The IIHF World Championship is not the Olympics, but some of Canada’s stars were hoping to wash out the bad taste in their mouths from three months ago.Finland had other ideas.A dominant second period lifted Finland to a 4-2 victory against Canada in the semifinal round of the World Championship in Zurich, Switzerland, on Saturday.Finland outshot Canada 29-21 and snuffed both of Canada’s power plays.Finland will face host Switzerland in the gold medal game on Sunday, while Canada will face Norway, which fell to the Swiss 6-0 earlier on Saturday.Canada held a 2-1 lead to end the first period on the strength of goals by Dylan Holloway and Robert Thomas.Finland’s surge in the middle 20 minutes, however, had Canada on its heels throughout the second period. Aleksander Barkov, Konsta Helenius and Aatu Raty scored during a 12-minute span that flipped a one-goal deficit into a two-goal lead for Finland.Canada was never able to overcome the second period. Finnish goaltender Justus Annunen stood tall during several third-period Canada chances to preserve the victory.A second-period surge by Finland was enough to beat Canada 4-2 on Saturday. (Fabrice Coffrini / AFP via Getty Images)While the Canadian roster was hardly comparable to what was showcased three months earlier in the Olympics — Connor McDavid, Nathan MacKinnon, Cale Makar and many other Canadian stars were nowhere to be found — there were still plenty of standouts representing Canada in this tournament.