Canada upset by Slovakia in quarter-finals of world hockey championship
Posted May 17, 2012 8:25 am.
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Disaster has struck again for Canada at the IIHF World Hockey Championship.
Michal Handzus tipped in a shot with 2:32 to play in regulation as Slovakia eliminated Canada with a 4-3 quarter-final victory.
The goal came just five seconds after Canadian captain Ryan Getzlaf was given a questionable five-minute major for kneeing Juraj Mikus.
Tomas Kopecky, Miroslav Satan and Milan Bartovic also scored for Slovakia (6-2-0).
Evander Kane, Jeff Skinner and Alex Burrows replied for Canada (6-1-1).
The Slovaks will move on to face the winner of the Sweden-Czech Republic quarter-final, which will be played later today.
Canada is going home early for the third-straight year.