Canada earned their spot in the Ice Hockey World Championship semi-finals with a 4-1 win over Finland on Thursday night.
Jack Quinn, Samuel Blais, Michael Carcone and Tyler Toffoli scored for Canada.
Quinn scored the game’s first goal in the first period, Blais doubled Canada’s lead in the middle period and Carcone rattled the ropes in the third period.
Teemu Hartikainen, late in the third period, was the only Finland player to beat Montreal Canadiens goaltender Samuel Montembeault, who faced 28 shots.
Just 50 seconds after Hartikainen’s goal, Toffoli restored Canada to a three-goal cushion.
This duel was a resumption of the confrontations of the last three finals of the tournament.
In May 2022, Finland beat Canada 4-3 in overtime. The Finns also beat Canada in 2019, while the Canadian team won gold in 2021. The tournament scheduled for 2020 was canceled due to COVID-19.
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