Cozens added an assist on Byram’s goal for his 13th point of the tournament, a number only matched by Team USA’s Trevor Zegras.
McMichael added an empty netter for Canada to put the game away with just under three minutes to play.
Coming off of arguably their most dominant game yet against Finland, Canada looked like a more beatable team on Saturday.
The Czechs’ 12 shots in the opening period is more than Canada has allowed in any period all tournament, and the Czechs actually outshot Canada 29-24 in the game.
Devon Levi was busy and although he wasn’t called upon to make any spectacular saves, he did his part in keeping Canada in control by managing his rebounds and making 29 saves for the shutout.
Canada blanks Czechs 3-0, reaches semifinals of world junior hockey championship
Canada s Dawson Mercer (20) is stopped by Czech Republic goalie Nick Malik (30) during third period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship action in Edmonton on Saturday, January 2, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson January 02, 2021 - 10:05 PM
EDMONTON - Quarterfinals in international hockey tournaments are tense affairs. A win means playing for a medal and a loss means not.
Canadian goaltender Devon Levi s big-picture perspective helped him post a 29-save shutout in a 3-0 win over the Czech Republic on Saturday. I m just taking every moment and savouring it because I know this is my last world juniors, Levi said. I m going to be able to look back on this for the rest of my life.
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Canada s Connor McMichael (17) celebrates a goal against Switzerland during second period IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship action in Edmonton on Tuesday, December 29, 2020. Team Canada moved on to the semi final rounds after defeating Czechoslovakia this afternoon, Jan. 2, 2021.
Image Credit: The Canadian Press / Jason Franson January 02, 2021 - 6:39 PM This year’s version of Team Canada Juniors continued to shine when it counted the most this afternoon with a 3-0 win against Czech Republic. Team Canada took a little longer to get their first goal today, Jan. 2, but still managed to put one past Czech goalie Nick Malik before the 10 minute mark of the first period.