World Cup of Hockey 2016
| World Cup of Hockey 2016 | |
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| Number of participants | 8th |
| winner |
 Canada
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| Second |
 Team Europe
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| Semi-finalists |
 Sweden Russia
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| venue | Toronto , Ontario , Canada |
| opening | September 14, 2016 |
| Endgame | 29th September 2016 |
| spectator | 265,482 (16,592 per game) |
| Gates | 79 (4.94 per game) |
| MVP |
Sidney Crosby
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| Top scorer |
Sidney Crosby (10 points)
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The 2016 World Cup of Hockey was a hockey tournament for national teams , which from September 17 to September 29, 2016 in the Air Canada Center in Canada's Toronto was held. After 1996 and 2004, this was the third edition of the competition of the same name . The official organizers were the North American professional league National Hockey League and the players union National Hockey League Players' Association (NHLPA).
The Canadian selection defended their 2004 title with a 2-0 win over Team Europe in a best-of-three final. In addition, she provided the top scorer and most valuable player of the tournament in Sidney Crosby .
Attendees
The field of participants consisted of the best six teams in the IIHF world rankings after the 2015 World Cup as well as two nationally mixed teams, Team Europe and Team North America . The European team was composed of European players, attended the nations without their own national team in the World Cup of Hockey. The North American team, in turn, consisted of players from Canada and the United States who were no longer than 23 years old as of October 1, 2016.
| 5 from Europe |
 Finland |
 Russia |
 Sweden |
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 Czech Republic |
 Team Europe |
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| 3 from North America |
 Canada (World Cup Winner 2004, Olympic Champion 2014, World Champion 2016) |
 United States |
 Team North America (U23 selection) |
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mode
The eight participants were divided into two groups of four teams each. In the group stage, each team played once against all other group participants and thus played three games. The respective group first and second qualified for the semi-finals, which was played as a knockout game . In the final, a kind of playoff series with a maximum of three games was played out, so that the team that recorded two wins first won the World Cup of Hockey.
The entire tournament took place according to the official rules of the National Hockey League (and not those of the IIHF ).
venue
| Toronto , Ontario | |||
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Air Canada Center Capacity: 18,819 |
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Squad
The final team roster was announced on May 27, 2016. The eight participating teams previously nominated their provisional squads on March 2, 2016, each with 16 players, which were then supplemented by seven more players in May. In total, each team had three goalkeepers, seven defenders and 13 attackers at their disposal, although additional nominations due to injuries were possible before the start of the tournament.
Preparatory phase
The eight teams started preparing for the tournament between September 4th and 5th, 2016. From September 8, the preparatory games began in the teams' respective training camps. A total of twelve test matches were scheduled in the period up to September 14th, so that each team played three games as part of the preparation.
With the exception of Team Europe , which, like Team North America, played its games in the French-Canadian metropolises of Québec City and Montréal , the four European teams first prepared in their home countries, where they each completed a test match and another in that of the respective opponent . They then traveled to Toronto via the east coast of the United States , where further test matches were scheduled in Washington, DC and Pittsburgh .
