2016 IIHF World Championship final

Ice hockey match 2016 IIHF World Championship final FIN CAN 0 2 0 0 0 1 0 1 22 May 2016 VTB Ice Palace Moscow 11,509 2015 2017 The 2016 IIHF World Championship final was played at the VTB Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia, on 22 May 2016 between Finland and Canada. Canada defeated Finland 2–0 to win the championship. Finland and Canada entered the tournament as the fourth and first place seeds, respectively. Road to the final 2016 IIHF World Championship Finland Finland's last made the final in 2014, losing out to Russia 2–5.Aykroyd Lucas Finns are in it to win it http://www.iihfworlds2016.com/en/news/finns-are-in-it-to-win-it/ 26 May 2016 International Ice Hockey Federation 6 May 2016 The team went undefeated 7–0 record in round robin play, beating opposing finalists Canada 4–0 in the last group game. They then beat Denmark 5–1 in the quarterfinals and Russia 3–1 in the semifinals.Games - 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship http://www.iihfworlds2016.com/en/games/ International Ice Hockey Federation 26 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160525072445/http://www.iihfworlds2016.com/en/games 25 May 2016 deadPowers Scott World Cup lessons learned from worlds https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/15701261/nhl-2016-world-cup-hockey-learned-world-championships 26 May 2016 ESPN 22 May 2016 Canada Defending champions Canada were first seeds coming into the championship.Ackroyd Lucas Can Canada do it again? http://www.iihfworlds2016.com/en/news/can-canada-do-it-again/ International Ice Hockey Federation 26 May 2016 5 May 2016Merk Martin World Ranking - 2015 WM http://www.iihfworlds2015.com/en/news/world-ranking/ 26 May 2016 18 May 2015 International Ice Hockey Federation https://web.archive.org/web/20160418233432/http://www.iihfworlds2015.com/en/news/world-ranking 18 April 2016 usurped The team went 6–1 record in round robin play, losing to opposing finalists Finland 0–4 in the last group game. They then beat Sweden 6–0 in the quarterfinals and the United States 4–3 in the semifinals.Rogovitskiy Dmitriy Canada to play Finland in ice hockey world championship final https://sports.yahoo.com/news/canada-play-finland-ice-hockey-world-championship-final-210103516--sow.html Yahoo Sports 26 May 2016 21 May 2016 Summary FinlandRoundCanadaOpponentResultPreliminary roundOpponentResultBLR6–2Game 1USA5–1GER5–1Game 2HUN7–1USA3–2Game 3BLR8–0HUN3–0Game 4GER5–2FRA3–1Game 5SVK5–0SVK5–0Game 6FRA4–0CAN4–0Game 7FIN0–4 Preliminary Both teams played in Group B:OpponentResultPlayoffOpponentResultDEN5–1QuarterfinalsSWE6–0RUS3–1SemifinalsUSA4–3 Match Connor McDavid scored his first goal of the tournament for Canada midway through the first period. The scoreline remained the same throughout the second period, despite a sustained Canadian attack.Ice Hockey: Canada overcome Finland to retain world title http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/ice-hockey-canada/2807948.html 26 May 2016 Channel NewsAsia 23 May 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20160523000331/http://www.channelnewsasia.com/news/sport/ice-hockey-canada/2807948.html dead In an attempt to level the match, Finnish goaltender Mikko Koskinen was substituted with a minute to go in the last period for an extra attacker.Rogovitskiy Dmitriy Canada retain world ice hockey title with win over Finland https://www.reuters.com/article/us-ice-hockey-worlds-idUSKCN0YD0V7 Reuters 26 May 2016 22 May 2016 The game was heading for a slender 1–0 win for the Canadians before Brad Marchand slotted in a second into an empty net in the final second of normal time. Canada goaltender Cam Talbot finished the game with 16 saves for his tournament leading 4th shutout. #f7f6a8 22 May 2016 20:45 FIN CAN 0–2 0–10–2 (0–1, 0–0, 0–1) Mikko Koskinen Cam Talbot 11:24 – McDavid (Duchene)59:59 – Duchene (Marchand) (ENG) VTB Ice Palace, Moscow 11,509 RUS Roman Gofman SUI Tobias Wehrli RUS Gleb Lazarev USA Fraser McIntyre http://stats.iihf.com/Hydra/415/IHM415164_74_3_0.pdf 6 8 16 33 References 2 External links Official website Final 2016 IIHF World Championship final 2016 IIHF World Championship final IIHF World Championship final Category:2016 in Russian sport Category:May 2016 sports events in Europe Category:Canada men's national ice hockey team games Category:Finland men's national ice hockey team games