BEIJING -- Tyler McGregor had four goals and two assists to help Canada's Paralympic hockey team advance to the gold-medal game of the Beijing Games.
Billy Bridges had a hat trick as Canada routed South Korea 11-0 in a semifinal on Friday.
Canada will play the United States for gold on Saturday after the Americans beat China 11-0 in the other semifinal.
"I am proud of the way our group played today," said McGregor, who turned 28 on Friday.
"We had contributions from everyone; even guys that will not show up on the scoresheet still made an impact by blocking shots and killing penalties.
``Everyone is feeling really good about themselves and about the team, and that is very important heading into a gold medal game.''
Bridges reached the 50-point plateau at the Paralympics and now has 199 career goals for Team Canada.
Liam Hickey scored and added four assists for Canada and Garrett Riley had his first goal with Team Canada.
Greg Westlake and Anton Jacobs-Webb rounded out the scoring.
Dominic Larocque made one save through the first two periods before giving way to Adam Kingsmill, who made two stops in the third. Canada outshot South Korea 43-3.
We need to be consistent and keep doing what we have been doing,'' Canada head coach Ken Babey said.We need to rely on our defensive structure to shut down scoring opportunities from either team we could play in the gold medal game. When we shut other teams down defensively, we are able to create offence, and that is what we have been preaching to our players.
``For the most part, we have been very consistent with that, and we have continued to get better every day. We are excited for the chance to play for a Paralympic gold medal.''
Canada will play the United States or China for gold on Saturday (11 p.m. ET / 8 p.m. PT).
Bridges reached the 50-point plateau at the Paralympics and now has 199 career goals for Team Canada.
Liam Hickey scored and added four assists for Canada and Garrett Riley had his first goal with Team Canada.
Greg Westlake and Anton Jacobs-Webb rounded out the scoring.
Dominic Larocque made one save through the first two periods before giving way to Adam Kingsmill, who made two stops in the third. Canada outshot South Korea 43-3.
Canadian Mollie Jepsen takes silver on slopes
Mollie Jepsen of West Vancouver, B.C., captured a silver medal in the women's giant slalom standing event.
Jepsen won second place in a time of two minutes 0.95 seconds.
China's Zhang Mengqiu won gold in the event, earning her nation's first-ever para alpine skiing gold.
Germany's Andrea Rothfuss won bronze.
This is the 22-year-old Jepsen's sixth career Paralympic medal and second of the Beijing Games.
She previously won a gold in Beijing in the women's downhill standing event.
Canadians Mark Arendz, Brittany Hudak capture biathlon silvers at Beijing Paralympics
Mark Arendz of Hartsville, P.E.I., captured a silver medal in the men's 12-kilometre individual standing event.
Arendz finished behind Frances Benjamin Daviet of France in a time of 40 minutes 13 seconds. Grygorii Vovchynskyi of Ukraine won bronze.
It's the 11th Paralympic medal Arendz has collected during his decorated career.
On the women's side, Brittany Hudak of Prince Albert, Sask., won a bronze medal in the women's event. She finished in a time of 49 minutes 3.4 seconds.
Liudmyla Liashenko of the Ukraine captured gold in the event while China's Zhao Zhiqing won silver.
Hudak, 28, now has won three Paralympic medals in her career.
This was the first medal she's won at the 2022 Beijing Games.
Tyler Turner wins Paralympic silver medal in para snowboard banked slalom
Canadian Tyler Turner earned a bronze medal in the men's banked slalom SB-LL1 event,
Turner, of Campbell River, B.C., turned in a time of one minute 12.84 seconds.
China's Wu Zhongwei and Dutch rider Chris Vos won gold and silver, respectively.
The SB-LL1 category is for snowboarders with moderately affected movement in the knees or legs, the absence of one leg above the knee or two legs below the knee.
The 33-year-old Turner earlier won gold in the men's snowboard cross event at the Beijing Games.
Canadian medals won on Friday
Silver: Mollie Jepsen, Para Alpine Skiing, Women’s Standing Giant Slalom
Silver: Mark Arendz, Para Nordic Skiing (Biathlon), Men’s Standing Individual 12.5km
Bronze: Brittany Hudak, Para Nordic Skiing (Biathlon), Women’s Standing Individual 12.5km
Bronze: Tyler Turner, Para Snowboard, Men’s SB-LL1 Banked Slalom
Bronze: Wheelchair Curling Team (Ina Forrest, Mark Ideson, Dennis Thiessen, Jon Thurston, Collinda Joseph)
Canadian medal tally
Gold: 7
Silver: 4
Bronze: 10
Total: 21
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