Canada plays Czechia for gold at Hlinka Gretzky Cup on TSN

Canada plays Czechia for gold at Hlinka Gretzky Cup on TSN

For the second 12 months in a row, Canada takes on Czechia within the gold-medal recreation on the Hlinka Gretzky Cup in Edmonton.

Watch Canada vs. Czechia play for gold LIVE at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on TSN3 and streaming on TSN.ca and the TSN App.

In 2023, Canada defeated Czechia in extra time within the gold-medal recreation as Malcolm Spence was the hero, scoring with seven seconds remaining within the further body to offer Canada its second straight gold on the match.

On Friday, Canada downed america 5-1 within the semifinals, getting targets from 5 completely different gamers as Cameron Schmidt, Alex Huang, Cole Reschny, Luca Romano and Gavin McKenna all discovered the again of the web.

In purpose, Jack Ivankovic made 28 saves to safe the victory for Canada.

Within the different semifinal, Czechia beat Sweden 5-1 as Vit Zahejsky had two targets and an help whereas Adam Benak had a purpose and an help.

With the 2 factors, Benak continues to pad his document for profession factors on the Hlinka Gretzky Cup. The 17-year-old broke Magnus Pääjärvi’s document for profession factors on the match (15) after a five-point efficiency on Tuesday towards Germany. Now as much as 20 profession factors, Benak has yet another probability so as to add to his totals.

Czech goaltender Ondrej Stebetek completed the sport with 18 saves.

Within the bronze medal recreation, Sweden will tackle america. The People are searching for their second bronze medal in a row on the match whereas the Swedes look to get on the rostrum for the primary time since incomes silver in 2022.

Watch Sweden vs. United States within the bronze-medal recreation LIVE at 3:30 p.m. ET/12:30 p.m. PT on TSN3 and streaming on TSN.ca and the TSN App.

Viktor Klingsell, the lone goal-scorer for Sweden in Friday’s semifinal, continues to guide the match in factors with 11, edging out Benak and teammates Ivar Stenberg and Milton Gastrin, who all have 10 factors.

Sam Spehar, who leads the People in targets, notched the one purpose for his group within the semifinal towards Canada.