Great Britain beat China 4-2 in the final warm-up game ahead of the men’s Under-18s World Championship Division II Group A tournament getting under way in Asiago on Sunday.
Bailey Yates scored short-handed (12:28) to give GB the lead at the first intermission.
Yates netted his second early in period two, assisted by Harrison O’Connor and Oskar Sagan (21:21), before captain Brynley Capps scored GB’s third (28:48).
Zhou Enzhi got China on the board (30:44) but GB hit back under two minutes later through Jack Clarke, assisted by Jordan O’Brien (32:36).
Xu Ziheng scored for China in the third period on the powerplay (49:40).
GB World Championship Division II Group A schedule
Sunday 13th April: Great Britain v Croatia 16:30 (15:30 BST)
Monday 14th April: Great Britain v Netherlands 16:30 (15:30 BST)
Wednesday 16th April: Great Britain v China 13:00 (12:00 BST)
Thursday 17th April: Romania v Great Britain 13:00 (12:00 BST)
Saturday 19th April: Italy v Great Britain 20:00 (19:00 BST)
