Peterborough Petes Mason McTavish Aids Team Canada With Three Points In Rout at World Juniors

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Peterborough Petes’s Michael McTavish netted three points for Team Canada at the International Ice Hockey Federation (IIHF) World Juniors in an 11-2 rout against Team Austria on Tuesday.

McTavish scored his first NHL goal in his debut with the Anaheim Ducks against the Winnipeg Jets on Oct. 13. Photo Courtesy of David Pickering and the Peterborough Petes.

The NHL’s third overall pick in the 2021 entry draft scored two goals and an assist to move the team to a 2-0 record.

His first point was an assist from making a pass in the neutral zone to goal-scorer Logan Stankoven to extend Canada’s lead to 3-0 after 8:22 of the first period.

Team Canada ended the first period up 5-0.

With a quiet second period, McTavish got on the scoreboard with a goal 4:44 into the third. He scored a sharp-angle shot beating Austrian goaltender Leon Sommer top shelf to give Canada a 9-1 lead.

The Anaheim Ducks draftee quickly scored his second goal 47 seconds later off a rebound shot by teammate Ronan Seeley to make it 10-1.

McTavish has three goals and two assists in two games in the tournament.

Teammate and forward Connor Bedard scored four goals against Austria. He becomes the first player since Wayne Gretzky in 1977 to score a hat trick at the World Junior tournament at 16 years of age. It also tied a record for most goals scored in an IIHF game.

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Peterborough Petes Mason McTavish Invited to Canada’s National Junior Team Summer Development Camp

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Petes forward Mason McTavish has been invited to attend Canada’s National Junior Team summer development camp.

McTavish is one of 51 players that will attend the National Junior Team summer development camp. Photo Courtesy of The Peterborough Petes.

McTavish is one of 51 players that will attend the National Junior Team summer development camp. Photo Courtesy of The Peterborough Petes.

The camp will run from July 28 - August 4 at the Seven Chiefs Sportsplex on the Tsuut'ina Nation near Calgary.

McTavish will join Five goaltenders, 16 defencemen and 30 forwards, including his U18 Hockey Canada teammates Shane Wright and Brennan Othmann.

The camp will also feature combined practices and intrasquad games with players attending Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team summer development camp.

McTavish is currently ranked second amongst all North American Skaters and is the highest rated forward on NHL Central Scouting finalized rankings. The 6’2”, 207 lbs centre is a projected top 10 pick in 2021 NHL Draft.

While the OHL awaited the start of the 2020-21 season he was loaned to the e EHC Olten of the Swiss League where he amassed 11 points (nine goals, two assists) in 13 regular season games and seven points (two goals, five assists) in four playoff games.

The Petes will welcome the Sudbury Wolves for their home opener on Thursday, October 14 at 7:05 pm.

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Peterborough's Brent Tully Named To TSN's All-Time, All World Junior Hockey Championship Team

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Tully back in the day anchoring D for the Petes

Tully back in the day anchoring D for the Petes

Former Petes captain and Peterborough native Brent Tully was named to TSN's All Time, All World Junior Hockey Championship Team. Others on the list include Russia's Alexander Ovechkin and Pavel Bure, as well as fellow Canadians Eric Lindros and Wayne Gretzky—the greatest player in the history of hockey, .

Tully won two gold medals with Canada at the 1993 and 1994 World Junior Championships, serving as team captain during the '94 title run. Tully played for the Petes from 1990 to 1994. He was drafted in 1992 by the Vancouver Canucks, 93rd overall, but never played a game in the NHL.

In 1997, after several years in the AHL, he went to Germany where he played five pro seasons in the Deutsche Eishockey Liga before retiring from hockey in 2002. Tully is currently the Assistant General Manager with the Cobourg Cougars of the Ontario Junior (A) Hockey League, and resides in Peterborough.

—PTBOCanada's sports reporter Scott Arnold

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