Canada misplaced 3-2 to Switzerland within the shootout of the semifinals of the lads’s World Hockey Championship on Saturday in Prague.
Canada needed to overcome a 2-0 deficit to ship the sport to time beyond regulation, however might solely clear up Swiss goalie Leonardo Genoni as soon as within the shootout. Connor Bedard of the Chicago Blackwawks was Canada’s first shooter and solely purpose scorer, with Pierre-Luc Dubois, Owen Energy, Damon Severson, and Dylan Cozens all failing to attain.
Kevin Fiala of the L.A. Kings and Sven Andrighetto beat Canada goalie Jordan Binnington to safe the win.
The defeat means Canada will play Sweden for bronze, whereas the Swiss will face the host Czechs (7-3 winners towards Sweden) for gold.
Canada had made it to the gold-medal sport the final 4 instances it was held, successful twice.
The final time the lads didn’t play for the title was 2018 — after they had been additionally knocked out within the semis by the Swiss.
The Swiss jumped out to a 2-0 lead, because of first-period objectives by Fiala and Nino Niederreiter of the Winnipeg Jets, earlier than Brandon Tanev of the Seattle Kraken acquired one again for Canada within the second interval.
Toronto Maple Leafs captain John Tavares tied the sport with simply over two minutes left, sending it to time beyond regulation.
Genoni made 42 saves for the Swiss, whereas Binnington of the St. Louis Blues stopped 28 for Canada.
