Canada will play Germany, which upset the United States 4-3 in overtime.

The 18-year-old Fantilli, who is expected to be one of the top picks in the NHL draft, fooled a defenceman before netting his first goal of the tournament with 11:04 to go as Canada took a 3-2 lead.

“I got the pass from (Milan) Lucic. I was in the middle of a one-on-one and tried to make a move and ended up getting a shooting opportunity and it ended up going in,” Fantilli said. “I’m really happy about it.”

Samuel Blais, Jack Quinn and Scott Laughton also scored for Canada, whose goaltender Samuel Montembeault made 20 saves.

Canada had to twice come back from a goal down to reach its fourth straight final.

Dans Locmelis scored 8:18 into the game to put tournament co-host Latvia 1-0 ahead on a rebound.

Blais one-timed a shot to the roof of Latvia’s goal with 4:28 to go in the middle period for his fourth goal at the tournament to tie the score at 1-1.

Rudolfs Balcers restored the lead for Latvia from the left circle only 1:06 later in the frame.

Quinn levelled 45 seconds into the final period when his shot was deflected into the net from the mask of goaltender Arturs Silovs.

Germany scored a late equalizer and then upset the United States in overtime Saturday.

Frederik Tiffels scored with 2:28 left in overtime to give Germany a 4-3 win over the Americans in the semifinals.

Germany reached the final for the first time since 1992, when the playoff format was introduced at the world championship.

The Germans pulled goaltender Mathias Niederberger when they were 3-2 down late in the third period and Marcel Noebels equalized with a backhand shot with 1:23 remaining to force overtime.

Alex Touch and Rocco Grimaldi had given the Americans a 2-0 lead less than four minutes into the semifinal.

The Germans replied with goals from Frederik Tiffels and Maksymilian Szuber still in the opening period to make it 2-2.

Michael Eyssimont put the U.S. ahead 3-2 on a rebound midway through the second period.

The U.S. outshot the Germans 33-26.

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The trio will be in charge of the team competing in Slovakia, May 10-26.

The Winnipeg-born Botterill is about to finish his second season with the Buffalo Sabres, who will miss the playoffs for the eighth year in a row. Prior to his run with the Sabres, Botterill spent 10 seasons with the Pittsburgh Penguins’ front office.

Francis, of Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., spent 12 seasons in management roles with the Hurricanes before being let go last year.

Hextall, of Brandon, Man., was fired late last year by the Flyers. He joined the Flyers in 2014 after seven years with the Los Angeles Kings’ front office.

"We are excited to welcome these three gentlemen and their extensive experience in the NHL and international hockey, both as general managers and players," Tom Renney, chief executive officer of Hockey Canada, said in a statement. "We know Jason, Ron and Ron will represent our country with a tremendous amount of pride, and we look forward to working with this group as we set our sights on bringing home a gold medal at the 2019 IIHF world championship."

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