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TORONTO — Tyson Jost can’t help but think back to what went down one day in late April.

Just over eight months ago, Jost stood on the ice and watched with dejection as the United States celebrated a bronze-medal win against Canada in the under-18 world hockey championship in Grand Forks, N.D.

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Does that loss still resonate with Jost as Canada makes its final preparations to meet the U.S. on Saturday in the 2017 world junior hockey championship?

You bet.

“This game I have marked down since they took it to us in that game (by a 10-3 score),” Jost said Friday. “This is a redemption. We’re very familiar with these guys and I guess we have kind of developed a hatred over the past few years.”

The U.S. has become Canada’s main rival at the world junior, taking the spot that was once held by Russia.

On Saturday afternoon (3:30 p.m. ET) in an Air Canada Centre that should be rocking, more than just bragging rights will be on the line.