| September 8, 2016 7:00 p.m. (local time) |
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 Finland Aleksander Barkov (34:40) Mikael Granlund (55:01) Olli Määttä (64:17) |
3: 2 n.V. (0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0) game report |
Sweden Loui Eriksson (35:29) Carl Söderberg (49:42) |
Hartwall Arena , Helsinki , Finland Spectators: 11,634 |
| September 8, 2016 7:30 p.m. |
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Russia Artemi Panarin (18:29) Wladimir Tarassenko (25:22) Nikita Kucherov (28:38) Yevgeny Dadonov (48:48) |
4: 3 (1: 1, 2: 0, 1: 2) game report |
 Czech Republic Michal Kempný (3:54) Martin Hanzal (46:48) Tomáš Plekanec (57:14) |
Jubileiny Sports Complex , Saint Petersburg , Russia Spectators: 7,012 |
| September 8, 2016 8:00 p.m. |
September 9, 2016 2:00 a.m. (CEST) |
Team Europe |
0: 4 (0: 0, 0: 3, 0: 1) game report |
Team North America Nathan MacKinnon (23:52) Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (26:22) Johnny Gaudreau (28:34) Nathan MacKinnon (51:52) |
Center Vidéotron , Québec City , Québec , Canada Spectators: 18,005 |
| September 9, 2016 7:00 p.m. |
September 10, 2016 1:00 a.m. |
 USA Zach Parise (16:56) Patrick Kane (18:01) Joe Pavelski (35:54) Derek Stepan (58:39) |
4: 2 (2: 0, 1: 1, 1: 1) game report |
Canada Patrice Bergeron (33:24) Drew Doughty (45:21) |
Nationwide Arena , Columbus , Ohio , USA Spectators: 17,791 |
| September 10, 2016 4:30 p.m. |
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Czech Republic Tomáš Plekanec (58:49) Aleš Hemský (PS) |
2: 1 n.P. (0: 0, 0: 0, 1: 1, 0: 0, 1: 0) Match report |
Russia Nikita Kucherov (41:04) |
O₂ Arena , Prague , Czech Republic spectators: 13,848 |
| September 10, 2016 6:00 p.m. |
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Sweden Loui Eriksson (8:56) Loui Eriksson (18:06) Patric Hörnqvist (33:55) Nicklas Bäckström (51:54) Patric Hörnqvist (54:45) Filip Forsberg (57:53) |
6: 3 (2: 0, 1: 2, 3: 1) game report |
Finland Rasmus Ristolainen (36:53) Mikko Koivu (39:58) Erik Haula (56:34) |
Scandinavium , Gothenburg , Sweden Spectators: 12,044 |
| September 10, 2016 7:00 p.m. |
September 11, 2016 1:00 am |
Canada Logan Couture (11:14) John Tavares (13:25) Jay Bouwmeester (15:38) Matt Duchene (32:11) John Tavares (48:01) |
5: 2 (3: 1, 1: 1, 1: 0) game report |
USA Ryan McDonagh (16:35) John Carlson (20:38) |
Canadian Tire Center , Kanata , Ontario , Canada Spectators: 18,687 |
| September 11, 2016 6:00 p.m. |
September 12, 2016 00:00 |
Team North America Aaron Ekblad (5:20) Dylan Larkin (6:27) Aaron Ekblad (7:19) Morgan Rielly (10:22) Johnny Gaudreau (15:54) Johnny Gaudreau (51:29) Dylan Larkin (59:46 ) |
7: 4 (5: 1, 0: 2, 2: 1) game report |
Team Europe Pierre-Édouard Bellemare (8:55) Marián Gáborík (24:50) Marián Gáborík (39:14) Frans Nielsen (48:17) |
Center Bell , Montréal , Québec, Canada Spectators: 17,243 |
| September 13, 2016 7:00 p.m. |
September 14, 2016 1:00 am |
USA T. J. Oshie (1:08) Ryan Kesler (23:37) Derek Stepan (25:34) |
3: 2 (1: 0, 2: 0, 0: 2) game report |
Finland Patrik Laine (51:22) Jussi Jokinen (55:27) |
Verizon Center , Washington, DC , USA Spectators: 15,653 |
| September 14, 2016 3:30 p.m. |
September 14, 2016 9:30 p.m. |
Team North America Shayne Gostisbehere (48:58) Auston Matthews (50:57) |
2: 3 (0: 1, 0: 0, 2: 2) game report |
Czech Republic Ondřej Palát (10:08) Radek Faksa (47:16) Tomáš Plekanec (51:50) |
Consol Energy Center , Pittsburgh , Pennsylvania , USA Viewers: not known |
| September 14, 2016 7:00 p.m. |
September 15, 2016 1:00 am |
Team Europe Leon Draisaitl (8:53) Tomáš Tatar (22:48) Leon Draisaitl (34:31) Thomas Vanek (45:01) Leon Draisaitl (46:46) Anže Kopitar (59:28) |
6: 2 (1: 0, 2: 1, 3: 1) game report |
Sweden Daniel Sedin (37:07) Patric Hörnqvist (55:09) |
Verizon Center, Washington, DC, USA Spectators: 13,523 |
| September 14, 2016 7:30 p.m. |
September 15, 2016 1:30 a.m. |
Canada Patrice Bergeron (8:49) John Tavares (53:58) Ryan Getzlaf (63:29) |
3: 2 n.V. (1: 0, 0: 0, 1: 2, 1: 0) game report |
Russia Alexander Ovetschkin (43:40) Artemi Panarin (47:25) |
Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA Spectators: 12,332 |
Group stage
The group stage began on September 17, 2016 with the opening game between Team Europe and the USA in Group A. Group B started one day later with the game between Russia and Sweden. The preliminary round ended on September 22nd with the game between the Czech Republic and the United States.
