VANCOUVER - Former Windsor Spitfire Michael DiPietro stopped 23-of-24 shots for Canada as the Canucks beat the Czech Republic 5-1 Saturday at the world junior hockey championship.
DiPietro made a leaping glove save on a penalty kill midway through the second period to limit the Czechs’ to scoring just once.
DiPietro, 19, from Amherstburg, now plays for the Ottawa 67’s in the Ontario Hockey League.
Morgan Frost had a goal and an assist for Canada.
Maxime Comtois, Brett Leason, Alexis Lafreniere and MacKenzie Entwistle also scored for defending champion Canada to give the team a 3-0 record.
Ondrej Machala put up the lone goal for the Czechs (0-1-0-2), who finished fourth last year after losing 7-2 to Canada in the semifinals in Buffalo.
