PIESTANY, Slovakia - The Canadian under-18 hockey team is halfway to gold at the Memorial of Ivan Hlinka tournament.
Regina Pat Garrett Mitchell had a goal and an assist Wednesday as Canada edged defending champion Sweden 4-3.
Taylor Hall, Casey Cizikas and Cody Eakin also had goals for Canada (2-0). Nathan Lieuwen made 20 saves to pick up his second win of the tournament.
Patrik Cehlin, Jacob Josefson and Magnus Paajarvi replied for Sweden (1-1), which got 47 saves from Robin Lehner.
Canada wraps up the round robin portion of the event against Slovakia on Thursday. A win in that game will advance them straight to Saturday's gold-medal final. (Canadian Press)
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