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Canada Advances To The Finals Of The World Championship

05/16/2015 at 12:03pm EDT

from the CP at TSN,

Canada will play for the gold medal at the 2015 world hockey championships after defeating the Czech Republic 2-0 on Saturday at O2 Arena.

Canadian goaltender Mike Smith recorded his second straight shutout, making 23 saves to hold down a fired-up Czech squad.

The home team showed great jump early in the game — inspired by its loud, partisan crowd of supporters — but a series of early saves from Smith kept the game scoreless.

Taylor Hall opened the scoring at the 8:40 mark of the first period, converting a slick feed from his Edmonton Oilers teammate Jordan Eberle past helpless Czech netminder Ondrej Pavelec.

Centre Jason Spezza increased Canada's lead to 2-0 at 9:02 of the second period on a sharp-angle shot that snuck inside the far post.

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Canada will face the winner of USA/Russia game which starts at 1:15pm ET today.

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