Akil Thomas scored the winner with under four minutes remaining to give Canada a 4-3 victory over Russia in the gold-medal game at the World Junior Hockey Championship in the Czech Republic on Sunday.
Connor McMichael and captain Barrett Hayton scored before Thomas' decisive marker, with Canada rallying from a 3-1 deficit in the third period.
It's the country's third gold medal at the tournament over the last six years, and its first world-junior gold on European ice since 2008.
The Canadian squad last won it all in 2018, when it defeated Sweden to capture gold in Buffalo.
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