2016 World Cup of Hockey

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.

2016 World Cup of Hockey
Coupe du monde de hockey 2016
Tournament details
Host country Canada
DatesSeptember 17–29, 2016
Teams8
Venue(s)Air Canada Centre
Final positions
Champions  Canada (2nd title)
Tournament statistics
Games played16
Goals scored79 (4.94 per game)
Attendance265,482 (16,593 per match)
Scoring leader(s)Canada Sidney Crosby (10 pts)
MVPCanada Sidney Crosby

Teams

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

National anthems

The national anthem for each team playing was played before the start of each game. However, there were two exceptions: no anthem was played for Team Europe because of the team's multiple national representatives, while both "The Star-Spangled Banner" and "O Canada" were played before games Team North America played.[3] Team Europe players wore badges with their respective nations' flags on their jerseys.[4]

Rosters
Further information: 2016 World Cup of Hockey 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 RepublicCanadaUSATeam Europe

Group B

FinlandRussiaSwedenTeam 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)		 RussiaYubileyny Sports Palace, Saint Petersburg
Attendance: 6,311
Game reference
Petr MrázekGoaliesSergei BobrovskyReferees:
Gord Dwyer
Konstantin Olenin
Linesmen:
Michel Cormier
Gleb Lazarev
Kempný (Sobotka, M. Michálek) – 3:541–0
1–1Panarin (Shipachyov, Dadonov) – 18:29
1–2Tarasenko (Kucherov, Markov) (PP) – 25:22
1–3Kucherov (Marchenko, Orlov) – 28:38
Hanzal (Hemský, Kempný) (PP) – 46:482–3
2–4Dadonov (Panarin, Shipachyov) – 48:48
Plekanec (Polák, Palát) – 57:133–4
12 minPenalties10 min
32Shots28
September 8, 2016
12:00 PM		Sweden 2–3 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1, 0–1)		 FinlandHartwall Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 11,634
Game reference
Jhonas Enroth
Jacob Markström		GoaliesPekka RinneReferees:
Eric Furlatt
Anssi Salonen
Linesmen:
Steve Miller
Sakari Suominen
0–1Barkov (PP) – 34:40
Eriksson (Hedman, D. Sedin) – 35:291–1
Söderberg (Rakell, Landeskog) – 49:422–1
2–2Granlund (Koivu) – 55:01
2–3Määttä (Barkov, Jokinen) – 64:17
14 minPenalties6 min
20Shots24
September 8, 2016
8:00 PM		North America4–0
(0–0, 3–0, 1–0)		EuropeVideotron Centre, Quebec City
Attendance: 18,005
Game reference
Matt MurrayGoaliesJaroslav HalákReferees:
Wes McCauley
Dan O'Halloran
Linesmen:
Brian Murphy
Jonny Murray
MacKinnon (Ekblad, Gaudreau) (PP) – 23:521–0
Nugent-Hopkins – 26:222–0
Gaudreau (Saad, Eichel) – 28:343–0
MacKinnon (PS) – 52:524–0
4 minPenalties2 min
21Shots23
September 9, 2016
7:00 PM		Canada 2–4
(0–2, 1–1, 1–1)		 United StatesNationwide Arena, Columbus
Attendance: 17,791
Game reference
Carey PriceGoaliesBen Bishop
Jonathan Quick		Referees:
Dan O'Rourke
Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen:
Derek Amell
Shane Heyer
0–1Parise (Suter, Stepan) – 16:56
0–2Kane (Pavelski) – 18:01
Bergeron (Crosby, Marchand) – 33:241–2
1–3Pavelski (J. Johnson, Kane) – 35:54
Doughty (Getzlaf, Muzzin) – 45:212–3
2–4Stepan (EN) – 58:39
10 minPenalties21 min
43Shots25
September 10, 2016
10:30 AM		Russia 1–2 SO
(0–0, 0–0, 1–1, 0–0)		 Czech RepublicO2 Arena, Prague
Attendance: 13,848
Game reference
Semyon VarlamovGoaliesMichal NeuvirthReferees:
Gord Dwyer
Jan Hribik
Linesmen:
Michel Cormier
Libor Suchanek
Kucherov (Kuznetsov, Emelin) – 41:041–0
1–1Tomáš Plekanec (Frolík, Polák) – 58:49
Panarin MISS
Tarasenko GOAL
Kucherov MISS		ShootoutPastrňák MISS
Voráček GOAL
Hemský GOAL
12 minPenalties12 min
21Shots34
September 10, 2016
12:00 PM		Finland 3–6
(0–2, 2–1, 1–3)		 SwedenScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 12,044
Game reference
Tuukka RaskGoaliesHenrik LundqvistReferees:
Eric Furlatt
Tobias Björk
Linesmen:
Henrik Pihlblad
Andreas Malmqvist
0–1Eriksson (H. Sedin, Ekman-Larsson) (PP) – 8:56
0–2Eriksson (D. Sedin, H. Sedin) (PP) – 18:06
0–3Hörnqvist – 33:55
Ristolainen (Koivu, Donskoi) (PP) – 36:531–3
Koivu (Donskoi, Ristolainen) – 39:582–3
2–4Bäckström (Forsberg, Hörnqvist) – 51:54
2–5Hörnqvist (Forsberg) – 54:45
Haula (Jokipakka, Lindell) – 56:343–5
3–6Forsberg (Hörnqvist) (EN) – 57:53
14 minPenalties12 min
14Shots29
September 10, 2016
7:00 PM		United States 2–5
