Dominik Hasek stopped all five chances in a shootout and Robert Reichel scored on his nation's first shot against Patrick Roy as the Czech Republic advanced to the gold medal game with a stunning 2-1 victory over Canada.

"The Dominator" stopped Theoren Fleury, Ray Bourque, Joe Nieuwendyk, Eric Lindros and Brendan Shanahan. Hasek was able to recover after allowing a dramatic tying goal by Trevor Linden with 67 seconds left in regulation.

The Czech Republic won the coin toss and forced Canada to go first. Fleury came in on his forehand but Hasek got his right shoulder on the shot. Reichel put the Czechs ahead when he banked a wrist shot off the left goalpost and past Roy's stick side.

Bourque's wrister glanced off Hasek's glove but Roy smothered Martin Rucinsky's backhander with his glove and left pad to keep the margin at one.

Nieuwendyk went to his backhand but sent his shot way wide of the right goalpost before Roy squeezed his pads to stop Pavel Patera.

Lindros, the team captain and lone veteran of Canada's shootout loss to Sweden in the 1994 gold medal game at Lillehammer, deked to his backhand and appeared to have Hasek beaten but his shot caromed off the left post. Jagr, held in check before the shootout, had a chance to end it for the Czech Republic but sent a wrist shot flush off the left post.

Shanahan had Canada's last chance but drifted in too deep and, given no room to shoot, wristed the puck off Hasek's was glove, sending the Czech bench streaming onto the ice to congratulate the goalie who has allowed only six goals in five games in this tournament.