Canada beat Czech Republic 5-2 to win World Junior Hockey gold in Edmonton

Canada will play for gold at theWorld Junior Hockey Championshipafter defeating the Czech Republic 5-2 in Friday's semifinals.

Kent Johnson scored a goal and two assists to keep the Canadians undefeated (6-0-0). 0), with Logan Stancoven scoring one assist each. Conor Bedard, Mason McTavish and Joshua Roy also scored, with Oren Zellweger adding his three helpers.

Jan Mysak won the Czech Republic (commonly known as the Czech Republic) midway through the third period, Added an assist to David. Later in the frame we see Jiricek's power play his tally. Ili Kulich helped with both goals.

Dylan Garland stopped 31 of his 33 shots for Canada, who won the silver medal in the 2021 tournament.

Goalkeeper Tomas Suchanek replaced Pavel Kajan to start the third period after his 22 saves (2-3-1) over the Czech Republic. The Cajuns were relieved and stopped eight shots.

Canada will face Finland (4-1-0) or Sweden (4-1-0) in Saturday's gold medal match. The two teams will face off in Friday's second semi-final.

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Reigning Champions in Wednesday's Quarterfinals American. Canada advanced to the semi-finals with her 6-3 victory over Switzerland on the same day.

With 5:34 remaining, Roy fired his low shot into the Cajun pad and Canada regained his three-point advantage.

Zilicek unleashed a long bomb from inside the blue line, letting his puck slip through traffic to beat Garland's gloveside.

Midway through the third round, Mysak scored his fifth goal of the tournament via Canadian Netminder. When I decided, the Czech got on the board.

To gain the upper hand in the final period, the Czech Republic brought in Kajan coming out of his second intermission to replace Suchanek.

His second power play of the day for Canada His goal came in second after Czech Stepan Nemek was called for a slash at 16:21.

McTavish took his one-off shot from his circle faceoff outside the crossbar to push Canada's lead to his 4–0.

McTavish leads the tournament with his 15 points scored (8 goals and 7 assists).

Too many player penalties cost the Czechs second.

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Czech forward Thomas Urban penalized Since it's in the box, he hoists the loose puck along Johnson's board of choice, slices it across the ice and heads to Stan Coven for a breakaway.

The Kamloops Blazers forward took a few steps forward and Hush to give Canada his 3-0 at the 11:28 mark.

Canada went 2-3 in Friday's power play, while the Czech Republic went 1-2.

The Czech fires up again and he takes second place, in his first five minutes of the period He defeated the Canadian 8-0.

Garland forced his save with a solid pad at 3:55 after Czech Jakub his Kos broke defense in a tight game.

Canada took his 2–0 lead in the first intermission after Bedard scored his second goal of the day late in the early minutes.

Nathan Gaucher slammed the puck into his zone in Neutral, sending the 17-year-old prodigy out. Bedard closed the game with a ferocious shot over the glove side from Ščanek at 15:20 to give the hosts a 2-0 cushion.

This goal was Bedard's fourth of the tournament.

Sioux Chanek made a brilliant diving his stop halfway through Tyson's Forster backhand his shot to keep the game scoreless.

However, the Czech netminers were unable to get the puck and Johnson wasted no time with a shot from above the crease to score at 10:04 to close the opening frame. have started.

Johnson scored two goals in the tournament - both against the Czech Republic.

Note: Canada was playing without forward Ridley Greig. He suffered an obvious shoulder injury early in the quarter-final win over Switzerland. Riley Kidney is back in the lineup after four straight games of healthy scratching. Canada beat the Czech Republic 5-1 to her in the qualifying round. The Czech Republic have not won a medal at the world juniors since winning bronze in 2005.

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