Now it seems impressive that John Tavares scored even once in Canada’s final three games of the World Championships, after he piled up six in the first four games of the tourney. The tournament’s goal-scoring leader was playing on a broken foot.
The Islanders’ franchise star will spend the next month or so hobbling around on a cast on his right foot, but Tavares is expected to be ready for training camp despite the fracture diagnosed Wednesday.
Tavares, still 19, was hit by a shot from Sweden’s Jonathan Ericsson in the qualification round, Canada’s fifth game, and played through pain for the rest of the tournament, scoring against Russia as Canada was eliminated.
Tavares was the Islanders’ first-overall draft pick last June and went 24-30-54 while playing all 82 games in his rookie season last year.