The game marked the first meeting of the tournament between Habs players Andreas Martinsen, of Norway, and the Czech Republic's Tomas Plekanec and Jakub Jerabek.
Jan Kovar scored 1:25 into overtime to give the win to the Czech Republic. Jerabek assisted on the goal, and was a plus-1 with one shot on net in 16:57 of ice time. Plekanec had three shots on net and an even differential in 17:01 of playing time, but was scoreless in the game.
Meanwhile, Martinsen was held off the scoresheet, had an even differential and no shots on net and recorded a time of ice of 16:25.
The Czech Republic play Slovenia tomorrow, while Norway has a day off before facing Finland on Saturday.
