Canada's World Juniors campaign ended with a heartbreaking loss to Czechia in the quarter-finals. The team struggled with penalties throughout the tournament, ultimately costing them a chance to medal.
Team Canada stressed the need to stay out of the penalty box before their quarter-final against Czechia . After handing five power-play opportunities to the Czechs Thursday night, Canada is out of the World Juniors for the second straight year without having a chance to play for a medal.
Canada lost 4-3 to Czechia, allowing a power-play goal during a five-minute penalty kill after Cole Beaudoin was ejected for kneeing, and the game-winner with 40 seconds left while a man short after Andrew Gibson picked up a costly late minor for kneeing. 'We didn't score enough, and we could have been more disciplined,' forward Bradly Nadeau said after the loss.'Those things didn't help us, but we played a good team. In the end, we didn't get the results we wanted. We didn't get enough traffic in front, and all tournament the goalies could see the puck. The fans were amazing the whole game. It helps give us momentum, but unfortunately we didn't come through.' Team Canada's head coach Dave Cameron declined to bite when asked about the officiating, which also his team handed three power plays, scoring once.Gavin McKenna, the team's youngest player, was less reserved in his assessment. Taking costly penalties turned into a theme for Canada on home ice at the tournament in Ottawa. The United States took advantage of seven power-play opportunities, scoring three times en route to their 4-1 win on New Years Eve to sit atop Group A. That victory set Team USA up for a quarter-final against Switzerland, in which they cruised to a 7-2 victory, while Canada was left to face Czechia. Penalties also set the stage for Latvia to pull off a historic shootout victory over Canada in their second game of the group round. Latvia scored both of their goals in regulation on the power play, including a late tying marker with less than two and a half minutes on the cloc
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