Canada beats Switzerland 6-3 to advance to semi-finals at World Juniors in Edmonton

Logan Stankoven had two goals and an assist on Wednesday as Canada beat Switzerland 6-3 at theWorld Junior Hockey Championship

Tyson Foerster also scored and contributed as two backers, while Jack Thompson, Nathan Gaucher and Will Quill added every goal for Canada (5-0-0) and Ronan Seely twice. recorded an assist for

Attilio Biasca scored his two goals and captain Simon his Knack added a goal for Switzerland (1-4-0).

Dylan Garland recorded his 22 saves in Canada, where he outscored Switzerland 41-25.

Switzerland's Noah Patenaude conceded his four goals on nine shots before being replaced by Kevin Paschet midway through the first period. Pasche recorded 30 saves in relief.

The win means Canada will play in the semi-finals on Friday, but the host nation will have to wait for the final quarter-final result. It's a battle between the USA (4-0-0) and the Czech Republic (1-2). -1) — Know your opponent.

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Switzerland draws Pasche with his 3:15 to extra time Although he was an advantageous attacker in the game, he could not make up for the two-point difference.

With 69 seconds remaining, Stankoven scored a scoreless goal.

Midway through the second period, Canada's sloppy play caused problems.

In an attempt to clear the puck from behind the net, Garland sent the puck along the boards to Donovan his Sebrango and the defense sent the puck to the ice.

Biasca picked up the pass and shot past the Canadian goalkeeper, making him 5-3 at the 7:51 mark.

A pass from Oren Zellweger to Quill set up his fifth goal for Canada on the low. Cuylle sent his second sharpest angled shot from Pasche 4:30.

The Swiss cut his deficit to 4-2 with just 8.2 seconds remaining in the starting frame.

Joshua Furni delivered the puck to Biasca from under the goal line and the Halifax Mooseheads forward shot over Garland's shoulder.

Patenaude beat Canada's Elliott his Denoyers but puck under his pad , and Gaucher scored his first goal of the tournament.

Switzerland then opted to exchange Pasche for Patenaud on the net.

The Dallas Stars prospect picked up a pass on the Swiss bench and sprinted into the offensive zone alone. His first shot bounced off the crossbar, so Stan Coven collected the rebound and backhanded it into the open net. Seeley's sneaky pass across the

slot saw Canada regain the lead at 12:31. Thompson gathered the puck and Patenaude's quick shot his pass to make it 2-1.

With 2 minutes and 21 seconds into the game, Switzerland scored the first goal of the evening. Brian Zanetti uncorked the rocket from inside the blue line and Knack scored the equalizer.

Canada scored just 74 seconds ahead of him, with Stan Coven delivering a crisp pass to Foerster in the showdown circle, who scored his third goal of the tournament.

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Earlier Wednesday, Emil Andrée scored the winner of the match and Sweden won. He beat Latvia 2-1.

Isak Rosen put Sweden ahead with his 16:44, Gustavs Ozolins filling in Latvia's equalizer at the end of the second period.

Martins Lavins of Latvia was thrown out of the game to check his head in his 89th of his third but his teammate scored his 5-minute shot. A major penalty to keep the score 1-1.

Jesper Wallstedt stopped his 12 shots for Sweden (4-1-0) and Bruno Bruveris made his 25 saves for Latvia (1-2-1).

Robbie Venti's four points gave Finland his 5-2 victory over Germany in Wednesday's quarter-finals.

His Jarventie scored the first goal in his 14:48 of the first period to give Finland his 3-1 lead and win the match.

After Germany's Bennett Rosmee scored his second goal of the game in the second period to make him 3-2, Giaventi extended Finland's lead to his 6:22 mark. Back, Yannick Proske was off by hooking.

Roni Hirvonen and Joel Maatta also scored goals on their plays, giving Finland the man-his advantage in his 4-6. Finnish power play units were lethal throughout the tournament, firing at 59% of the clip (13 vs 22).

Levy his Melilainen notched his 19 saves in Finland (4-1-0) and Florian his Bougl stopped his 17 shots in Germany (2-3-0) .

Canada won silver in her 2021 tournament. The tournament was held at Rogers Place in Edmonton and was played behind closed doors due to COVID-19 restrictions.

Note: Both Canada and Switzerland had a power play where he won 0-1. Canadian forward Ridley Greig made his way to the locker room with an apparent shoulder injury midway through the first period, but did not return. The 2023 World Junior Groups have been announced. Canada is in Group A, with Sweden, the Czech Republic, Germany and Austria playing their qualifying round match in Halifax. USA, Finland, Switzerland, Slovakia and Latvia are in Group B and will start the tournament in Moncton.

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