Canada has a quarter-final date with Sparta Prague at the Spengler Cup after missing out on a chance to earn a bye to the semifinals Tuesday.
Host Davos edged Canada 3-2 Wednesday at a sold out Vaillant Arena to wrap up preliminary-round action and clinch top spot in Group Cattini.
Sandro Rizzi got HC Davos on the board less than two minutes into the game. Yanick Lehoux replied for Canada early in the second period.
Petr Taticek gave Davos a lead it would not relinquish later in the second and Gregory Sciaroni sealed the advantage midway through the middle period.
With Davos called for three consecutive delay of game penalties in less than a minute for shooting the puck over the glass, Travis Roche scored to bring the Canadians within one, but that was as close as they would get.
The third period was scoreless.
The Spengler Cup pits a Canadian national team composed primarily of professionals playing in Europe and coached by Mark Messier against European club teams on their Christmas break.
Davos (2-0) and SKA St. Petersburg (2-0), the winner of Group Torriani, each earn byes to Thursday’s semis.
Canada (1-1) plays Prague (0-2) in one quarter-final Wednesday, while Geneve-Servette (1-1) meets Spartak Moscow (0-2) in the other quarter.
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