2016 World Cup of Hockey

Coupe du monde de hockey 2016
Tournament details
Host country	Canada
Venue(s)	Air Canada Centre
Dates	September 17–29, 2016
Teams	8
Final positions
Champions	Canada (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Games played	16
Goals scored	79 (4.94 per game)
Attendance	265,482 (16,593 per game)
Scoring leader(s)	Sidney Crosby (10 pts)
MVP	Sidney Crosby

The 2016 World Cup of Hockey (abbreviated WCH2016) was an international ice hockey tournament.^[1] It was the third installment of the National Hockey League (NHL)-sanctioned competition, 12 years after the second World Cup of Hockey in 2004. It was held from September 17 to September 29 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario. Canada won the championship, defeating Team Europe in the best-of-three final.

Teams

The teams were officially announced on September 10, 2015, by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The teams were:^[2]

•  Canada (24-and-over players) — host
•  Czech Republic
•  Finland
•  Russia
•  Sweden
•  United States (24-and-over players)
• Europe (Players from European nations not already represented in the tournament.)
• North America (23-and-under players)

Rosters

Each team's roster was limited to twenty skaters (forwards and defencemen) and three goaltenders. All eight participating teams submitted their initial roster of sixteen players on March 2, 2016.

Jerseys

Each one of the national teams' players wore a customized jersey manufactured by Adidas.^[5]

Jerseys
Group A Czech Republic Canada USA Team Europe Group B Finland Russia Sweden Team North America

Venue

In contrast to previous World Cups, all contests in the 2016 World Cup were held at the same site.

Air Canada Centre Capacity: 18,819
Canada – Toronto

Pre-tournament venues

Pre-tournament venues

The following venues were used across North America and Europe in the pre-tournament schedule Bell Centre Capacity: 21,273 Canadian Tire Centre Capacity: 18,694 Consol Energy Center Capacity: 18,387 Hartwall Arena Capacity: 13,349 Nationwide Arena Capacity: 18,500  Canada – Montreal  Canada – Ottawa  United States – Pittsburgh  Finland – Helsinki  United States – Columbus O2 Arena Capacity: 17,360 Scandinavium Capacity: 12,044 Verizon Center Capacity: 18,506 Vidéotron Centre Capacity: 18,249 Yubileyny Sports Palace Capacity: 7,012  Czech Republic – Prague  Sweden – Gothenburg  United States – Washington, D.C.  Canada – Quebec City  Russia – Saint Petersburg

Pre-tournament games

All games are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).^[6]

Start date: September 8, 2016. Source: National Hockey League

September 8, 2016 12:30 PM

Czech Republic

3–4 (1–1, 0–2, 2–1)

Russia

Yubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg Attendance: 6,311

September 8, 2016 12:00 PM

Sweden

2–3 OT (0–0, 1–1, 1–1, 0–1)

Finland

Hartwall Arena, Helsinki Attendance: 11,634

September 9, 2016 7:00 PM

Canada

2–4 (0–2, 1–1, 1–1)

United States

Nationwide Arena, Columbus Attendance: 17,791

September 10, 2016 10:30 AM

Russia

1–2 SO (0–0, 0–0, 1–1, 0–0)

Czech Republic

O2 Arena, Prague Attendance: 13,848

Game reference
	Semyon Varlamov	Goalies	Michal Neuvirth	Referees: Gord Dwyer Jan Hribik Linesmen: Michel Cormier Libor Suchanek
	Kucherov (Kuznetsov, Emelin) – 41:04 1–0 1–1 Tomáš Plekanec (Frolík, Polák) – 58:49
	Panarin Tarasenko Kucherov	Shootout	Pastrňák Voráček Hemský
	12 min	Penalties	12 min
	21	Shots	34

September 10, 2016 12:00 PM

Finland

3–6 (0–2, 2–1, 1–3)

Sweden

Scandinavium, Gothenburg Attendance: 12,044

September 10, 2016 7:00 PM

United States

2–5 (1–3, 1–1, 0–1)

Canada

Canadian Tire Centre, Ottawa Attendance: 18,687

September 13, 2016 7:00 PM

Finland

2–3 (0–1, 0–2, 2–0)

