Russia scored four goals in the first eleven minutes, chased starting goalie Samuel Hlavaj from the crease, and breezed to a 8-3 win over Slovakia in the last of the quarter-finals games.

Slovakia scored twice in the first minute and demolished Kazakhstan 11-2.

Tight defence and opportunistic scoring gave the Finns a 5-1 victory over a struggling Slovak squad.

The Swedes stayed perfect with their second straight victory, defeating Slovakia 5-2 on Friday afternoon in Victoria. Sweden’s record-setting round-robin win streak now stands at 46 games, dating back to the 2007 World Juniors.

Blanked through two periods, the U.S. rallied to defeat Slovakia 2-1 in the Group B opener of the 2019 IIHF World Junior Championship in Victoria on Wednesday.