Canada Advances To Para Cup Gold-Medal Final With Win Over Czechia | CBC Sports

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Liam Hickey, Vincent Boily and Tyler McGregor scored for Canada en route to a 3-1 Para Cup semifinal victory over Czechia on Friday in Charlottetown.

U.S. to face Canadians after beating China 13-2 in other semifinalThe Canadian Press

· Posted: Dec 13, 2024 11:34 PM EST | Last Updated: 3 hours ago

Liam Hickey, shown in this file photo, scored a goal for Canada in the team’s 3-1 semifinal win over Czechia on Friday in Charlottetown. (Mike Bernard/Hockey Canada Images)Liam Hickey, Vincent Boily and Tyler McGregor scored for Canada en route to a 3-1 Para Cup semifinal victory over Czechia on Friday in Charlottetown.

Canada will meet the United States in Saturday’s gold-medal final after the Americans whipped China 13-2 in the other semifinal.

Trailing 2-0, Filip Vesely scored Czechia’s lone goal at 3:35 of the third period. Boily had scored 85 seconds earlier to give Canada a 2-0 lead. McGregor restored Canada’s two-goal cushion at 6:33 of the third. Dominic Cozzolino chipped in with two assists.

Canada outshot Czechia 22-9 and went 0-for-1 on the power play. Czechia went 0-for-3 on the power play.