United States

Verizon Center, Washington, D.C. Attendance: 15,653

September 14, 2016 3:30 PM

Czech Republic

3–2 (1–0, 0–0, 2–2)

North America

CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh

September 14, 2016 7:00 PM

Sweden

2–6 (0–1, 1–2, 1–3)

Europe

Verizon Center, Washington, D.C. Attendance: 13,523

September 14, 2016 7:30 PM

Canada

3–2 OT (1–0, 0–0, 1–2, 1–0)

Russia

CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh Attendance: 12,332

Group stage

All games are Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).^[6]

Group A

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Canada	3	3	0	0	3	14	3	+11	6	Advance to knockout stage
2	Europe	3	2	1	0	2	7	6	+1	4
3	Czech Republic	3	1	1	1	1	6	12	−6	3
4	United States	3	0	3	0	0	5	11	−6	0

Source: National Hockey League
Rules for classification: If two teams tie, then the result of their game breaks the tie.

September 17, 2016 3:30 PM

Europe

3–0 (1–0, 2–0, 0–0)

United States

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 18,959

Game reference
	Jaroslav Halák	Goalies	Jonathan Quick	Referees: Gord Dwyer Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Shane Heyer Derek Amell
	Gáborík (Nielsen, Zuccarello) – 4:19 1–0 Draisaitl (Niederreiter, Rieder) – 24:02 2–0 Bellemare (Hansen, Ehrhoff) – 38:32 3-0
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	17	Shots	35

September 17, 2016 8:00 PM

Canada

6–0 (3–0, 2–0, 1–0)

Czech Republic

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 18,978

Game reference
	Carey Price	Goalies	Michal Neuvirth	Referees: Eric Furlatt Chris Lee Linesmen: Steve Miller Michel Cormier
	Crosby (Marchand, Stamkos) – 8:26 1–0 Marchand (Burns, Crosby) – 17:08 2–0 Bergeron (Marchand) – 19:59 3-0 Thornton (Crosby, Duchene) – 27:22 4–0 Toews (Getzlaf, Tavares) (PP) – 34:45 5–0 Pietrangelo (Doughty, Tavares) (PP) – 52:41 6-0
	12 min	Penalties	6 min
	50	Shots	27

September 19, 2016 3:00 PM

Czech Republic

2–3 OT (0–0, 1–1, 1–1) (OT 0–1)

Europe

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 8,574

Game reference
	Petr Mrázek	Goalies	Jaroslav Halák	Referees: Eric Furlatt Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Steve Miller Brian Murphy
	0–1 30:05 – Chára (Vanek, Bellemare) Voráček (Jordán, M. Michálek) – 33:28 1–1 1–2 42:17 – Zuccarello (Halák) Hanzal (Sobotka, Hemský) (PP) – 48:31 2–2 2–3 62:06 – Draisaitl (Zuccarello)
	12 min	Penalties	8 min
	30	Shots	41

September 20, 2016 8:00 PM

Canada

4–2 (3–1, 1–0, 0–1)

United States

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 19,106

Game reference
	Carey Price	Goalies	Jonathan Quick	Referees: Wes McCauley Eric Furlatt Linesmen: Shane Heyer Michel Cormier
	0–1 4:22 – McDonagh (Stepan, Kane) Duchene (Vlasic, Thornton) – 5:51 1–1 Perry (Couture, Toews) – 6:05 2–1 Duchene (Burns) – 12:07 3–1 Bergeron (Tavares, Pietrangelo) – 28:50 4–1 4–2 57:28 – Oshie (van Riemsdyk, Pavelski)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	34	Shots	36

September 21, 2016 8:00 PM

Canada

4–1 (2–0, 1–1, 1–0)

Europe

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 18,926

Game reference
	Corey Crawford	Goalies	Jaroslav Halák	Referees: Dan O'Rourke Dan O'Halloran Linesmen: Brian Murphy Pierre Racicot
	Crosby (Bouwmeester) – 4:01 1–0 Toews (Duchene) – 19:05 2–0 2–1 24:38 – Hossa (Kopitar, Ehrhoff) Toews (Couture) – 34:48 3–1 Couture (Toews, Vlasic) – 57:33 4–1
	6 min	Penalties	12 min
	46	Shots	20

