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World Championship Quarter-Finals Are Set

05/17/2016 at 4:19pm EDT

from TSN,

Canada's winning streak at the world hockey championship has ended at 16 games after a 4-0 loss to Finland in the preliminary-round finale for both teams....

With the loss, Canada (6-0-0-1) finished second in the Group B standings with 18 points while the Finns (7-0-0-0) had the maximum 21 points. Canada will now face Sweden on Thursday in St. Petersburg in quarter-final play while Finland plays Denmark....

Earlier on Tuesday, the Czech Republic clinched first place in Group A with a 5-4 win over Switzerland to secure a quarter-final matchup with the U.S. on Thursday in Moscow. Host Russia's 4-1 win over Sweden secured second place in Group A and a Thursday game against Germany.

more, including Canada's loss to Finland...

I will post NBCSN broadcast plans when released.

added 4:29pm, IIHF released the times for the games on Thursday:

CZE-USA & FIN-DEN puck drops at 9:15am ET

RUS-GER & CAN-SWE at 1:15pm ET

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