Czechs beat Canada to make semi-finals at ice hockey World Junior Championship

Czechia have reached the semi-finals of ice hockey’s World Junior Championship in Sweden. The Czechs overcame the favourites Canada 3:2 on Tuesday after Oliver Bonk turned a strike by Jakub Štancl into his own net with only 11 seconds of the game remaining.

Czechia had taken a 2:0 lead earlier in the match only to see a determined Canadian turn on the pressure and peg them back to 2:2.