September 22, 2016 8:00 PM

Czech Republic

4–3 (1–1, 3–1, 0–1)

United States

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 11,987

Game reference
	Petr Mrázek	Goalies	Ben Bishop	Referees: Gord Dwyer Chris Lee Linesmen: Michel Cormier Steve Miller
	Z. Michálek (Palát, Hanzal) – 12:44 1–0 1–1 14:28 – Pavelski (Parise, Kane) M. Michálek – 26:03 2–1 2–2 34:13 – Abdelkader (Byfuglien, Suter) Šustr (Voráček, Frolík – 36:50 3–2 M. Michálek (Hemský, Polák) – 37:29 4–2 4–3 42:22 – McDonagh (Wheeler, Dubinsky)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	27	Shots	39

Group B

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	Sweden	3	2	0	1	2	7	5	+2	5	Advance to knockout stage
2	Russia	3	2	1	0	2	8	5	+3	4
3	North America	3	2	1	0	2	11	8	+3	4
4	Finland	3	0	3	0	0	1	9	−8	0

Source: National Hockey League
Rules for classification: If two teams tie, then the result of their game breaks the tie.

September 18, 2016 3:00 PM

Russia

1–2 (0–0, 0–2, 1–0)

Sweden

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 18,966

Game reference
	Sergei Bobrovsky	Goalies	Jacob Markström	Referees: Wes McCauley Dan O'Rourke Linesmen: Brian Murphy Jonny Murray
	0–1 30:41 – Landeskog (Karlsson, Bäckström) (PP) 0–2 32:52 – Hedman (Hagelin, H.Sedin) Ovechkin (Malkin, Datsyuk) – 59:01 1–2
	8 min	Penalties	6 min
	28	Shots	29

September 18, 2016 8:00 PM

Finland

1–4 (0–1, 0–3, 1–0)

North America

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 19,029

Game reference
	Pekka Rinne	Goalies	Matt Murray	Referees: Dan O'Halloran Chris Lee Linesmen: Michel Cormier Pierre Racicot
	0–1 5:03 – Eichel (Matthews, McDavid) (PP) 0–2 25:27 – Gaudreau (Parayko, Larkin) 0–3 27:27 – Drouin (Nugent-Hopkins, Gostisbehere) 0–4 34:37 – MacKinnon (Parayko) Filppula (Jokinen, Komarov) – 55:53 1–4
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	25	Shots	43

September 19, 2016 8:00 PM

North America

3–4 (1–0, 1–4, 1–0)

Russia

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 19,078

Game reference
	Matt Murray John Gibson	Goalies	Sergei Bobrovsky	Referees: Gord Dwyer Dan O'Halloran Linesmen: Shane Heyer Derek Amell
	Matthews (McDavid, Scheifele) – 5:14 1–0 1–1 Namestnikov (Telegin, Anisimov) – 29:29 1–2 Kucherov (Kulemin) – 30:19 1–3 Kuznetsov (Panarin, Zaitsev) – 33:37 1–4 Tarasenko (Datsyuk, Ovechkin) – 35:43 Rielly (Nugent-Hopkins, Gaudreau) – 37:56 2–4 Nugent-Hopkins (MacKinnon, Parayko) (PP) – 43:01 3–4
	10 min	Penalties	16 min
	46	Shots	25

September 20, 2016 3:00 PM

Finland

0–2 (0–0, 0–1, 0–1)

Sweden

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 11,604

Game reference
	Tuukka Rask	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist	Referees: Dan O'Rourke Chris Lee Linesmen: Pierre Racicot Jonny Murray
	0–1 Strålman (H.Sedin, D.Sedin) – 29:57 0–2 Eriksson (EN) – 59:57
	8 min	Penalties	8 min
	36	Shots	29

September 21, 2016 3:00 PM

North America

4–3 OT (3–2, 0–0, 0–1) (OT 1–0)