Group A
| September 17, 2016 3:30 p.m. (local time) |
September 17, 2016 9:30 p.m. (CEST) |
Team Europe Marián Gáborík (4:19) Leon Draisaitl (24:02) Pierre-Édouard Bellemare (38:32) |
3: 0 (1: 0, 2: 0, 0: 0) game report |
United States |
Air Canada Center, Toronto Spectators: 18,959 |
| September 17, 2016 8:00 p.m. |
September 18, 2016 2:00 am |
Canada Sidney Crosby (8:26) Brad Marchand (17:08) Patrice Bergeron (19:59) Joe Thornton (27:22) Jonathan Toews (34:45) Alex Pietrangelo (52:41) |
6: 0 (3: 0, 2: 0, 1: 0) game report |
Czech Republic |
Air Canada Center, Toronto Spectators: 18,978 |
| September 19, 2016 3:00 p.m. |
September 19, 2016 9:00 p.m. |
Czech Republic Jakub Voráček (33:28) Martin Hanzal (48:31) |
2: 3 n.V. (0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 1) game report |
Team Europe Zdeno Chára (30:05) Mats Zuccarello (42:17) Leon Draisaitl (62:06) |
Air Canada Center, Toronto Spectators: 8,574 |
| September 20, 2016 8:00 p.m. |
September 21, 2016 2:00 am |
Canada Matt Duchene (5:51) Corey Perry (6:05) Matt Duchene (12:07) Patrice Bergeron (28:50) |
4: 2 (3: 1, 1: 0, 0: 1) game report |
USA Ryan McDonagh (4:22) TJ Oshie (57:28) |
Air Canada Center, Toronto Spectators: 19,106 |
| September 21, 2016 8:00 p.m. |
September 22, 2016 2:00 am |
Canada Sidney Crosby (4:01) Jonathan Toews (19:05) Jonathan Toews (34:48) Logan Couture (57:33) |
4: 1 (2: 0, 1: 1, 1: 0) game report |
Team Europe Marián Hossa (24:38) |
Air Canada Center, Toronto Spectators: 18,926 |
| September 22, 2016 8:00 p.m. |
September 23, 2016 2:00 am |
Czech Republic Zbyněk Michálek (12:44) Milan Michálek (26:03) Andrej Šustr (36:50) Milan Michálek (37:29) |
4: 3 (1: 1, 3: 1, 0: 1) game report |
USA Joe Pavelski (14:28) Justin Abdelkader (34:13) Ryan McDonagh (42:22) |
Air Canada Center, Toronto Spectators: 11,987 |
| Pl. | Sp | S. | N | OTN | Gates | Points | |
| 1. |
Canada
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3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 14: 3 | 6th |
| 2. |
Team Europe
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7: 6 | 4th |
| 3. |
Czech Republic
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3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6:12 | 3 |
| 4th |
United States
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5:11 | 0 |
Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins (also after overtime or penalty shoot-out ), N = defeats, OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty
shoot-out Explanations: Qualifier for the semi-finals
Group B
| September 18, 2016 3:00 p.m. (local time) |
September 18, 2016 9:00 p.m. (CEST) |
Russia Alexander Ovechkin (59:27) |
1: 2 (0: 0, 0: 2, 1: 0) game report |
Sweden Gabriel Landeskog (30:41) Victor Hedman (32:52) |
Air Canada Center, Toronto Spectators: 18,966 |
| September 18, 2016 8:00 p.m. |
September 19, 2016 2:00 am |
Finland Valtteri Filppula (55:53) |
1: 4 (0: 1, 0: 3, 1: 0) game report |
Team North America Jack Eichel (5:03) Johnny Gaudreau (25:27) Jonathan Drouin (27:27) Nathan MacKinnon (34:37) |
Air Canada Center, Toronto Spectators: 19,029 |
| September 19, 2016 8:00 p.m. |
September 20, 2016 2:00 am |
Team North America Auston Matthews (5:14) Morgan Rielly (37:56) Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (43:01) |
3: 4 (1: 0, 1: 4, 1: 0) game report |
