Game Report 1420		IIHF World Championship
PLAYED AT: VTB Ice Palace Date: May 22, 2016 GAME NOTES: CANADA SHUTS OUT FINLAND FOR GOLD WENDY GRAVES MOSCOW, Russia – Connor McDavid (Newmarket, Ont./Edmonton, NHL) scored early and Matt Duchene (Haliburton, Ont./Colorado, NHL) scored late as Canada’s National Men’s Team shut out Finland 2-0 to defend its gold medal at the 2016 IIHF World Championship. The win gave Canada its 26th world title. Cam Talbot (Caledonia, Ont./Edmonton, NHL) made 16 saves for his fourth shutout. Midway through the first period, McDavid led the rush up the wing before passing off to Duchene. Duchene’s attempted shot deflected off of a backchecking Finn into the low slot, where McDavid roofed it. It was McDavid’s first goal of the tournament, to go with a team-high eight assists. With about a minute to go in regulation, Finland pulled goaltender Mikko Koskinen for an extra attacker. And with only one second to go, Duchene iced it for Canada, scoring into the empty net. Canada was the highest-scoring team during the tournament, but on this day it proved it could win another way: with suffocating defence. Seven shots in the first was the most Finland registered in any period, with Canada consistently keeping its opponent to the outside, blocking shots and denying any forays the Finnish forwards tried to make through the offensive zone. Finland’s best chance to get on the board came minutes after McDavid opened the scoring. Atte Ohtamaa sent a pass from the side board in front to Patrik Laine. Talbot stoned Laine on the doorstep to maintain Canada’s momentum. Canada allowed only 11 goals in 10 games. The team learned from its earlier 4-0 defeat to Finland in the preliminary round. Although Canada kept Finland’s power play off the board then, taking five penalties stalled its offensive momentum before it could get started. Today, Canada allowed Finland only two man-advantages, and easily killed both off. The win allowed two players to set some personal history as well. Corey Perry becomes the 27th member – and 10th Canadian – to join the IIHF’s Triple Gold Club. At age 19, McDavid became the youngest player to ever win gold medals at the men’s worlds, IIHF U18 World Championship and IIHF World Junior Championship. Additionally, defenceman Michael Matheson was named Best Defenceman by the IIHF Directorate, as well as to the media all-star team. Visiting Team: Finland Home Team: Canada
FINLAND LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 1   Saros, Juuse G 19   Koskinen, Mikko   2   Pokka, Ville   4   Kivistö, Tommi   5   Kukkonen, Lasse   6   Jaakola, Topi   7   Lindell, Esa   9   Koivu, Mikko   20   Aho, Sebastian   24   Lajunen, Jani   28   Salmela, Anssi   29   Laine, Patrik   36   Jokinen, Jussi   37   Pyorala, Mika   38   Hietanen, Juuso   40   Koskiranta, Jarno   41   Pihlstrom, Antti   51   Sallinen, Tomi   55   Ohtamaa, Atte   56   Pulkkinen, Teemu   61   Barkov, Aleksander   64   Granlund, Mikael   71   Komarov, Leo   96   Rantanen, Mikko	FINLAND PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 71  2:00  Roughing minor 19:18     19:18 2:42 2nd 71  2:00  Tripping minor 14:01 1   14:01 7:59 3rd 20  2:00  (auto) Diving minor 4:09     4:09 17:51	CANADA LINEUP Pos No.   Name G 31   Pickard, Calvin G 33   Talbot, Cam   4   Hall, Taylor   5   Ceci, Cody   6   Ellis, Ryan   7   Matheson, Michael   8   Tanev, Chris   9   Duchene, Matt   10   Hutton, Ben   11   Gallagher, Brendan   14   Dumba, Matt   16   Domi, Max   19   Brassard, Derick   23   Reinhart, Sam   24   Perry, Corey   27   Murray, Ryan   38   Jenner, Boone   44   Rielly, Morgan   55   Scheifele, Mark   61   Stone, Mark   63   Marchand, Brad   90   O'Reilly, Ryan   97   McDavid, Connor	CANADA PENALTIES Per. No.  Min  Offence Off PP PS Start On 1st 38  2:00  (auto) Interference minor 12:10 1   12:10 9:50 1st 63  2:00  Roughing minor 19:18     19:18 2:42 2nd 55  2:00  Slashing minor 16:59 1   16:59 5:01 3rd 61  2:00  (auto) Hooking minor 4:09     4:09 17:51

FINLAND Goals FINLAND PLAYERS (plus) CANADA PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2

CANADA Goals CANADA PLAYERS (plus) FINLAND PLAYERS (minus) Per. Time    G-As1-As2     1st 11:24   97-9                         3rd 19:59   9-63

POWER PLAY OPPORTUNITIES FINLAND 0 / 2 CANADA 0 / 1 PENALTY SUMMARY FINLAND 6 min / 3 inf CANADA 8 min / 4 inf POINT SUMMARY FINLAND 0 G + A = 0 Pts CANADA 2 G + 2 A = 4 Pts

SCORING 1 2 3 Total FINLAND 0 0 0 0 CANADA 1 0 1 2 GOALTENDER/SAVES (Time) 1 2 3 Tot. On Off FIN - Koskinen (59:01) (L) 9 13 9 31 /0:00 3rd/19:01 CAN - Talbot (60:00) (W) 7 4 5 16 /0:00 3rd/20:00 Stars of the Game TIME OF GAME:   -  Start: 1:45 PM   -  End: 1:45 PM   -  Attendance: 0

OFFICIALS Referee: Referee: Linesmen: Linesmen: CERTIFIED CORRECT   This report has been checked and verified against the Official IIHF World Championship Game Report.

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