Sweden

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 19,104

Game reference
	John Gibson	Goalies	Henrik Lundqvist	Referees: Kelly Sutherland Gord Dwyer Linesmen: Derek Amell Steve Miller
	Matthews (Rielly, McDavid) – 0:30 1–0 Trocheck (Gostisbehere, Eichel) – 1:35 2–0 2–1 8:24 – Forsberg (Hörnqvist, Bäckström) Gaudreau (Gostisbehere) – 13:57 3–1 3–2 16:28 – Bäckström (Forsberg, Karlsson) 3–3 46:50 – Berglund (Karlsson, Söderberg) MacKinnon (Gaudreau, Gostisbehere) – 64:11 4–3
	10 min	Penalties	8 min
	49	Shots	38

September 22, 2016 3:00 PM

Finland

0–3 (0–0, 0–2, 0–1)

Russia

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 12,098

Game reference
	Tuukka Rask	Goalies	Sergei Bobrovsky	Referees: Eric Furlatt Wes McCauley Linesmen: Jonny Murray Shane Heyer
	0–1 23:42 – Tarasenko (Ovechkin) 0–2 25:01 – Telegin (Shipachyov) 0–3 43:39 – Malkin (Emelin)
	4 min	Penalties	6 min
	21	Shots	22

Knockout stage

All times are local, Eastern Daylight Time (UTC−04:00).^[6]

Bracket

	Semi-finals						Final (best of three)
	September 24
	Canada			5
							September 27 & 29
	Russia			3
							Canada	3	2	–
	September 25
							Europe	1	1	–
	Sweden			2
	Europe (OT)			3

Semi-finals

September 24, 2016 7:00 PM

Canada

5–3 (1–0, 1–2, 3–1)

Russia

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 19,021

Game reference
	Carey Price	Goalies	Sergei Bobrovsky	Referees: Kelly Sutherland Wes McCauley Linesmen: Brian Murphy Pierre Racicot
	Sidney Crosby – 7:40 1–0 1–1 28:47 – Kucherov (Zaitsev, Malkin) 1–2 36:24 – Kuznetsov (Telegin, Dadonov) Marchand (Crosby, Bergeron) – 37:36 2–2 Marchand (Crosby, Bergeron) – 41:16 3–2 Perry (Couture, Vlasic) – 45:48 4–2 Tavares (Getzlaf, Vlasic) – 49:22 5–2 5–3 59:51 – Panarin (Kulemin, Kucherov)
	6 min	Penalties	6 min
	47	Shots	34

September 25, 2016 1:00 PM

Sweden

2–3 (OT) (0–0, 1–1, 1–1) (OT 0–1)

Europe

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 12,595

Game reference
	Henrik Lundqvist	Goalies	Jaroslav Halák	Referees: Dan O'Halloran Dan O'Rourke Linesmen: Derek Amell Jonny Murray
	Bäckström (Strålman, Hörnqvist) – 22:31 1–0 1–1 36:27 – Gáborík (Ehrhoff, Kopitar) 1–2 40:12 – Tatar (Sekera) Karlsson (H. Sedin, D. Sedin) – 55:28 2–2 2–3 63:43 – Tatar (Zuccarello, Kopitar)
	6 min	Penalties	8 min
	39	Shots	31

Final

The final was played in a best-of-three format.

September 27, 2016 8:00 PM

Canada

3–1 (2–0, 0–1, 1–0)

Europe

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 18,377

Game reference
	Carey Price	Goalies	Jaroslav Halák	Referees: Wes McCauley Kelly Sutherland Linesmen: Brian Murphy Pierre Racicot
	Marchand (Bergeron, Crosby) – 2:33 1–0 Stamkos (Getzlaf) – 13:20 2–0 2–1 27:00 – Tatar (Seidenberg, Kopitar) Bergeron (Crosby, Marchand) – 49:24 3–1
	4 min	Penalties	2 min
	38	Shots	33

September 29, 2016 8:00 PM

Europe

1–2 (1–0, 0–0, 0–2)

Canada

Air Canada Centre, Toronto Attendance: 19,080

Game reference
	Jaroslav Halák	Goalies	Carey Price	Referees: Dan O'Rourke Dan O'Halloran Linesmen: Derek Amell Jonny Murray
	Chára (Sekera, Nielsen) – 6:26 1–0 1–1 Bergeron (Burns, Crosby) (PP) – 57:07 1–2 Marchand (Toews, Pietrangelo) (SH) – 59:16
	10 min	Penalties	4 min
	34	Shots	33

Ranking and statistics

	2016 World Cup of Hockey winners  Canada 2nd title

Final standings

1	Canada
2	Europe
3	Sweden
4	Russia
5	North America
6	Czech Republic
7	United States
8	Finland

Scoring leaders

List depicts skaters sorted by points, then goals.

