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Dillon Dube showed no signs of rust in his first tune-up game for Canada, tallying two goals and an assist to help his team cruise to an 8-1 win over Switzerland on Friday.

Dube was playing for the first time since Dec. 9, having been sidelined with a shoulder injury.

Rounding out the scoring for Canada was Tyler Steenbergen who chipped in with two goals and Jordan Kyrou, Jake Bean, Drake Batherson, and Kale Clague who added singles.

Guillame Maillard had the lone tally for the Swiss.

Early on Canada is proving to be a well-oiled machine with an incredible balanced offense. Canada won its games over the Czech Republic and Switzerland by a combined 17-1 margin, with goals coming from 12 different skaters.

Canada will now head into tournament play where it opens the preliminary round on Boxing Day against Finland.

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Team USA cashed in on the man advantage to top Sweden in Friday's pre-tournament contest ahead of the World Junior Hockey Championship.

Casey Mittelstadt and Kailer Yamamoto picked up the power-play markers for the Americans, while fellow forward Trent Frederic provided the insurance with an empty-net goal to secure the victory for the Americans.

Mittelstadt also added an assist on Yamamoto's power-play tally, who buried a rebound by Swedish 'keeper Filip Gustavsson.

New Jersey Devils prospect Fabian Zetterlund scored Sweden's lone goal, beating netminder Jake Oettinger.

Goaltender Jeremy Swayman, a draft pick of the Boston Bruins, replaced Oettinger midway through the game and was unbeatable in the game's second half.

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Success has paid off.

On the back of a phenomenal start to their inaugural campaign, the Vegas Golden Knights will be asking their fan base to pay a little more next season.

According to Steve Carp of the Las Vegas Review-Journal, single-season ticket holders will have the option to renew their current agreement for an additional $5-to-$15 per seat.

For a full season pair of premium seats, that means shelling out $1,200 more for the Golden Knights' second season.

Subscribers of multi-year ticket plans will not see a cost increase.

Vegas ranks third in attendance by percentage, with the team regularly playing before above-capacity crowds at T-Mobile Arena.

The Golden Knights have been one of the biggest surprises this season, as the expansion club sits third league-wide with 46 points in 33 games.

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Upon returning to practice Friday, Auston Matthews shed some light on the upper-body injury that's kept him out of the Toronto Maple Leafs' last six games.

Matthews said he experienced "normal concussion symptoms" after colliding with teammate Morgan Rielly in Pittsburgh on Dec. 9, according to TSN's Kristen Shilton.

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Matthews confirmed he did go through protocol, and added that he didn't start to feel concussion symptoms until after the game and into the next day. He'll be a game-time decision for Saturday's matchup with the New York Rangers, which is Toronto's final game before the Christmas break.

The 20-year-old also missed five games in November with an upper-body injury, limiting him to just 26 games this season. In those contests, however, he's recorded 26 points, good enough to lead the Leafs.

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Following in the footsteps of a famed parent can be be tough. Expectations are often through the roof to begin with, while being a high draft pick can add even more pressure to live up to the family name.

These three players are each struggling to match their famous father's achievements on the ice:

Sam Reinhart - Paul Reinhart

Paul Reinhart might have set the bar a bit too high. During his 11-year NHL career as a defenseman with the Flames and Canucks, he accumulated 559 points in 648 games (0.86 PPG). Unfortunately, he dealt with chronic back problems in his prime and retired at just 30 years old despite still producing at an elite level.

As a former second overall pick, Sam has failed to meet expectations so far in his pro career. He has just 101 points in 201 NHL games, and while he's still only 22 years old, his lack of foot speed will always prevent him from being an elite NHL player like his old man was.

On the bright side for Sam, he's already surpassed older brothers Max and Griffin on the Reinhart family player rankings list by quite a wide margin.

Alexander Nylander - Michael Nylander

Maple Leafs forward William Nylander is well on his way to matching - if not surpassing - his father Michael's career totals, but Alexander Nylander has gotten off to a rockier start.

The Sabres' prospect is still just 19 years old, but in 79 career AHL games, he has just 34 points to show for. While there's still plenty of time for the younger Nylander brother to right the ship, it seems hard to believe he'll ever come close to matching his father's career high of 83 points.

Sam Gagner - Dave Gagner

While the previous two players still have plenty of years left in their respective careers, Sam Gagner's hourglass is half empty.

The 28-year-old has put together a nice resume, but for a former sixth overall pick, he's been a disappointment, never collecting more than 50 points in a single season.

On the other hand, Dave Gagner was a premier point-producer for the Minnesota North Stars in the late '80s and early '90s, collecting 488 points in 513 games during his prime years.

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