Team Canada faces must win in World Junior Championship
Posted Jan 2, 2016 09:42:51 AM.
Last Updated Jan 2, 2016 09:49:50 AM.
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It’s a must-win game for Canada this morning at the world junior hockey championship. The Canadians face host Finland in quarter-final action in Helsinki.
This year’s Canadian team has struggled in the preliminary round. Canada won in regulation, in a shootout and sustained two losses.
The Finns have the tournament’s top three scorers and had a 3-and-1 record in Group B.
Goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood will start for Canada against Finland on Saturday in the quarter-finals of the world junior hockey championship.
It is Blackwood’s third start of the tournament.
He had a shootout win and a regulation loss with a 2.91 goals-against average and a .893 save percentage in the preliminary round.
Blackwood missed the first two games of the world junior hockey championship as he completed an eight-game suspension from the Ontario Hockey League.
Mason McDonald started in Blackwood’s absence, with Samuel Montembeault serving as Canada’s third goalie.
Game time today is at 11:00 AM ET.
