BEIJING, China — Kent Johnson and Eric O’Dell had a goal and an assist apiece to lead Team Canada to a 5-0 victory over China in the men’s hockey round robin at the Beijing Olympics on Sunday. .
Ben Street, Adam Tambellini and Corban Knight also scored for Canada (2-1), which relied on 26 saves from Matt Tomkins. Tyler Wotherspoon and Josh Ho-Sang had two assists.
Paris O’Brien stopped 39 shots for China, which is participating in the tournament for the first time. The team allowed 16 goals in the preliminary round and scored just two. She still fought hard against Germany on Saturday before dropping the flag 3-2.
The Canadians finish second in Group A. They also beat Germany, 5-1, but fell to the United States 4-2.
Despite its victory on Sunday night, the Canadian team completes the round robin in fifth place and will have to play a play-off match on Tuesday against China. The winner of this match will get their ticket to the quarter-finals.
The United States, the Russian Olympic Committee and Finland advanced directly to the quarter-finals by virtue of their first place in their group. Sweden also secured their place, as they have the best record of the other eight teams.
The other play-offs will pit Slovakia against Germany, Denmark against Latvia and the Czech Republic against Switzerland. All these meetings will take place on Tuesday.
