IMATRA, Finland -- A strong third period left Canada still unbeaten at the world under-18 hockey championship. Ryan Gropp, Travis Konecny and Jared McCann scored third-period goals to lead Canada to a 5-2 win over Germany on Saturday. Gropp broke a 2-2 tie at 14:24 of the third before Konecny put the defending champions ahead 4-2 at 16:18. McCann rounded out the scoring with 35 seconds remaining to play as Canada outshot Germany 20-5 in the final frame. "It was certainly a strong third period for us, it was nice to finish that way and come out with the win," said Canadian team coach Kevin Dineen. "Im going to take a little bit of responsibility for our first couple of periods because I dont think I prepared our team properly for a very stiff game against Germany. "I thought they played extremely well and I thought it took us a long time to realize we were in for a tough hockey game . . . it was an extremely even game until the end." Daniel Audette and Conner Bleackley also scored for Canada (2-0), which opened the tournament with a 3-1 victory over Sweden on Thursday. And Dineen, who guided Canadas womens team to Olympic gold in Sochi, Russia, felt that strong start mayve contributed to his teams play through two periods against Germany. "We played extremely well and extremely hard against Sweden to start the tournament," Dineen said. "I think we all had it in the back of our heads that Germany was going to be a little bit of an easy game . . . and it almost took us 40 minutes to get our straps going." Julio Billia stopped 21 shots for Canada, which outshot Germany 42-23 overall. Dineen and his players dont have much time to relish their latest win. Canada faces Slovakia on Sunday. "Thats really tournament hockey, you have to understand that things come fast and furious here," Dineen said. "You look at some things in the rear-view mirror and take some quick lessons. 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Well deserved. pic.twitter.com/1gy9n7XB9F— TSN (@TSN_Sports) January 23, 2015 JUST IN: @Raptors G @Klow7 voted in a as a starter for 2015 @NBA All-Star Game. #WeTheNorth pic.twitter.com/NI1xzMNKh1— SportsCentre (@SportsCentre) January 23, 2015 #KyleLowry - #AllStar starter!! @thetorontoraptors #WeTheNorth A photo posted by TSN (@tsn_official) on Jan 22, 2015 at 4:19pm PST We The East. @JohnWall and @Klow7 are ready for #NBAAllStarNYC. #teamadidas pic.twitter.com/5La50IOSwf— adidas Basketball (@adidasHoops) January 23, 2015 Lowry trailed Wade by over 100,000 votes when the balloting was last updated! Kyle Lowry trailed the Heat's Dwyane Wade by over 100,000 votes at the last balloting update. He starts in his 1st NBA All-Star appearance— SportsCentre (@SportsCentre) January 23, 2015 The Raptors had prepared a short quotation from Lowry, thanking his fans for all their support. @kyle_lowry7 WILL start at the 2015 @NBA All-Star Game! Congrats Kyle and a huge thanks to all who voted! #WeTheNorth #RTZ #Toronto #Raptors #NBA #NBAAllStar #Canada A photo posted by Toronto Raptors (@thetorontoraptors) on Jan 22, 2015 at 4:25pm PST The Raptors players were all together at Lowrys house in Philadelphia for the evening and began congratulating their teammate one by one on social media after the announcement. @kyle_lowry7 and the squad await the announcement. #OpenGym #WeTheNorth A photo posted by Jeff Landicho (@thebasketballproducer) on Jan 22, 2015 at 4:09pm PST Congrats to my brotha!!! A photo posted by DeMar DeRozan (@demar_derozan) on Jan 22, 2015 at 4:26pm PST "Woooooo That Boy Good!!!" congratulations not only on making it but starting @kyle_lowry7 #WeTheNorth #CanadaStandUpPhillyToo A photo posted by @iamamirjohnson on Jan 22, 2015 at 4:45pm PST A little blurry but who cares.. Congrats to my big bro @kyle_lowry7.. Proud of u fam. #raptors #wethenorth A photo posted by Patrick Patterson (@pdpatt) on Jan 22, 2015 at 4:20pm PST Blessing to share the moment with your family n the team @kyle_lowry7 congrats A photo posted by @broke_3 on Jan 22, 2015 at 4:30pm PST Congratulations to @Klow7 on his all-star starting spot! #WeTheNorth— Landry Fields (@landryfields) January 23, 2015 Congrats big bro #allstar A photo posted by Terrence Ross (@3tross1) on Jan 22, 2015 at 4:46pm PST Well deserved for @kyle_lowry7 !!! Congratulations and I'm not surprised at all, I know how hard @kyle_lowry7 works.dddddddddddd. @kyle_lowry7 se merece ser abridor en el juego de las estrellas por todo lo que ha hecho por nuestro equipo.. Es un profesional de alto nivel. #bigtime A photo posted by #TeamVasquez (@greivisvasquez) on Jan 22, 2015 at 4:57pm PST And even members of the media wanted to congratulate Lowry on his achievement! Yes!!! @Klow7 a starter!!! #NBAAllStar #WeTheNorth— Kate Beirness (@KateBeirness) January 23, 2015 Success! #KyleLowry #NBAAllStar Just sounds right. #RTZ #WeTheNorth— Nabil Karim (@NabilKarimTSN) January 23, 2015 Yes, it happened! You the @Raptors fans did it, congrats to you & @Klow7, you're all All-Stars! #WeTheNorth— Matt Devlin (@Matt__Devlin) January 23, 2015 No question without Bieber and Drake Lowry isn't voted in as an All Star starter . Canada made this happen. Congrats.— chuck swirsky (@swirsk054) January 23, 2015 Not really because he brought attention to Lowry...end result, social media is strong..people figure things out quickly— chuck swirsky (@swirsk054) January 23, 2015 And even the Prime Minister of Canada! Great work by all of Canada's basketball fans for helping to make @Klow7 an #NBAAllStarNYC starter. Congrats, Kyle. #wethenorth @raptors— Stephen Harper (@pmharper) January 23, 2015 And of course, no thanks to Justin Bieber for not following the NBAs rules on how to vote and having thousands of votes not counted (dont worry Bieber, its the thought that counts). Congratulations again, Kyle Lowry! Continue to make the Raptors organization and all of Canada proud! ' ' '