Kyrou scores 4, Canada downs Denmark 10-2 to open under-18 world championships

GRAND FORK, N.D. - Jordan Kyrou scored four goals to power Canada to a 10-2 win over Denmark in preliminary round action at the IIHF under-18 world championship on Friday.

Tyson Jost had two goals and three assists for the Canadians (1-0-0) and Mason Shaw, Beck Malenstyn, Maxime Comtois and William Bitten rounded out the attack.

Jacob Schmidt-Svejstrup and Joachim Blichfeldt had first-period goals less than a minute apart for Denmark (0-1-0).

Canadian goaltender Stuart Skinner made seven saves for the win.

Denmark's Mads-Emil Gransoe stopped 42-of-51 shots through 58:03 and teammate Kasper Krog allowed one goal on the only shot he faced the rest of the way.

A power outage at Ralph Engelstad Arena halted play for over an hour during the first intermission.