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The beat goes on for Team Canada at the World Under 18 men’s hockey championship in Finland.

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On Thursday, Canada downed Latvia 4-0 to advance to Saturday’s semifinal round in a rematch with Sweden, who they defeated 6-3 to open the tournament last week.

Caleb Desnoyers of the Moncton Wildcats and Riverview’s Spencer Gill of the Rimouski Oceanic were both in the lineup for Canada, which is now 5-0 in the tournament and 7-0 if you include a pair of pre-tournament victories.

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The Canadians, who have Gardiner MacDougall of the University of New Brunswick as head coach and Travis Crickard of the Saint John Sea Dogs as one of the assistant coaches, started strong with two goals in the first period but needed a player of the game effort from goaltender Carter George to clinch the win.

George made 23 saves, including several key efforts in the third period when it was 2-0.

Desnoyers set up an insurance goal in the third period with his fourth point of the tournament in the past three games.

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He did not play in the opener against Sweden or Game 2 against Czechia.

“It was a big game for our group. I think when you have the one-game elimination it sets you up for a semifinal that is going to be a challenge for our group

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