Sean Farrell, Lane Hutson and Luke Tuch (USA), as well as Justin Barron and Sam Montembeault (CAN) were victorious in their quarterfinal matchups on Thursday at Nokia Arena in Tampere, Finland.
Here's a recap of their respective performances:
USA 3 - 0 CZECHIA
The United States continued their dominance of the World Championship with a shutout performance over the Czechs.
Hutson was yet again a factor in Thursday's contest, contributing on the Americans' opening goal for his sixth point of the tournament. The young defenseman demonstrated poise on the blue line, maneuvering around to find a lane before throwing a shot on goal that was put away by Matt Coronato to make it 1-0 USA.
Hutson, a second-round pick in 2022, finished the game with an assist, a shot on goal and a plus-2 rating in 10:32 of ice time.
Farrell, a product of Harvard, was called on for 11:07 in the win.
Tuch, currently at Boston University, did not play for Team USA.
CANADA 4 - 1 FINLAND
Sam Montembeault's fingerprints were all over Canada's quarterfinal win against the co-host Finns in a rematch of last year's gold medal game.
The Canadiens netminder made 27 saves for his country, earning Player of the Game honors for the second time at the tournament and increasing his save percentage to .949 after five games.
Defenseman Justin Barron recorded an assist on Canada's third goal of the day and posted one shot on goal, to go along with a plus-1 differential in 11:53 of action.
Joel Armia played 14:38 for the Finns as his tournament came to an end.
Coming up
Teams will be given the day off on Friday ahead of Saturday's semifinals in Tampere, Finland.
Montembeault, Barron and the rest of Team Canada will play Latvia at 7:20 a.m. ET at Nokia Arena
The United States, represented by Farrell, Hutson and Tuch, will then face off with Germany at 11:20 a.m. ET for a spot in the gold medal game.
