KAUFBEUREN, Germany – Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team's run at the 2022 IIHF U18 World Championship has come to an end after it fell 6-5 in overtime to Finland in Thursday’s quarterfinals.
• Connor Bedard (North Vancouver, B.C./Regina, WHL) scored twice, extending his all-time Canadian records to 13 goals and 21 points at U18 worlds. • Kocha Delic (Mississauga, Ont./Sudbury, OHL) opened the scoring for Canada • Connor Hvidston (Tisdale, Sask./Swift Current, WHL) and Brayden Schuurman (Abbotsford, B.C./Victoria, WHL) rounded out the scoring. • Adam Fantilli (Nobleton, Ont./Chicago, USHL) registered a pair of assists. • Mathew Ward (Kamloops, B.C./Swift Current, WHL) , Spencer Sova (Windsor, Ont./Erie, OHL), Lukas Dragicevic (Richmond, B.C./Tri-City, WHL), Nick Moldenhauer (Mississauga, Ont./Chicago, USHL) and Rieger Lorenz (Calgary, Alta./Okotoks, AJHL) had an assist each. • Reid Dyck (Winkler, Man./Swift Current, WHL) made 29 saves. • Bedard , Dyck and Owen Pickering (St. Adolphe, Man./Swift Current, WHL) were named the top three players of the tournament for Canada. • Finland outshot Canada 35-29.
TSN and RDS, the official broadcast partners of Hockey Canada, will broadcast both semifinals, and the bronze and gold medal games.
Quotes: “My hope is that these boys learned something here this week, from the staff and with each other. Losing like this stings, but there are a lot of lessons to be learned there and things they can take with them in their careers.” - Head coach Nolan Baumgartner (Calgary, Alta.) on the loss
“As a team, we had to be more disciplined today. With the skill Finland has, they can easily score two goals in two minutes, and they did that. This is a hard one.” - Bedard on Finland responding after his goal gave Canada a two-goal lead
“Coming together quickly as a group is tough, but these are relationships that are going to last forever. This is a great group of guys, and we will be friends for a long time.” - Spencer Sova (Windsor, Ont./Erie, OHL) on the experience
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