After leaving practice on Saturday with an undisclosed issue, the Guelph Storm goalie received the all-clear from the medical staff returning to the ice on Sunday.
The whole season has been a nice surprise for Daws, who went from underwhelming back-up to Team Canada's roster at the World Juniors in just a few months. His .939 save percentage leads the OHL. Daws split Thursday's shutout with Portland's Joel Hofer, who has a .937 save percentage in the WHL this season.
Team Canada has worked on shootouts at every practice, but on Sunday, for the first time, the players headed off to do a video session beforehand while the ice was resurfaced. After playing well in a Canada-Russia series game in November, Daws got to work on a design"just in case" he made Team Canada. Daws estimates he spent around five hours on the labour of love.
"He's really fun to play with," said Byram, who scored Canada's third goal against the Swiss. "I started playing with him at one of the WHL Russia series games and we kind of clicked and we've been together ever since. I just seem to know where he’s going to move the puck and same for him and it's been really fun."
"It's just about being more aware out there and closing on guys quicker defensively," Addison said."My offensive abilities speak for themselves out there and I have confidence in that, but the biggest thing for me is defending hard and jumping on guys. The wider ice makes it harder to defend, you have to be careful stepping outside the dots so just being tighter all over the ice.