HELSINKI - Thunder Bay goaltender Mackenzie Blackwood will start for Canada against Finland on Saturday in the quarterfinals of the world junior hockey championship.
It is Blackwood's third start of the tournament.
He had a shootout win and a regulation loss with a 2.91 goals-against average and a .893 save percentage in the preliminary round.
Blackwood missed the first two games of the world junior hockey championship as he completed an eight-game suspension from the Ontario Hockey League.
Mason McDonald started in Blackwood's absence, with Samuel Montembeault serving as Canada's third goalie.
McDonald had a 2.52 GAA and a .861 save percentage in his two starts with a win and a loss.
