The Montreal Canadiens defenseman was not available for Sunday's bronze medal game at the 2024 IIHF World Championships.
The 2024 IIHF World Championships wrapped on Sunday at Prague arena with two contests to determine the countries that will step on the podium.
Following a shootout loss to Switzerland on Saturday, Canada faced Sweden in the bronze medal game. The Canadians trailed 1-0 through 20 minutes before answering back with consecutive goals by Dylan Cozens in the second and Pierre-Luc Dubois in the third period to get ahead.
Erik Karlsson and Carl Grundstrom lit the red light in a span of 4:07 for the Swedes and Marcuss Johansson added an empty net goal to seal the 4-2 win and the bronze medal around their necks.
"It was a little tough for us to get going. I think we played rock solid in the second period. We had a good start in the third, but I didn't like the way we reacted when we took the lead. We backed off a little bit instead of keep putting pressure, and keep getting on them which was our A-game. From there, we were not as good as we should have been," coach Andre Tourigny told TSN in a post-game interview.
Montreal Canadiens defenceman Kaiden Guhle was not dressed for the bronze medal match. TSN reported that the 22-year-old was injured during Saturday's semifinal from blocking a shot. In nine games, Guhle scored one goal, five points, two penalty minutes and plus-4 rating.
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