Hat tricks: Canada and Germany earn third straight wins at ice hockey worlds

STOCKHOLM (AP) — Sidney Crosby scored his first goal of the tournament as Canada dominated France 5-0 for its third straight win at the ice hockey world championship on Tuesday.

Bo Horvat scored two goals, Brandon Montour scored one and added an assist and Will Cuylle also scored. Jordan Binnington stopped 15 shots for the shutout.

“We’ve been trying to come out hard every game and sticking to our game," forward Adam Fantilli said. “It’s been great so far.”

Horvat netted the opening goal with a backhand 6:32 into game and Cuylle doubled the advantage on a snap shot from the left circle with 7:49 to go in the frame.

Crosby turned around at the boards and skated toward the goal from the right before roofing a shot to make it 3-0 on a power play with 2:29 remaining in the middle period.

It is the third worlds for Crosby and the first since he captained Canada to gold in 1995.

Horvat added his second on a power play 3:57 into the final period from the right circle. The New York Islanders forward tops the goal scoring table with four goals.

Montour’s slap shot finished the scoring with 8:55 left.

Canada is tied atop Group A in Stockholm with co-host Sweden on nine points. It next plays Austria on Thursday. France has one point.

In Herning, Denmark, newcomer Hungary claimed its first victory, 4-2 over Kazakhstan. Hungary's Janos Hari scored the fastest goal of the tournament 15 seconds into the game.

Earlier, Germany defeated Norway 5-2 for its third straight victory to lead Group B with nine points.

Marc Michaelis and Yasin Ehliz had a goal and an assist each and Wojciech Stachowiak, Joshua Samanski and Frederik Tiffels also scored a goal apiece in Herning.

Andreas Martinsen and Jacob Berglund scored for Norway, which remained without a point.

In Stockholm, Latvia beat Slovenia 5-2 for its second win in Group A. Slovenia is still looking for its first points.

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France's Vincent Llorca, and Canada's Nate MacKinnon, right, challenge for the puck during the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship group A match between Canada and France at Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday May 13, 2025. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP)

Canada's scorer Bo Horvat, left, celebrates 1-0 with Tyson Foerster during the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship group A match between Canada and France at Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday May 13, 2025. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP)

Latvia's Dans Locmelis, center, celebrates scoring with teammates Anri Ravinskis, from left, Eduards Tralmaks, Roberts Mamcics and Kristians Rubins during the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship group A match between Slovenia and Latvia at Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday May 13, 2025. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP)

Latvia's Kristians Rubins, right, scores at Slovenia's goalkeeper Lukas Horak during the IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship group A match between Slovenia and Latvia at Avicii Arena in Stockholm, Sweden, Tuesday May 13, 2025. (Anders Wiklund/TT News Agency via AP)

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — Ohio's law requiring children under 16 to get parental consent to use social media apps must be restored, a divided panel of the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday.

The decision comes as a blow to NetChoice, which has won court victories against identical digital identification laws in other states, including Arkansas, Louisiana and Georgia. The trade group representing TikTok, Snapchat, Meta and other major tech companies said the Ohio decision went against “clear national consensus” and that it intended to keep fighting.

“An unconstitutional law protects no one, and we remain focused on ensuring the First Amendment rights of Ohioans are protected,” said Paul Taske, director of the NetChoice Litigation Center.

Netchoice brought suit against Ohio's law in 2024, arguing that it was overly broad, vague and represented an unconstitutional impediment to free speech.

The Cincinnati-based Sixth Circuit's panel disagreed. In a 2-1 decision, it found that the law was not unconstitutional and sent it back to a lower court to have a block on the law's enforcement vacated.

“At bottom, the Act imposes a parental consent requirement,” Judge Eric Clay wrote in the lead opinion. “That requirement constitutes a marginal burden that precisely targets the multi-faceted problem that Ohio has identified: Children’s unsupervised assent to terms and conditions for use of platforms that take advantage of and harm them.”

Judge Alice Batchelder concurred, writing that “a statute is not vague just because it has a wide berth.”

Known as the Social Media Parental Notification Act, the Ohio law was part of an $86.1 billion state budget bill that Republican Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine signed into law in July 2023.

The administration pushed the measure as a way to protect children’s mental health, with then-Lt. Gov. Jon Husted, now a U.S. senator, saying at the time that social media was “intentionally addictive” and harmful to kids.

The law requires companies to get parental permission for social media and gaming apps and to provide their privacy guidelines so families know what content would be censored or moderated on their child’s profile.

Republican Ohio Attorney General Andy Wilson called Thursday's ruling “a win for Ohio families.”

“The court agreed that parents –- not social media companies –- should get a say in what kids see online,” he said in a statement. “We have an obligation to keep our children safe, and today, the most dangerous place for our kids is the internet. This decision gives parents the tools to be involved and provide oversight.”

FILE - A YouTube sign is shown near the company's headquarters in San Bruno, Calif., Wednesday, March 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, file)