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EDMONTON - Down two players, Canada still remained undefeated at the world junior hockey championship by hammering Denmark 10-2 Thursday. Wholesale Jerseys . After losing winger Devante Smith-Pelly for the tournament due to a broken foot, forward Michael Bournival sat out the game Thursday because of what Canadian head coach Don Hay says is the flu. Defenceman Nathan Beaulieu moved up to fill the forward ranks. "They picked on the offensive defenceman to jump up so I had no problem doing it," the Montreal Canadiens prospect said. "We signed onto this team to do whatever it takes so I had no problem jumping up. "It was fun. Its a lot more tiring than defence. It wasnt too unfamiliar, but I learned some things for sure." Mark Stone continued his torrid scoring pace for Canada with two goals and an assist. The Winnipeg winger has a team-leading six goals in the tournament. Defencemen figured prominently in Canadas victory as Scott Harrington had a goal and three assists and Brandon Gormley had scored twice. "I think the most points Ive had in my OHL is career is three," said Harrington, a defensive stalwart for the London Knights. "That tops it and something I wasnt expecting to do here." Quinton Howden, Ryan Strome, Freddie Hamilton, Brendan Gallagher and Brett Connolly each had a goal in front of 16,275 at Edmontons Rexall Place. Strome has eight points in three games. Canada scored seven times before Nicolai Meyer and Emil Kristensen replied for Denmark in the third period. The Canadians gave Denmarks Sebastian Feuk a workout in net, peppering him with 51 shots. Mark Visentin stopped 24-of-26 shots in Canadas net for his second win of the tournament. Canada tops Pool B at 3-0 ahead of the U.S., Finland and the Czech Republic at 1-1. Denmark dropped to 0-3. The host country has Friday off and meets the Americans on Saturday to conclude the preliminary round. The U.S. face the Czechs and the Finns take on the Danes on Friday. In Pool A action from Calgary, captain Yevgeni Kuznetsov had three goals and six assists as defending champion Russia easily dispatched Latvia 14-0. Russia leads Pool A with a perfect 3-0 record. The top team in each pool earns a bye to the semifinals. The second seed in each pool faces the third-place team from the opposite pool in the quarter-finals. The bottom two teams in each pool drop to the relegation round. The U.S. result versus the Czech Republic on Friday will either inflate or deflate the hype for the New Years Eve battle with Canada. A loss to the Czechs and the Americans cant mathematically catch Canada at the top of Pool B. Bournival, who plays for the Shawinigan Cataractes, took Thursdays pre-game skate but was not well enough to play in the game. Hay says Bournival had battled flu for two days, even though he managed to play in Wednesdays 5-0 win over the Czechs. The coach wanted to conserve the energy of his forwards since they were minus two players, which prompted the position switch for Beaulieu. "Obviously thats not our plan, but we wanted to use as many players as possible," Hay explained. "We didnt want to overplay anybody. "I think he gave us some good shifts. Obviously hes not comfortable there, but he jumped in and did a good job for us." Denmark and Latvia are the promoted teams from the second-tier world championship, called the Division 1 world championship. This year, the International Ice Hockey Federation ruled that only one country will be relegated. Denmarks star player is Nicklas Jensen, a first-round draft pick of the Vancouver Canucks. Hes a teammate of Canadas Boone Jenner on the Oshawa Generals. But it was a lopsided score as it often is when Canada meets the promoted team in their pool. The Danes lack Canadas depth of talent, and their defence and goaltending wasnt enough to hold off the Canadians attack. "I know were playing a great team, Team Canada, but 10 goals is too many goals," Denmark coach Todd Bjorkstrand said. Canadas post-goal celebrations were muted in contrast to the excitement they showed outscoring their opposition 13-1 over their first two games of the tournament. Leading 7-0 heading into the third, there was a drop-off in Canadas intensity and execution. The two goals by Denmark sparked Canadas three-goal push with a pair from Gormley and a short-handed goal by Gallagher. "The urgency is there (but) I think its going to drop off at times because youre not getting pushed or the threat to lose isnt there," Hay said. "We had a letdown at the start of the third period when they were able to score their two goals, but I thought we pushed back. "That was important, to end on a strong note. Its a hard game to play in when you are expected to win and expected to score a lot of goals. Scoring goals is hard." Stone picked up his second goal of the game, with Harrington and Freddie Hamilton also scoring to lead 7-0 after two periods. Canada was up 4-0 after the opening period on goals from Howden, Connolly, Stone and Strome. Connollys goal came short handed at 6:17. Cheap NFL Jerseys . -- Josh Smith saved his only 3-pointers for when the Detroit Pistons needed them most. Wholesale NFL Jerseys . All that matters to the son of a high school coaching legend is that hes the one they selected. "Its been my life-long dream to be an NFL head coach," Pettine said Thursday, "and however that opportunity presents itself, its fine with me.ST. LOUIS -- The St. Louis Cardinals activated first baseman Matt Adams from the 15-day disabled list Friday and optioned rookie outfielder Oscar Taveras to Triple-A Memphis. Adams, who had been sidelined by a left calf strain, was batting sixth for the opener of a weekend series against Washington. Allen Craig moved back to right field, where Taveras had been starting. The 21-year-old Taveras was sent back to the minors to get regular playing time. Rookie Randal Grichuk stayed on the roster because hes logged more minor league time. "He learned a lot," manager Mike Matheny said of Taveras. "Hes goot more to learn. Cheap Jerseys From China. quot; Adams was 3 for 15 with two RBIs in a four-game rehab stint with Memphis. He entered Friday nights game against the Nationals batting .325, fifth in the National League, and was tied for the team lead with 16 doubles. In his last three starts before going on the DL, Adams was 7 for 14. Taveras, the Cardinals top prospect, homered in his major league debut on May 31. He appeared in 11 games, all but one of them starts, and batted .189 with two RBIs. 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