Russia Wladislaw Namestnikow (29:29) Nikita Kutscherow (30:19) Yevgeny Kuznetsov (33:37) Wladimir Tarassenko (35:43) |
Air Canada Center, Toronto Spectators: 19,078 |
| September 20, 2016 3:00 p.m. |
September 20, 2016 9:00 p.m. |
Finland |
0: 2 (0: 0, 0: 1, 0: 1) game report |
Sweden Anton Strålman (29:57) Loui Eriksson (59:57) |
Air Canada Center, Toronto Spectators: 11,604 |
| September 21, 2016 3:00 p.m. |
September 21, 2016 9:00 p.m. |
Team North America Auston Matthews (0:30) Vincent Trocheck (1:35) Johnny Gaudreau (13:57) Nathan MacKinnon (64:10) |
4: 3 n.V. (3: 2, 0: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0) game report |
Sweden Filip Forsberg (8:24) Nicklas Bäckström (16:18) Patrik Berglund (46:50) |
Air Canada Center, Toronto Spectators: 19,104 |
| September 22, 2016 3:00 p.m. |
September 22, 2016 9:00 p.m. |
Finland |
0: 3 (0: 0, 0: 2, 0: 1) game report |
Russia Vladimir Tarassenko (23:42) Ivan Telegin (25:01) Yevgeny Malkin (43:39) |
Air Canada Center, Toronto Spectators: 12,098 |
| Pl. | Sp | S. | N | OTN | Gates | Points | |
| 1. |
Sweden
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3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7: 5 | 5 |
| 2. |
Russia
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8: 5 | 4th |
| 3. |
North America team
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3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 11: 8 | 4th |
| 4th |
Finland
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3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1: 9 | 0 |
Abbreviations: Pl. = Place, Sp = games, S = wins (also after overtime or penalty shoot-out ), N = defeats, OTN = defeats after extra time or penalty
shoot-out Explanations: Qualifier for the semi-finals
Final round
The final round with the two semi-finals as well as the final series, which was played in best-of-three mode, started after a two-day break on September 24 with the first semi-final. The second semi-final game was scheduled for September 25th. The final series started on September 27th and lasted until September 29th.
| Semifinals | final | ||||||||
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Canada
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5 | |||||||
| B2 |
Russia
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3 | |||||||
| A1 |
Canada
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3 | 2 | ||||||
| A2 |
Team Europe
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1 | 1 | ||||||
| B1 |
Sweden
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2 | |||||||
| A2 |
Team Europe
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3 | |||||||
Semifinals
| September 24, 2016 7:00 p.m. (local time) |
September 25, 2016 1:00 a.m. (CEST) |
Canada Sidney Crosby (7:40) Brad Marchand (37:36) Brad Marchand (41:16) Corey Perry (45:48) John Tavares (49:22) |
5: 3 (1: 0, 1: 2, 3: 1) game report |
Russia Nikita Kutscherow (28:47) Yevgeny Kuznetsov (36:24) Artemi Panarin (59:51) |
Air Canada Center, Toronto Spectators: 19,021 |
| September 25, 2016 1:00 p.m. |
September 25, 2016 7:00 p.m. |
Sweden Nicklas Bäckström (22:31) Erik Karlsson (55:28) |
2: 3 n.V. (0: 0, 1: 1, 1: 1, 0: 1) game report |
Team Europe Marián Gáborík (36:27) Tomáš Tatar (40:12) Tomáš Tatar (63:43) |
Air Canada Center, Toronto Spectators: 12,595 |
final
The final series was played in best-of-three mode.
