Canada’s 2024 World Junior Championship and quest for a third consecutive gold medal ended today in Gothenburg in a quarterfinal loss to the Czechs. This is the first time since 2019 in Vancouver that Canada has failed to reach the final game of the tournament, having appeared in each of the last four gold-medal games.

JAKUB ŠTANCL, HAVE YOUR SELF A NIGHT.

SCORING TO WIN IT FOR CZECHIA WITH 11.7 SECONDS LEFT IN THE GAME!

🇨🇿 with the upset! 😮🤯#WorldJuniors
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— FloHockey (@FloHockey) January 2, 2024

St. Louis Blues prospect Jakub Stancl scored with 11.7 seconds remaining in regulation to give Czechia the stunning result, ending Canada's tournament with a 3-2 defeat.

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The Czechs got off to a good start with a goal off the stick of Stancl who fired a shot from distance that beat Mathis Rousseau blocker-side. 

Rousseau bounced back well, stopping a Dominik Rymon penalty shot, but in the closing two minutes of the period had a moment he’d probably like to have back.

Jiri Kulich (BUF) found Tomas Cibulka, who fired a low, hard shot that fit under Rousseau’s stick and through his pads somehow as the Czechs took a 2-0 lead into the first intermission.

The second period belonged to Canada, though. Matthew Wood (NSH) kicked off the scoring in the second period, less than five minutes into the middle frame, with a spectacular wrist shot that found the upper-left corner of the net. 

Late in the period, Canada struck again as Jake Furlong’s (SJS) seeing-eye wrist shot beat Czech goalie Michael Hrabal’s (ARI) glove to square the game up.

#TeamCanada 🇨🇦 is tied going into the third period against #TeamCzechia🇨🇿 heading into the third period of the quarterfinals at the #WorldJuniors! pic.twitter.com/1x6JOtyCEM

— FloHockey (@FloHockey) January 2, 2024

The third period was tightly contested, with both teams blocking shots. A broken play led to Stancl's shot getting through and Rousseau misplayed it, leaving the post a tad early as the puck snuck past him.

Hrabal, an alumnus of the Omaha Lancers and current UMass netminder, made 28 saves and was named Czechia's player of the game.

How To Watch World Juniors Hockey on NHL Network In USA

In the United States, most games at the World Junior Championship and all of Team USA's games will air exclusively on NHL Network. Select games not televised by NHL Network will stream live on ESPN+.

2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Quarterfinals 

The quarterfinals begin on Jan. 2, 2024 with four games starting at 6 a.m. EST and the final game scheduled for 1:30 p.m. 

• Slovakia vs. Finland, Frolundaborg, 6 a.m. ET (NHLN)
• Canada vs. Czechia, Scandinavium, 8:30 a.m. ET (NHLN)
• USA vs. Latvia, Frolundaborg, 11 a.m. ET (NHLN)
• Sweden vs Switzerland, Scandinavium, 1:30 p.m. ET (NHLN)

2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Semifinals

The semifinals begin on Jan. 4 with games starting at 6 a.m. EST and finishing at 1:30 p.m. 

• Relegation game, 5 a.m. ET (NHLN)
• Semifinal 1, 9 a.m. ET (NHLN)
• Semifinal 2, 1:30 p.m. ET (NHLN)

2024 World Junior Ice Hockey Championships Finals

The Bronze Medal Game of the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships begins at 9 a.m. EST on Jan. 5. 

• Third-place game, 9 a.m. ET (NHLN)
• Championship game, 1:30 p.m. ET (NHLN)

2024 World Juniors TV Broadcast Information

The 2024 IIHF World Junior Championship is shown in several countries by broadcasters on TV and/or stream.

• Canada: TSN, RDS, TSN radio
• Czechia: Ceska TV, Czech radio
• Finland: Discovery
• Germany: Magenta Sport, Thinxpool
• Latvia: TV6, tv3.lv
• Norway: TV2
• Slovakia: JOJ
• Sweden: SVT, NENT/Viasat, Swedish radio
• Switzerland: MySports
• Ukraine: Xsport
• USA: NHL Network

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