MONTREAL – The drought is over — Austria is back in the quarterfinals at the IIHF World Championship for the first time in 31 years.

Canadiens prospect Vinzenz Rohrer led the charge with a multi-goal effort on Tuesday, helping his team clinch a historic berth in the knockout stage.

Meanwhile, Mike Matheson and Canada closed out the preliminary round in style, defeating Emil Heineman and Sweden to lock down first place in Group A.

Here’s a brief summary of the games:

LATVIA 1 – 6 AUSTRIA

Austria punched their ticket to the quarterfinals at the tournament for the first time since 1994 with a runaway 6-1 win over Latvia.

Rohrer stayed red-hot with a two-goal performance in Stockholm.

The Habs hopeful jumped on a cross-ice turnover, broke in alone, and made a tidy top-shelf finish to gi

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