With goal and assist, John Tavares leads Team Canada to win over Belarus
Jeff Skinner, left, from Canada looks on as his teammate John Tavares, center, fights for a puck with Viktor Kostyuchyonok, right, from Belarus during their preliminary round group B Hockey World Championships match in Kosice, Slovakia. (April 29, 2011) Credit: AP
In the first day of play at this year's World Championships, Islanders center John Tavares led Team Canada to a 4-1 win over Belarus.
Finishing with a goal and an assist (despite a team-low 11:24 of ice time), Tavares was named best player.
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Milan Jurcina was a plus-1 in 20:07 of home team Slovakia's 3-1 win over Slovenia
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Goaltender Evgeni Nabokov was awarded the start for Russia; the 35-year-old veteran gave up two goals on 27 shots in his team's 2-0 shutout loss to Germany.
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