Dylan Garand made 31 saves, Kent Johnson had a objective and two assists and Canada beat the Czech Republic 5-2 on Friday to advance to the world junior hockey championship recreation.
Canada will face Finland — a 1-0 winner over Sweden within the second semifinal — for the title Saturday night time.
“It’s thrilling to be at this second now, however the hardest work is forward,” Garand mentioned.
“We’ve acquired to do the proper issues right here, get the proper relaxation, restoration and be able to go.”
Canada’s Ryan O’Rourke (28) and Finland’s Oliver Kapanen (27) battle for the puck throughout first interval IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship motion in Edmonton on Monday August 15, 2022.
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For Finland, Kasper Puutio scored on a second-period energy play and Juha Jatkola made 23 saves. Jesper Wallstedt stopped 27 photographs for Sweden.
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Logan Stankoven added objective and an help to assist Canada enhance to 6-0. Connor Bedard, Mason McTavish and Joshua Roy additionally scored.
Stankoven has teamed with Garand for 3 seasons with the Kamloops Blazers within the Western Hockey League.
“He’s been regular and strong right through,” Stankoven mentioned.
“He’s simply so targeted and able to go each recreation.”
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Jan Mysak and David Jiricek scored for the Czech Republic. Tomas Suchanek made 22 saves within the first two durations, and Pavel Cajan stopped eight photographs within the third.
“They’re an excellent crew and so they didn’t actually get away from their recreation in any respect,” Stankoven mentioned.
The Czech Republic upset america 4-2 within the quarterfinals Wednesday night time.
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