Player	Team	GP	G	A	Pts	+/-
Sidney Crosby	Canada	6	3	7	10	8
Brad Marchand	Canada	6	5	3	8	5
Patrice Bergeron	Canada	6	4	3	7	4
Jonathan Toews	Canada	6	3	2	5	6
Johnny Gaudreau	North America	3	2	2	4	2
Nicklas Bäckström	Sweden	4	2	2	4	3
Matt Duchene	Canada	6	2	2	4	3
Erik Karlsson	Sweden	4	1	3	4	2
Logan Couture	Canada	6	1	3	4	3
John Tavares	Canada	6	1	3	4	2
Mats Zuccarello	Europe	6	1	3	4	2

Source: WCH2016

Leading goaltenders

Only goaltenders who played greater than or equal to one-third of the team's minutes are included.

Player	Team	GP	W	GA	GAA	SVS%	SO	MIP
Carey Price	Canada	5	5	7	1.40	0.957	1	300
Jaroslav Halák	Europe	6	3	13	2.15	0.941	1	362
Henrik Lundqvist	Sweden	3	1	7	2.25	0.940	1	187
John Gibson	North America	2	1	3	2.09	0.932	0	86
Sergei Bobrovsky	Russia	4	2	10	2.53	0.930	1	237
Petr Mrázek	Czech Republic	2	1	6	2.98	0.925	1	121
Tuukka Rask	Finland	2	0	4	2.02	0.920	0	119

Source: WCH2016

Broadcasting

In Canada, Rogers Communications held broadcast rights to the tournament; the tournament was aired by Sportsnet in English and TVA Sports in French. Similarly to its sub-licensing agreement for Hockey Night in Canada, the semi-finals and finals were simulcast by CBC Television.^[7][8] Although it was initially reported that Rogers was allowed to match competing bids for the rights (such as by Bell Media and ESPN's TSN) per its holding of exclusive national media rights to the NHL in Canada, NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman denied that there was such a rule, and that the bidding process was "competitive".^[9]

In the United States, the tournament was broadcast by ESPN and ESPN Deportes in English and Spanish, respectively; NBC Sports, the national rightsholder of the NHL in the United States, passed on the tournament due to scheduling conflicts with various events being broadcast by its networks in that period of time.^[9][10]

ESPN also broadcast the tournament for the Spanish-speaking Latin American countries, the Commonwealth Caribbean, the Pacific Rim and Brazil. In Russia, the tournament was broadcast by Channel One and Match TV. In Finland, the tournament was broadcast by Viasat Sport and Nelonen. In Sweden, Denmark and Norway, the tournament was broadcast by Viasat Sport. In the Czech Republic, the tournament and exhibition games were broadcast by public channel ČT Sport and in Slovakia by Markíza. In Germany, the tournament was broadcast by Sport 1. In Poland, the tournament was broadcast by public channel TVP Sport.

The broadcasts incorporated the use of technology by British firm Supponor to allow for the digital replacement of advertising on the rink boards on selected camera shots. These allowed a single advertiser at a time to brand the entire board, localization of advertising in different media markets, and other customized graphics to be substituted onto the boards. Advertisements are replaced when cameras shots are switched to minimize distractions.^[11]

Officials

The NHL selected seven of their referees and seven linesmen to officiate the tournament.^[12]

Referees	Linesmen
19 – Gord Dwyer	75 – Derek Amell
27 – Eric Furlatt	76 – Michel Cormier
28 – Chris Lee	55 – Shane Heyer
4 – Wes McCauley	89 – Steve Miller
13 – Dan O'Halloran	93 – Brian Murphy
9 – Dan O'Rourke	95 – Jonny Murray
11 – Kelly Sutherland	65 – Pierre Racicot

See also

• 2016 IIHF World Championship
• 1996 World Cup of Hockey
• 2004 World Cup of Hockey
• National Hockey League
• International Ice Hockey Federation

References

External links

• Official website
• 2016 World Cup of Hockey Schedule & Results on ESPN