Canada to battle Finland for world junior gold on Saturday
Global News
"It's exciting to be at this moment now, but the hardest work is ahead," one player said.
Dylan Garand made 31 saves, Kent Johnson had a goal and two assists and Canada beat the Czech Republic 5-2 on Friday to advance to the world junior hockey championship game.
Canada will face Finland — a 1-0 winner over Sweden in the second semifinal — for the title Saturday night.
“It’s exciting to be at this moment now, but the hardest work is ahead,” Garand said.
“We’ve got to do the right things here, get the right rest, recovery and be ready to go.”
For Finland, Kasper Puutio scored on a second-period power play and Juha Jatkola made 23 saves. Jesper Wallstedt stopped 27 shots for Sweden.
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Logan Stankoven added goal and an assist to help Canada improve to 6-0. Connor Bedard, Mason McTavish and Joshua Roy also scored.
Stankoven has teamed with Garand for three seasons with the Kamloops Blazers in the Western Hockey League.
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