After Sweden advanced to the Gold Medal Game, the last semifinal of the night featured a matchup between the perennial powerhouse in Canada and this year’s upset specialist, the Czech Republic. Canada handled an underwhelming Switzerland side in the quarter-finals, while the Czechs pulled off a major upset over the Finns on the back of an all-world performance by Josef Korenar.
Korenar was between the pipes for the Czechs once again, as they looked to Filip Zadina and their other high-end talents to pull off their third shocker of the tournament. Canada once again had Carter Hart in net, and received a sizable boost on defence with the return of Victor Mete.