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Kelly Carrington Staff Writer Team Canada was undefeated as of Wednesday in the regular games of the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships. Canada fell to Finland early in the exhibition games 3-2, but picked up a 2-1 win over Sweden in a shootout. After a four-day break, Canada picked up a 9-3 win over Germany in an early-morning game. Another early-morning game saw Canada defeat Slovakia 6-3 on Dec. 28. Two days later, the Canadian squad picked a 2-1 win over the U.S. To end out 2012, Canada took down Russia 4-1. Yesterday, Canada and U.S. were on the schedule for another early-morning game as Latvia and Slovakia as well as Russia and Sweden were on the ice. Through their 4-1 win over Russia, Team Canada picked up a bye to the semifinals. On top Canada sat on top of Group B as well as the tournament with 12 points. A perfect 4-0 record left them one point ahead of Sweden _ who topped Group A with a 3-1 record. As of Wednesday morning, Canada had earned 21 goals and given up eight _ far better than Germany's four goals earned. Germany sat last in Group B with one overtime loss and three losses in regulation _ good for one point. Latvia claimed last place in the tournament as they held a 0-4 record with six goals for and 21 against. Last night, three games were held as Canada took on the U.S. Team USA had claimed third place, of five, in Group B with six points and a 2-2 record. During the tournament, the U.S. picked up 10 goals with seven against them. Canada remained on top in the goals-for category with 21. Sweden and USA tied for second place with 19 each. Today, Latvia and Germany face off, as do Switzerland and the Czech Republic while Slovakia and Finland hit the ice. Two games are scheduled for tomorrow _ at 4 a.m. and 8 a.m. As of press time, the three games had not finished _ leaving the finals still unannounced.
