Canada has beaten Czechia every time the two teams have battled it out during the championship game.
For the 24th time in tournament history, Canada has won gold at the Hlinka Gretzky Cup after beating Czechia 3-2 in overtime in Breclav, Czechia on Saturday evening.
The Hlinka Gretzky Cup is the first event on the 2024 NHL Draft calendar, with a handful of top prospects – including Canada’s Berkly Catton and Sam Dickinson, and USA’s Trevor Connelly and Mac Swanson – taking center stage. The tournament also put a handful of 2025 draft prospects in the spotlight, such as Canada’s Michael Misa and Czechia’s Adam Benak.
It was the lone Czech goal, though, as Canada scored a pair of goals in the second to take the lead. Cayden Lindstrom scored just 57 seconds into the second frame when Porter Martone flipped the puck past a defenseman to Lindstrom. The WHL star made no mistake on the shot, beating Jakub Milota 1-on-1 to tie it up.
The two teams traded high-quality chances, with the two goaltenders – Milota for Czechia and Carter George for Canada – taking center stage. But with just over four minutes to go, Matej Kubiesa scored a massive goal for the Czechs, with Benak setting him up on the team’s sixth power-play chance to make it 2-2.
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