Canada secured top spot in Group B with a 5-0 victory over Czechia in Tuesday’s late game. This meeting was something of a revenge mission for the Canadians, who sensationally lost 2-4 to the Czechs in last year’s semi-final. That was the European country’s first win over North American opposition in this competition, and set up a first silver medal for Dusan Andrasovsky’s team.
Only five Canadian players returned from last year’s roster, and one of them opened the scoring after 80 seconds of the 2025 meeting. Stryker Zablocki settled any early nerves when she got a touch on Sydney Sawyer’s shot and sent the puck skidding between Daniela Novakova’s pads for the first of two goals for…