Jaroslav Chemeler and Matous Mensik scored 33 seconds apart during a five\u002Dminute power play as Czechia stunned Canada 5\u002D2 on Monday.
Stanislav Svozil and David Spacek, with a goal and an assist each, and David Moravec provided the rest of the offence for underdog Czechia, the country commonly known as the Czech Republic.Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Calgary Herald, a division of Postmedia Network Inc.By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc.
With Dean taking an early shower, Chemeler banged home a loose puck from Gaudreau’s doorstep at 8:14 before Mensik fired from a sharp angle moments later to end a netminder’s forgettable night. The first “normal” world juniors since 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic — 2021 was played in a bubble before the 2022 event was postponed eight months — fans inside a frothing Scotiabank Centre were ready from puck drop.Article content
Bedard then had Canada’s second effort at completing “The Michigan” — where a player picks the puck up on his stick behind the net and tries to tuck it upstairs — before Brandt Clarke’s 2-0 goal was nixed by an offside review.Spacek scored on a backdoor play where he caught Fantilli napping defensively before Moravec’s seeing-eye point shot 35 seconds later gave the Czechs an unlikely 2-1 lead through 20 minutes.
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