Joe Thornton scored with 4:22 remaining to give Canada a 5-4 victory over Slovakia in their quarter-final game earlier today, slapping a shot from the circle to the right of goaltender Jan Lasak that sent the puck sailing into the far top corner of the net for his sixth goal of the tournament. Simon Gagne, with two goals, Dany Heatley and Ryan Smyth also scored for Canada.
We get the winner of the Russia-Finland game later today in the semi-finals Saturday.
