After a two-game sweep over the host nation, the Canadian Olympic men's hockey team is heading into the quarterfinal stage in Beijing.
Adam Tambellini led the way with five points and Matt Tomkins had 26 saves as Canada defeated China 7-2 in the qualification round of the 2022 Beijing Olympics. The Canadians will meet fourth-place finishers Sweden on Wednesday in the quarterfinal for the chance to guarantee a medal-round contest.
Here are the important details:
Tomkins' net
Canada was in a real difficult spot with its goaltending heading into the knockout phase. Edward Pasquale started the first two games of the tournament and struggled at times before ceding the crease to Tomkins for what was presumably intended to be scheduled rest versus the Chinese.