Canada is coming off back-to-back fifth-place finishes at the WJC.

Michael Hage scored on a power play 44 seconds into overtime as Canada survived a blown late lead to pick up a 2-1 victory over Latvia at the world junior hockey championship Saturday.

Kelowna Rockets forwards Tij Iginla, Vojtech Cihar and Tomas Poletin all found the back of the net, with the latter scoring twice for Czechia and earning Player of the Game honours.