Canada finnishes off round robin

 Canada just finished beating Finland 6-3 to go 4 wins and no losses to finish first in group A. They will play Switzerland in the quarterfinals. Switzerland beat Austria 3-2 this afternoon.  Sweden vs Germany will decide the remaining two quarterfinals games. Winner gets Latvia and loser gets Finland. 

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