(Ottawa) Canada was eliminated in the quarter-finals of the World Junior Hockey Championship for the second year in a row on Thursday evening.
Posted at 10:16 p.m.
Updated at 10:38 p.m.
Joshua Clipperton
The Canadian Press
Adam Jecho scored the winning goal 39 seconds into the third period, on the power play, and the Canadians lost 4-3 to the Czech Republic.
Petr Sikora, Jakub Stancl and Eduard Šalé scored the other goals for the Czechs, who also eliminated Junior Team Canada in the quarterfinals last year. Michael Hrabal made 29 saves.
Tanner Howe, Porter Martone and Bradly Nadeau responded for Canada, which will not be in the final four for a second consecutive year, a first since the country established its program of excellence in the early 1980s.
Carter George stopped 22 shots and Brayden Yager collected two assists for Canada, which never really found its way to the national capital.
The Czechs will face the United States in the semifinals on Saturday.
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