Czechia defeated Canada in the quarter-finals of the World Juniors for the second year in a row, knocking the tournament hosts out of contention.
OTTAWA — Canada has crashed out the world junior hockey championship at the quarterfinal stage for the second straight year. Adam Jecho scored the winner on a power play with 39.4 seconds left in regulation as the tournament hosts fell 4-3 to Czechia on Thursday. Petr Sikora, Jakub Stancl and Eduard Sale had the other goals for the Czechs, who upset underwhelming Canada on a lucky bounce in the dying moments 12 months ago at the under-20 event in Gothenburg, Sweden.
Michael Hrabal made 29 saves. Tanner Howe, Porter Martone and Bradly Nadeau replied for Canada, which failed to play for a medal at back-to-back world juniors for the first time since the country instituted its program of excellence in the early 1980s. Carter George stopped 22 shots. Brayden Yager had two assists for the Canadians, who never really found their stride in the nation's capital. The Czechs will face the United States in Saturday's semifinals. Sweden is set to meet Finland for the other berth in Sunday's title game. Down 3-2 in the third and with their tournament on the line, the Canadians finally got the equalizer when Nadeau swatted home his second of the tournament with 4:18 left in regulation. But Canadian defenceman Andrew Gibson took a penalty for kneeing with 2:27 remaining and the Czechs finally broke through on George when Jecho scored on a one-timer to break Canadian hearts. Czechia, which took silver in 2023 after losing to Canada in the gold-medal contest before securing bronze last year, opened Thursday's scoring just 43 seconds into the first period when Sikora redirected his fourth goal of the showcase past George on a 2-on-1. Canadian forward Cole Beaudoin was assessed a five-minute major and a game misconduct midway through the period for kneeing on Sikora, who stayed down before eventually returning for the power pla
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