They’ve worked their way through Latvia, the Czechs and the Slovaks, and on Monday night did a fine job handling a previously undefeated Finnish squad. Their reward for going undefeated in the round robin is a favourable matchup in the first knockout round, as they’ll take on Switzerland tonight at Rogers Place in Edmonton,
So far, Canada’s been pretty much as advertised. They’ve been led by Mason MacTavish, Owen Zellweger and Riley Greig, and Connor Bedard has been outstanding to say the least, and they’ve defensively sound, along with a solid stretch of games from Kamloops Blazers netminder Dylan Garand,
There’s three other games today, starting with Finland, who will look to rebound from that disappointing loss to Canada as they take on Germany, Next up are the Cinderella story of the tournament: Team Latvia.