TAMPERE, Finland (AP) - Teenage ahead Adam Fantilli scored the go-ahead objective as Canada edged Latvia 4-2 and superior to the ultimate of the ice hockey world championship.

The United States performs Germany within the different semifinal later Saturday.

The 18-year-old Fantilli, who is predicted to be one of many prime picks within the NHL draft, fooled a defenseman earlier than netting his first objective of the event with 11:04 to go as Canada took a 3-2 lead.

“I got the pass from (Milan) Lucic. I was in the middle of a one-on-one and tried to make a move and ended up getting a shooting opportunity and it ended up going in,” Fantilli mentioned. “I’m really happy about it.”

Samuel Blais, Jack Quinn and Scott Laughton additionally scored for Canada, whose goaltender Samuel Montembeault made 20 saves.

Canada needed to twice come from a objective down to succeed in its fourth straight closing.

Dans Locmelis scored 8:18 into the sport on a rebound to place event co-host Latvia 1-0 forward.

Blais one-timed a shot to the roof of Latvia’s objective with 4:28 to go within the center interval for his fourth objective on the event to tie the rating at 1-1.

Rudolfs Balcers restored the lead for Latvia from the left circle just one:06 later within the body.

Quinn leveled 45 seconds into the ultimate interval when his shot was deflected into the web from the masks of goaltender Arturs Silovs.

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