Canada breezes past Frolunda HC at Spengler Cup

Jonathan Hazen had two goals and an assist as Canada opened the Spengler Cup with a 4-0 round-robin win over Frolunda HC on Tuesday in Davos, Switzerland.

The Spengler Cup is an annual club hockey tournament among European teams — and a squad of Canadian professionals — hosted by HC Davos.

Ty Smith had a goal and two assists, while Corban Knight also scored for Canada.

The Canadians scored once on five power play opportunities. Frolunda went 0-for-6.

Canada lost in the quarterfinals of the invitational tournament last year.

Earlier Tuesday, HC Pardubice defeated HC Ambri-Piotta 3-2 in overtime.

The gold-medal game takes place on Sunday.