It was a bit of an unspectacular start to the knockout round for the Canadians at the world junior championship.
Canada struck early and then sort of just sat on its lead, eventually skating away with a 3-0 win over the Czech Republic on quarterfinal Saturday in Edmonton.
Dylan Cozens scored for the third consecutive game, and Bowen Byram and Connor McMichael also had markers for Canada, which once again received high-end netminding from undisputed starter Devon Levi, who dealt with his heaviest workload to date.
It’s likely the Canadians will meet Russia in the semifinals, though the matchups have not been set in stone just yet.