A Quick run down of the facts!:
What was it?: You know how the Stanley Cup is like the big thing in hockey? Well, if you were born in not-North America, your Stanley Cup is the IIHF World Championships. Kinda. Lord Stanley is still pretty important.
Where was it?: In Finland! In beautiful Tampere and Helsinki!
Who won?: Worlds runs on a medal system, so here’s how the top (and bottom) shook out this year:
Kraken at the World Championships:
For Canada…
Chris Dreidger and Morgan Geekie were part of the silver medal winning squad! Driedge finished the tourney with a .914 SV% in 6 games played! Geekie got a goal and an assist on the way to the Final game. Good on you guys!
For Germany…
None other than dearest Grubert, Philipp Grubauer, graced the Deutsches net. He shared the net with three other players and was by far the best; finishing the tournament with 2 of Germany’s five wins, and a .904 SV%. Die Eismannschaft unfortunately bowed out in the Quarterfinals after running into a surging Czechia. Better luck next time!
For the United States…
Karson Kuhlman found himself a spot on the American team, and acquitted himself quite nicely: finishing the tournament with 2 goals and 2 assists! The Americans unfortunately stumbled against eventual world champs Finland…and then man, the Czechs just BLASTED the Yanks to cinders in the Bronze Medal game.
For Sweden…
Adam Larsson made his way for Tre Kronor, who got a goal and an assist in 8 games. The Swedes honestly had a bit of a disappointing tourney: winning all but one of their games and then frittering away a sure lead against Canada in the Quarterfinals. They’ll be back in the knockout round again for sure, but that’s gotta sting to have such a good tourney cut so short.
Looking to the future!
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