Unbeaten Canadians say complacency isn't an issue ahead of game against Finland

EDMONTON — So far, it has been almost too easy for the Canadian junior team.

As the squad prepares to face Finland on Monday in a game that will decide who finishes atop Group A at the world junior hockey championship, the host's biggest enemy might just be complacency.

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So far, it’s been a walk in the park for the Canadian juniors. They’ve swept aside Latvia, Slovakia and Czechia by an aggregate score of 21-4. And, in those two wins, there were two standout performances in goal, from Latvia’s Patriks Berzins and Czechia’s Tomas Suchanek.

Over the three wins, they’ve outshot their opponents 145-70.

“Obviously, the shots were very high for us in both games,” defenceman Olen Zellweger said about the Canadian wins over Slovakia and Czechia.

“That’s very good for us. I guess if you would have said that I’d be shocked (by the size of wins), I guess I would have been a little bit. But our team is good and that’s our goal — shoot the puck, retrieve it and keep creating that offence.”

The Finns have won all three of their group games — though the Finns needed a shootout to dispatch the Czechs. They trounced Slovakia 9-3 Sunday afternoon just as Canada was getting ready to jump on the ice at the neighbouring practice rink — so the Canadians only caught fleeting glimpses of that Finnish triumph.

But the Canadians know they have to work on some details. The Finns scored five power-play goals in the win over the Slovaks. New York Islanders prospect Aatu Raty has eight points in three games, while Nashville Predators draft pick Joakim Kemell has seven.

“Your can nitpick a lot, but we’re also doing a lot of good things," said Canadian forward Mason McTavish, who leads