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Great Britain beat Spain 6-1 to set-up a gold-medal game with Korea in the men’s U20 World Championship Division II Group A at Dumfries Ice Bowl.
Jack Hopkins scored twice to take his tally to five goals for the tournament, while Carter Hamill also grabbed a double.
GB now meet Korea on Sunday (4:30pm face-off) knowing a regulation-time victory will see them promoted to Division I.
Hamill and Hopkins give GB first-period lead
GB took an early lead after only 40 seconds when Mack Stewart won the puck and fed Hamill in the slot (00:40).
Strong work from Stewart on the forecheck set-up Hopkins to make it 2-0 short-handed inside the first eight minutes (7:17).
Beattie and Brown make it 4-1 to GB
Jose Blanco tipped-in Bosco Collado’s shot to close the gap for Spain (29:31) on the powerplay, before Archie Hazeldine fed Kell Beattie in the left circle to restore GB’s two-goal lead, also with the man advantage (34:14).
GB scored their fourth goal of the night – another powerplay goal – when Ben Brown created space for himself on the right-hand side and sent a neat wrist-shot past Roberto Mampel (36:33).
Hamill and Hopkins complete doubles
GB netminder Ben Norton saved a Ivan Garkusha penalty-shot in the third session, before Hamill reacted first to a rebound for his second of the night (55:34).
Hopkins scored his second short-handed goal when he fired top-shelf from the right circle (58:02).
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Great Britain schedule and results
Monday 11th December – Great Britain 4-1 Netherlands – Goals: Kell Beattie, Jack Hopkins, Mack Stewart, Lucas Price.
Tuesday 12th December – Great Britain 4-5 Lithuania (overtime) – Goals: Jack Hopkins 2, Oli Endicott 2.
Thursday 14th December – Great Britain 4-1 China – Goals: Ben Brown 2, Finley Bradon, Carter Hamill.
Friday 15th December – Spain 1-6 Great Britain – Goals: Jack Hopkins 2, Carter Hamill 2, Kell Beattie, Ben Brown.
Sunday 17th December – Korea v Great Britain 16:30 – watch webcast here
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