Canada survives mighty Swiss scare at World Championships

Tenths of a second away from elimination in the quarterfinals at the hands of Switzerland, Canada somehow found a way to avoid an unlikely exit at the IIHF World Championships in Slovakia.

With Canada pressing with the extra attacker down 2-1 on Nico Hischier’s goal for the Swiss, Damon Severson was set up to let a last-ditch attempt fly from the point, only to see it blocked. But it would lay flat on the ice on the rebound, letting the New Jersey Devils defenseman step into another shot. This time it found a seam through a mess of bodies stacked up in front of goaltender Leonardo Genoni, who could only get enough padding on it to slow it down..

Trickling just over the line with 0.4 seconds remaining in the regulation, Severson sent the game to overtime.

Mark Stone finished the job just over five minutes into the bonus period, sending Canada to the medal round in Bratislava with a goal converted on an expert set-up from Pierre-Luc Dubois.

Stone now shares the tournament co-lead with seven goals, and will have a chance for more with Canada guaranteed to play twice more at the world championships.

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