Canada secures spot in quarters with rout of Kazakhstan
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Dion Phaneuf scored two goals, Devan Dubnyk made 24 saves and Canada posted a resounding 8-0 win Saturday over Kazakhstan to clinch a spot in the quarterfinals at the 2012 World Championship.
Captain Ryan Getzlaf and Duncan Keith collected three assists apiece for the Canadians, who broke the game open with a five-goal third period barrage.
Canada is pacing the tournament with 16 points, one more than Russia and Sweden. Both of those teams are in the other group.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Earlier in Helsinki, Slovakia exploded for four goals in a span of three minutes and 40 seconds during the second period en route to a 5-1 win over Belarus, while France pulled off an upset with a 4-2 win over Switzerland.
In Stockholm, Gabriel Landeskog and Erik Karlsson both registered a goal and an assist in the Swedes' 4-0 shutout of Italy.
Viktor Fasth stopped 19 shots for Sweden, which secured a berth in the quarterfinals.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Also in Stockholm, Norway blanked Latvia, 3-0, and Germany edged Denmark, 2-1.