KAUFBEUREN, Germany – Canada’s National Men’s Under-18 Team's run at the 2022 IIHF U18 World Championship has come to an end after it fell 6-5 in overtime to Finland in Thursday’s quarterfinals.

• Connor Bedard (North Vancouver, B.C./Regina, WHL) scored twice, extending his all-time Canadian records to 13 goals and 21 points at U18 worlds.
• Kocha Delic (Mississauga, Ont./Sudbury, OHL) opened the scoring for Canada
• Connor Hvidston (Tisdale, Sask./Swift Current, WHL) and Brayden Schuurman (Abbotsford, B.C./Victoria, WHL) rounded out the scoring.
• Adam Fantilli (Nobleton, Ont./Chicago, USHL) registered a pair of assists.
• Mathew Ward (Kamloops, B.C./Swift Current, WHL) , Spencer Sova (Windsor, Ont./Erie, OHL), Lukas Dragicevic (Richmond, B.C./Tri-City, WHL), Nick Moldenhauer (Mississauga, Ont./Chicago, USHL) and Rieger Lorenz (Calgary, Alta./Okotoks, AJHL) had an assist each.
• Reid Dyck (Winkler, Man./Swift Current, WHL) made 29 saves.
• Bedard , Dyck and Owen Pickering (St. Adolphe, Man./Swift Current, WHL) were named the top three players of the tournament for Canada.
• Finland outshot Canada 35-29.

TSN and RDS, the official broadcast partners of Hockey Canada, will broadcast both semifinals, and the bronze and gold medal games.

Quotes:
“My hope is that these boys learned something here this week, from the staff and with each other. Losing like this stings, but there are a lot of lessons to be learned there and things they can take with them in their careers.”
- Head coach Nolan Baumgartner (Calgary, Alta.) on the loss

“As a team, we had to be more disciplined today. With the skill Finland has, they can easily score two goals in two minutes, and they did that. This is a hard one.”
- Bedard on Finland responding after his goal gave Canada a two-goal lead

“Coming together quickly as a group is tough, but these are relationships that are going to last forever. This is a great group of guys, and we will be friends for a long time.”
- Spencer Sova (Windsor, Ont./Erie, OHL) on the experience

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