Cozzolino's 2 goals leads Canada win over China at para hockey worlds

The Canadian Press

· Posted: May 27, 2025 2:50 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 minutes ago

Dominic Cozzolino scored doubly arsenic Canada wrapped up the preliminary circular astatine the satellite para hockey title with a 4-2 triumph implicit China connected Tuesday.

Cozzolino leads the tourney with 7 goals.

Adam Dixon scored the game-winner portion Mathieu Lelieve had the different extremity for Canada.

Corbin Watson stopped 13 shots arsenic Canada outshot China 25-15.

Canada finished archetypal successful Group A astatine 3-0 and volition look either the United States oregon Czechia successful the semifinals.

"It's bully to decorativeness disconnected the circular robin with a win," Canada adjunct manager Greg Westlake said. "It's amusive to beryllium successful a close, competitory hockey game. It's bully for our sport."

Westlake said the Canadians showed persistence erstwhile the shots weren't going successful aboriginal successful the game.

"You could truly spot contiguous however choky of a squad we have," helium said. "You're trying and trying, getting tons of shots but thing is going inª you conscionable person to enactment with it."

After winning its archetypal 2 games implicit Germany and South Korea by a combined people of 23-0, Canada got a overmuch tougher trial Tuesday. Canada and China were tied 1-1 aft 2 periods, with Dixon's victor coming with little than 10 minutes left.

"There was nary panic astatine each successful that room," Cozzolino said of dealing with a adjacent game. "We cognize what makes america a large squad and we stuck with it. I was arrogant of the guys.

"We didn't waver astatine all, didn't get frustrated and I deliberation the extremity effect shows that. Every enactment conscionable kept pounding the stone arsenic we say, and it led to success."

Canada is the defending champion aft winning its 5th satellite rubric past twelvemonth successful Calgary.