Jakub Stancl and Vojtech Hradec every had three objectives and two assists as Czechia thumped Kazakhstan 14-2 on Saturday on the world junior hockey championship.
Stancl now leads the worldwide event with 4 objectives and three assists.
Matej Mastalirsky additionally had a hat trick as Czechia (2-0-0-0) had eight objectives within the second interval alone. Adam Novotny, Vojtech Cihar, Adam Jecho,Petr Sikora, and Jakub Dvorak all added a purpose within the rout.
Jan Kavan made 16 saves for the win in web.
Kirill Lyapunov and Alexander Kim replied for Kazakhstan (0-2-0-0).
Goaltender Vladimir Nikitin stopped 17-of-26 pictures and Jokhar Dudarkiyev allowed 5 objectives on 10 pictures.
UNITED STATES 5, LATVIA 1
Later, Danny Nelson had a pair of objectives as the US beat Latvia 5-1.
Ryan Leonard, Zeev Buium and Max Plante rounded out the assault for the U.S. (2-0-0-0), whereas Hampton Slukynsky made 25 saves for the win.
Davids Livsics was the lone scorer for Latvia (0-1-0-1) a day after it shocked Canada 3-2 in a shootout.
Linards Feldbergs turned apart 36 pictures in web.