BREAKING Canada beats Finland in overtime to win gold at the World Junior Hockey Championship
Canada celebrates the win over Finland during overtime IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship gold medal game action in Edmonton on Saturday August 20, 2022 .It took until the late stages of Saturday's gold-medal game, but Canada finally faced adversity at the World Junior Hockey Championship.
The Canadians had plenty of chances to bury the Finns, but went 0-for-6 on the power play in regulation. From the group stage to the elimination round, Canada's smallest margin of victory was three. But the gold-medal game against Finland marked a new type of challenge for the Canadians, as the opposition went into a defensive shell right from the opening faceoff.
Canadian forward Kent Johnson had a chance to put his team up by three near the halfway mark of the period, but Jatkola denied him on the breakaway chance.
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