BUFFALO -- Drake Batherson had a hat trick to lead Canada to a 7-2 win against the Czech Republic in the semifinal of the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship at KeyBank Center on Thursday.
Batherson, selected by the Ottawa Senators in the fourth round (No. 121) in the 2017 NHL Draft, scored two power-play goals on deflections of shots by defenseman Cale Makar (Colorado Avalanche). The first gave Canada a 2-1 lead at 18:08 of the first period, and the second made it 3-1 at 7:48 of the second.
Batherson's third goal came when he drove the net and put a shot that got through Czech Republic goalie Josef Korenar (San Jose Sharks) to make it 6-1 at 16:58 of the second period. Korenar was replaced by Jakub Skarek. Korenar made 17 saves, Skarek made 15.
Batherson scored twice in Canada's 8-2 win against Switzerland in the quarterfinals.
Jordan Kyrou (St. Louis Blues) and Sam Steel (Anaheim Ducks) each had a goal and an assist for Canada, who will face Sweden in the gold-medal game at 8 p.m. ET on Friday (NHLN, TSN, RDS).
Filip Zadina (2018 Draft eligible) scored twice for the Czech Republic, who will face the United States in the bronze-medal game at 4 p.m. ET on Friday (NHLN, TSN, RDS).
Zadina gave the Czech Republic a 1-0 lead at 5:55 of the first period when he deked past Canada defenseman Kale Clague (Los Angeles Kings) and put a wrist shot past goalie Carter Hart (Philadelphia Flyers). Hart made 18 saves.
Steel made it 1-1 with a power-play goal at 15:05, and was followed by Batherson's first 3:03 later.
Max Comtois (Ducks) made it 4-1 at 9:22 after a pass from Brett Howden (Tampa Bay Lightning). Kyrou made it 5-1 at 12:15 of the second.
Boris Katchouk (Lightning) made it 7-1 at 5:15 of the third period. Zadina's second goal of the game, and seventh of the tournament, at 10:11 made it 7-2.
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