- Title: Ice hockey-Canada retain world title with win over Finland
- Date: 22nd May 2016
- Summary: MOSCOW, RUSSIA (MAY 22, 2016) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF HOCKEY FANS IN FRONT OF STADIUM FANS EMBRACING VARIOUS OF FANS WALKING BY STADIUM SIGN READING (Russian): 'VTB ICE PALACE' VARIOUS OF FINNISH TEAM WALKING OFF ICE CANADIAN TEAM LEAVING WITH MEDALS ON THEIR NECKS CHAMPIONSHIP EMBLEM CANADIAN TEAM CAPTAIN COREY PERRY CARRYING CUP CANADIAN TEAM COACH, BILL PETERS, ENTERING NEWS CONFERENCE (SOUNDBITE) (English) CANADA ICE HOCKEY TEAM COACH, BILL PETERS, SAYING: "Well, first off I'd like to congratulate Finland on a wonderful tournament, I thought they were outstanding from start to finish and they were a very worthy opponent here tonight." MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) CANADA ICE HOCKEY TEAM COACH, BILL PETERS, SAYING: "As a coach all we do is control what we can control. We don't know the schedule, we don't really know who we're going to play other than when they put us in a pool. We go play all those teams and then the quarters and the semis and the finals come and we just play the next opponent. So I think we did a good job staying focused on what we controlled and did a good job now." VARIOUS OF JOURNALIST TYPING PETERS LEAVING NEWS CONFERENCE MEDIA FINNISH ICE HOCKEY TEAM COACH, KARI JALONEN, ENTERING NEWS CONFERENCE OFFICIALS (SOUNDBITE) (English) FINNISH ICE HOCKEY TEAM COACH, KARI JALONEN, SAYING: "Ok, first of all congratulations for the team Canada and the coaching staff there. They really deserve to win the championship." MEDIA (SOUNDBITE) (English) FINNISH ICE HOCKEY TEAM COACH, KARI JALONEN, SAYING: "But at the same time I am really proud of my team. (PAUSING FOR TRANSLATION) We made a great journey the whole tournament and we only lost one game and that was the final game. And of course we have to respect the result." MEDIA CONFERENCE IN PROGRESS
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- Keywords: Finland ice hockey Canada worlds world championships
- Location: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
- City: MOSCOW, RUSSIA
- Country: Russia
- Topics: Ice Hockey,Sport
- Reuters ID: LVA0014IW29FJ
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- Story Text: Canada deservedly beat Finland 2-0 in the final of the world ice hockey championship on Sunday (May 22) to become the first country since Russia in 2009 to retain the title.
Russia secured the bronze medal by thrashing the United States 7-2 to ensure they have now won a medal at eight of the last 10 world championships.
Canada and the Finns had met earlier in the competition when they battled it out to see who would finish top of Group B. On that occasion Finland thrashed their opponents 4-0 but there was to be no repeat in the final.
This time, Canada were disciplined and managed to keep a lid on Finland's potent offense. One of the youngest players on the ice, Connor McDavid, got the game-winning goal after 11 minutes of the first period.
Finland's much-vaunted offense, which included teenage sensation Patrik Laine, just could not get going and Canada's goaltender Cam Talbot stopped 16 shots for his shut out.
Canada on the other hand peppered Mikko Koskinen's net but they managed to double their lead only with a second left on the clock in the final period. Finland had pulled Koskinen for an extra attacker, which allowed Matt Duchene to score an empty netter and ensure that Canada retained the trophy.
In the bronze-medal game, Sergei Mozyakin scored twice for the hosts, while the impressive Artemi Panarin finished with a goal and two assists. Vadim Shipachyov scored Russia's seventh of the evening to cap an impressive tournament by notching up his 18th point.
Despite the final scoreline, the Americans outshot Russia 30-29. After pool loses to Canada, Germany, Finland and Slovakia, the U.S. exceeded expectations to get so far in the tournament. - Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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