It was bound to happen. We were just waiting for this sort of game from Porter Martone to come by and make a whole lot of jaws drop with the sheer magnitude of ability he has on the ice while skating for Team Canada at the 2026 World Juniors.
It could’ve been against Latvia over the weekend but the central European nation stood strong against Canada for the second year in a row and managed to be a real hard out. It could’ve been against Czechia in the tournament opener but that is a larger ask — to get up against one of the more impressive teams in the tournament and in the very first game.
All that needed to happen was for Canada to really need to put step on the throat of some poor team just trying to not be relegated to a lower division. Unfortunately, Denmark walked in front of their path and Martone and some of his teammates just lit up with a bloodthirsty smile.
The end result was a 9-1 win for Canada in which a total of 48 shots on goal were thrown at the Danish crease and all the Canadian netminder needed to do was stop 12. It was a bloodbath and one that Martone really capitalized on to show off just why he is one of the top prospects in the world and is going to be a perfect Flyer one day.
Porter Martone showed off so much in latest World Juniors domination
Martone was doing what he typically has done during this tournament through the start of this game — getting to the dangerous areas of the ice, controlling the puck along the boards and behind the goal line looking for any open teammate to create a goal from his stick. But it all materialized when he was able to unleash his hellish shot for a one-timer on the power play into the back of a wide-open net.
THE CAPTAIN! 🫡
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) December 30, 2025
Porter Martone makes it 4-1 for Canada! 🇨🇦 #WorldJuniors pic.twitter.com/xBZK9w2Sxq
It’s not the most impressive goal but it is certainly one that makes you take a step back and go “Wow, okay damn” and realize that there’s this weapon in the typical playmaker that he is able to just unleash whenever the situation arises. The poor Danes had no chance.
Martone’s game only evolved from there. He earned his only assist of the game after pouncing on a loose puck and ever so faintly faking a trip down to the other side of the ice, spinning it around for linemate Michael Misa who was waiting for the chance to one-time it home. It was a near-perfect assist from the playmaking winger; a reverse pass that fooled a whole lot of defenders on the ice and something that might just be repeatable at the NHL level if the pace is brought up to the next marker.
That goal and assist against lower competition is just fine and dandy and if that was all that came off of Martone’s stick on Monday night, we probably wouldn’t think we needed to rush to the laptop and write just about how sick his game was. We would nod in approval and expect some more from him.
But, that’s not all that happened.
In the third period, with the game truly gone (but that doesn’t matter; whatever), Martone gave his best Leon Draisaitl impression and scored a goal from an impossibly tight angle. And it wasn’t just any old shot that dribbled in, it was an absolute rocket into the back of the net with an NHL-ready quality to it.
Porter Martone double-dips and it's 9-1 Canada! 🇨🇦 #WorldJuniors pic.twitter.com/BuMWbv6wW4
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) December 30, 2025
That’s just beauty right there. That’s pure beauty. The Flyers’ top prospect doing stuff like that on the world stage while wearing the letter for Team Canada. That’s the stuff we dream about.
This whole game seemed to be Martone’s attempts finally becoming real production. He’s been doing the exact same thing throughout all three games in the tournament but all he needed was one game to really hit home that he can do this on a regular basis. He will always be a play-driving winger that will contribute in just every way possible on the ice, and some games he’ll walk away with zero points in a tough overtime win, or have two goals and an assist that are highlight-reel worthy in a dominating performance. It just depends if the bounces go his way or not.
Martone now has three goals and four points in three games in the tournament, which might not seem like something to really write home about but after Canada struggled against Czechia and narrowly escaped with a win while facing Latvia, it’s pretty much as expected given the circumstances. Now, the Flyers top prospect and his other Canadians take on Finland on New Year’s Eve in another actual test to see if they are actually worth the hype.
That Canada-Finland clash will feature four Flyers prospects as Martone and Jett Luchanko face off against Heikki Ruohonen and Max Westergard, who have been very impressive in their own right. We’ll be glued.
