Liam Ruck scored twice as Canada skated to a 5-0 win over Czechia on Wednesday in the Hlinka Gretzky Cup.

Ruck’s second goal came in the midst of a four-goal outburst in the final nine minutes of play for Canada (3-0).

“We are playing great countries at this tournament, and obviously we would like to have some (goals) a little earlier in games, but we are expecting to play a similar type of game in the semifinals and medal game,” said head coach Mathieu Turcotte.

“We know those are going to be tight games and we will need to stick to our structure and stay patient, and find a way to close out games when it counts the most.”

Beckham Edwards, Daxon Rudolph and Alessandro Di Iorio also found the back of net.

Gavin Betts made 23 saves for the shutout victory.

Frantisek Poletin stopped 30

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