Jordan Dumais plays for Team Canada. (Team Canada)

By Canadian Press

Czechia scores late to eliminate Canada from hockey world juniors

Jan 2, 2024 | 9:20 AM

Jakub Stancl scored his second goal of the game with 11.7 seconds left in third period as Czechia survived a blown 2-0 lead to defeat Canada 3-2 and advance to the semifinals at the world junior hockey championship on Tuesday.

Tomas Cibulka had the other goal for Czechia. Jakub Vondras got the win.

Matthew Wood and Jake Furlong replied for Canada. Mathis Rousseau took the loss in his fifth straight start at the under-20 tournament.

The North Americans carried the play for most of the final 40 minutes before Stancl fired a shot on goal in the dying seconds of regulation that deflected off the stick of Canadian defenceman Oliver Bonk the son of former NHLer Radek Bonk and beat a stunned Rousseau.

Tuesday’s quarterfinal was a rematch of last year’s gold-medal matchup in Halifax, which Canada took 3-2 in overtime. Five members of that Czech team dressed Tuesday, while forward Owen Beck was Canada’s lone returnee.

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