Former Ottawa Senators ahead Filip Chlapik scored the profitable purpose as Sparta Prague eradicated Canada from the Spengler Cup hockey match with a 5-1 quarterfinal win Monday.
Martins Dzierkals scored the opening purpose of the sport early within the third interval and added an empty-netter for the Czech facet, who will face the U.S. Collegiate Selects in Tuesday’s semifinals. Kristian Vesalainen had a second empty-net purpose earlier than David Nemecek capped the scoring with one second remaining.
Canada’s Matthew Peca scored at 13:07 of the third to tie the sport 1-1 earlier than Chlapik scored the winner 95 seconds later.
Jakub Kovar stopped 29 pictures for Prague whereas Connor Hughes made 21 saves for Canada.
Canada has received the invitational match 16 instances, tied with host HC Davos for probably the most titles. However the Canadians have not earned a championship since profitable 4 out of 5 titles between 2015 and 2019.
Chlapik was chosen by Ottawa within the second spherical of the 2015 NHL draft and performed 57 profession video games with the Senators, scoring 5 targets and including six assists.
He’s in his third season of a second stint with Sparta Prague, his hometown membership.
