Joe Veleno, fresh from a one-game IIHF suspension for a head-butt that Hockey Canada complained was undeserved, started the offensive onslaught 4:41 into the opening period. It was his first world junior goal in eight contests and he finished with three points, one behind team leader Dylan Cozens. 1 option Lukas Dostal, who was hurt in the Czechs’ second game. Enter the only netminder left standing – Nick Malik, the 17-year-old son of former NHLer Marek Malik, an Ostrava native. 1 defenceman in the lineup for their quarterfinal match against the Czechs in Ostrava .

Source: National Post December 31, 2019 21:00 UTC