Jeremy Gervais and the Alberta Junior Hockey League selects will be playing for a medal at the Junior Club World Cup hockey tournament in Sochi, Russia.
The AJHL team advanced to the medal round after a 7-0 win over HC Davos of Switzerland on Tuesday.
Gervais, a 20-year-old defenceman from Prince George was held off the scoresheet in that game but Daine Dubois of Williams Lake, who plays in the AJHL with Gervais on the Bonnyville Pontiacs, scored the second AJHL goal 9:58 into the second period. Gervais and Dubois played two years of midget hockey together in Prince George with the Cariboo Cougars.
Griffen Bowerman made 15 saves for the shutout as the AJHL outshot Davos 40-15. William Zapernick and Max Giangualano each scored two goals, while Ryan Conroy and Michael Benning fired singles.
The AJHL (2-1) will play Karput Oulu of Finland (3-0) in a semifinal playoff on Thursday. Loko Yaroslavl of Russia (3-0), the defending champions, will face EC Red Bull Salzburg of Austria (1-2) in the other semifinal Thursday. The championship and bronze-medal games will be played on Saturday.
The AJHL opened the tournament with a 3-2 loss to Loko on Saturday, then on Sunday defeated Modo of Sweden 5-4.
