that Norway couldn’t handle. It was a one-sided thrashing that set the tone for Canada’s tournament run.
Ryan Roobroeck opened up the scoring just 39 seconds into the game to make it 1-0 with the assists on the goal going to Windsor Spitfires Jack Nesbitt and Matthew Gard. Every guy on that line is around 6’4.–Canada struck just 39 seconds into the game as Ryan Roobroeck completed a nice give-and-go with Jack Nesbitt to score his third of the tournament.
Captain Braeden Cootes made it a 2-0 game at 4:24 of the first period. The assists on the goal went to Ryan Roobroeck and Brady Martin.–Canadian captain Braeden Cootes capitalized on a powerplay, making it 2-0 within the first five minutes. The goal stemmed from a slick passing sequence involving Brady Martin and Roobroeck, who fed Cootes for a one-timer that outfoxed Timraz-Westin.
Mikkel Eriksen gets Norway on the board at 15:35 of the first period with the assist on the goal going to Linus Loob Trygg. Eriksen is the nephew of former NHLer Espen Knutsen.- With 4:25 left in the first, Norway scored just its fourth goal of the tournament on a nice forehand to backhand move by Mikkel Eriksen.
Shots on goal in the first period were 12-5 for Canada
Vaughn, Ontario native Alessandro Di Iorio makes it a 3-1 Canada game at 16:53 of the second period. The assists on the goal went to Braeden Cootes and Ryan Roobroeck.
Lev Katzin makes it 4-1 just 43 seconds later at 17:36 of the second period with the assist on the goal going to Alessandro Di Iorio.
Braden Cootes made it 5-1 at 19:45 of the second period with the assist on the goal going to Ryan Roobroeck.
Shots on goal in the second period were 32-8 for Canada.
Lukas Beckman entered the net for the Canadians for the third period to give Ivankovic a rest until the quarter finals.
Lev Katzin got his second goal of the night just 36 seconds into the third period to make it a 6-1 game the assists on the goal went to Brady Martin and Cole Reschny.
Victoria Royals Cole Reschny made it a 7-1 game at 10:14 of the third period with the assists on the goal going to Ben Kindel and Quinn Beauchesne. –The Victoria Royal’s Cole Reschny finds the rebound after the Calgary Hitmen’s Ben Kindel had started the breakaway to score Canada’s seventh!
Keaton Verhoeff made it an 8-1 game on the Power Play at 15:20 of the third period with the assists on the goal going to a pair of WHLers in Reschny and Kindel.
Shots on goal in the third period were 20-5 for Canada. Canada outshot Norway 64-18 in the game.
For Canada Jack Ivankovic played the first 2 periods and made 12 saves on the 13 shots that he faced. He was given a rest for the third period. In the third period Baie Comeau Drakkar’s Lucas Beckman went in and stopped all 5 of the shots that he faced. For Norway 16 year old (2028 Draft eligible) Felix Timraz-Westin stopped 39 of the 44 shots that he faced. He was also relieved in the third period for Olivers Freimanis who stopped 17 of the 20 shots that he faced.
Player of the game for Canada was Ryan Roobroeck for Norway it was Birk Hjelmaas
Canada’s next game is against the Czechs in the quarter finals on Wednesday