| September 27, 2016 8:00 p.m. (local time) |
September 28, 2016 2:00 a.m. (CEST) |
Canada Brad Marchand (2:33) Steven Stamkos (13:20) Patrice Bergeron (49:24) |
3: 1 (2: 0, 0: 1, 1: 0) Match report as of: 1: 0 |
Team Europe Tomáš Tatar (27:00) |
Air Canada Center, Toronto Spectators: 18,377 |
| September 29, 2016 8:00 p.m. |
September 30, 2016 2:00 am |
Team Europe Zdeno Chára (6:26) |
1: 2 (1: 0, 0: 0, 0: 2) Match report as of: 0: 2 |
Canada Patrice Bergeron (57:07) Brad Marchand (59:16) |
Air Canada Center, Toronto Spectators: 19,080 |
Final placements
| Pl. | team |
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Canada
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| 2 |
Team Europe
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| 3 |
Sweden
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| 4th |
Russia
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| 5 |
North America team
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| 6th |
Czech Republic
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| 7th |
United States
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| 8th |
Finland
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Finalists
World Cup of Hockey winner Canada  |
Patrice Bergeron , Jay Bouwmeester , Brent Burns , Logan Couture , Corey Crawford , Sidney Crosby , Drew Doughty , Matt Duchene , Ryan Getzlaf , Claude Giroux , Braden Holtby , Brad Marchand , Jake Muzzin , Ryan O'Reilly , Corey Perry , Carey Price , Alex Pietrangelo , Steven Stamkos , John Tavares , Joe Thornton , Jonathan Toews , Marc-Édouard Vlasic , Shea Weber Head coach: Mike Babcock Assistant coach: Claude Julien , Bill Peters , Joel Quenneville , Barry Spy |
2nd place team Europe  |
Pierre-Édouard Bellemare , Mikkel Bødker , Zdeno Chára , Leon Draisaitl , Christian Ehrhoff , Marián Gáborík , Thomas Greiss , Philipp Grubauer , Jaroslav Halák , Jannik Hansen , Marián Hossa , Roman Josi , Anže Kopitar , Nino Niederreiter , Frans Nielsen , Tobias Rieder , Luca Sbisa , Dennis Seidenberg , Andrej Sekera , Mark Streit , Tomáš Tatar , Thomas Vanek , Mats Zuccarello Head coach: Ralph Krueger Assistant coach: Paul Maurice , Brad Shaw |
Awards
The Canadian striker Sidney Crosby was named Most Valuable Player of the tournament . Crosby scored three goals in six games over the course of the tournament and prepared seven more, so that he also led the scorer list with a total of ten points.
statistics
Best scorer
Abbreviations: Sp = games, T = goals, V = assists , pts = points, +/- = plus / minus , SM = penalty minutes; Fat: tournament best
| player | team | Sp | T | V | Pt | +/- | SM |
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| Sidney Crosby |
Canada
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6th | 3 | 7th | 10 | +8 | 0 |
| Brad Marchand |
Canada
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6th | 5 | 3 | 8th | +5 | 8th |
| Patrice Bergeron |
Canada
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6th | 4th | 3 | 7th | +4 | 2 |
| Jonathan Toews |
Canada
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6th | 3 | 2 | 5 | +6 | 0 |
| Johnny Gaudreau |
North America team
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3 | 2 | 2 | 4th | +2 | 0 |
| Nicklas Bäckström |
Sweden
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4th | 2 | 2 | 4th | +3 | 2 |
| Matt Duchene |
Canada
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6th | 2 | 2 | 4th | +3 | 2 |
| Erik Karlsson |
Sweden
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4th | 1 | 3 | 4th | +2 | 2 |
| Logan Couture |
Canada
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6th | 1 | 3 | 4th | +3 | 0 |
| John Tavares |
Canada
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6th | 1 | 3 | 4th | +2 | 0 |
| Mats Zuccarello |
Team Europe
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6th | 1 | 3 | 4th | +2 | 4th |
Best goalkeeper
Abbreviations: Sp = games, S = victories, Min = ice age (in minutes), GT = goals conceded, SO = shutouts , Sv% = shots saved (in%) , GTS = goals conceded ; Fat: tournament best
Only goalkeepers who have been on the ice for more than 33 percent of their team's total playing time are listed.
| player | team | Sp | S. | Min | GT | SO | Sv% | GTS |
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| Carey Price |
Canada
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5 | 5 | 299: 52 | 7th | 1 | 95.7 | 1.40 |
| Jaroslav Halák |
Team Europe
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6th | 3 | 362: 08 | 13 | 1 | 94.1 | 2.15 |
| Henrik Lundqvist |
Sweden
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3 | 1 | 187: 08 | 7th | 1 | 94.0 | 2.25 |
| John Gibson |
North America team
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2 | 1 | 86:08 | 3 | 0 | 93.2 | 2.09 |
| Sergei Bobrovsky |
Russia
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4th | 2 | 236: 34 | 10 | 1 | 93.0 | 2.53 |
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ 2016 World Cup: Frequently Asked Questions. nhl.com, September 9, 2015, accessed November 17, 2015 .