(1–3, 1–1, 0–1)		 CanadaCanadian Tire Centre, Ottawa
Attendance: 18,687
Game reference
Ben Bishop
Cory Schneider		GoaliesCorey Crawford
Braden Holtby		Referees:
Wes McCauley
Chris Lee
Linesmen:
Brian Murphy
Jonny Murray
0–1Couture (Thornton, Perry) (PP) – 11:15
0–2Tavares (Stamkos, Doughty) (PP) – 13:25
0–3Bouwmeester (Getzlaf, Perry) – 15:38
McDonagh (Stepan) – 16:351–3
Carlson (Kane) (PP) – 20:382–3
2–4Duchene (Seguin, Doughty) – 32:11
2–5Tavares (Stamkos, Toews) (PP) – 48:01
28 minPenalties24 min
23Shots38
September 11, 2016
6:00 PM		Europe4–7
(1–5, 2–0, 1–2)		North AmericaBell Centre, Montreal
Attendance: 17,243
Game reference
Thomas Greiss
Jaroslav Halák		GoaliesJohn GibsonReferees:
Kelly Sutherland
Dan O'Rourke
Linesmen:
Derek Amell
Shane Heyer
0–1Ekblad (Matthews, Saad) – 5:20
0–2Larkin (Trocheck, R. Murray) – 6:27
0–3Ekblad (MacKinnon) – 7:19
Bellemare (Vanek) – 8:551–3
1–4Rielly (Drouin) – 10:22
1–5Gaudreau (Scheifele) – 15:54
Gáborík (Josi, Bellemare) – 24:502–5
Gáborík (Nielsen, Zuccarello) – 39:143–5
Nielsen (Josi, Zuccarello) – 48:174–5
4–6Gaudreau (MacKinnon, Parayko) – 51:29
4–7Larkin (Eichel, Parayko) (EN) – 59:46
8 minPenalties2 min
33Shots33
September 13, 2016
7:00 PM		Finland 2–3
(0–1, 0–2, 2–0)		 United StatesVerizon Center, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 15,653
Game reference
Pekka RinneGoaliesJonathan QuickReferees:
Dan O'Rourke
Chris Lee
Linesmen:
Shane Heyer
Pierre Racicot
0–1Oshie (Kesler, McDonagh) – 1:08
0–2Kesler (Wheeler, Pacioretty) – 23:37
0–3Stepan (Carlson) – 25:34
Laine (Vatanen) (PP) – 51:221–3
Jokinen (Ristolainen) – 55:272–3
4 minPenalties10 min
32Shots29
September 14, 2016
3:30 PM		Czech Republic 3–2
(1–0, 0–0, 2–2)		North AmericaCONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh
Game reference
Michal Neuvirth
Petr Mrázek		GoaliesMatt Murray
Connor Hellebuyck		Referees:
Eric Furlatt
Wes McCauley
Linesmen:
Steve Miller
Michel Cormier
Palát (Hemský, Kempný) (PP) – 10:081–0
Faksa (Pastrňák, Palát) – 47:162–0
2–1Gostisbehere (Larkin, Scheifele) – 48:58
2–2Matthews (Gaudreau, Gostisbehere) (PP) – 50:57
Plekanec (Hemský, Nakládal) – 51:503–2
16 minPenalties8 min
29Shots44
September 14, 2016
7:00 PM		Sweden 2–6
(0–1, 1–2, 1–3)		EuropeVerizon Center, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 13,523
Game reference
Jacob Markström
Henrik Lundqvist		GoaliesJaroslav HalákReferees:
Kelly Sutherland
Chris Lee
Linesmen:
Brian Murphy
Pierre Racicot
0–1Draisaitl (Niederreiter, Chára) – 8:53
0–2Tatar (Gáborík, Streit) (PP) – 22:48
0–3Draisaitl (Niederreiter, Seidenberg) – 34:31
D. Sedin (Karlsson, Ekman-Larsson) (PP) – 37:071–3
1–4Vanek (Zuccarello) – 45:01
1–5Draisaitl (Josi) – 46:46
Hörnqvist (Hedman, Forsberg) – 55:092–5
2–6Kopitar (Tatar, Sekera) (EN) – 59:28
4 minPenalties6 min
36Shots24
September 14, 2016
7:30 PM		Canada 3–2 OT
(1–0, 0–0, 1–2, 1–0)		 RussiaCONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh
Attendance: 12,332
Game reference
Carey PriceGoaliesSergei BobrovskyReferees:
Dan O'Halloran
Gord Dwyer
Linesmen:
Derek Amell
Jonny Murray
Bergeron (Crosby, Burns) – 8:491–0
1–1Ovechkin (Panarin, Malkin) (PP) – 43:40
1–2Panarin (Dadonov, Shipachyov) – 47:25
Tavares (Doughty) – 53:582–2
Getzlaf (Burns) – 63:293–2
14 minPenalties8 min
48Shots26

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		Europe3–0
(1–0, 2–0, 0–0)		 United StatesAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 18,959
Game reference
Jaroslav HalákGoaliesJonathan QuickReferees:
Gord Dwyer
Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen:
Shane Heyer
Derek Amell
Gáborík (Nielsen, Zuccarello) – 4:191–0
Draisaitl (Niederreiter, Rieder) – 24:022–0
Bellemare (Hansen, Ehrhoff) – 38:323-0
8 minPenalties8 min
17Shots35
September 17, 2016
8:00 PM		Canada 6–0
(3–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 Czech RepublicAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 18,978
Game reference
Carey PriceGoaliesMichal NeuvirthReferees:
Eric Furlatt
Chris Lee
Linesmen:
Steve Miller
Michel Cormier
Crosby (Marchand, Stamkos) – 8:261–0
Marchand (Burns, Crosby) – 17:082–0
Bergeron (Marchand) – 19:593-0
Thornton (Crosby, Duchene) – 27:224–0
Toews (Getzlaf, Tavares) (PP) – 34:455–0
Pietrangelo (Doughty, Tavares) (PP) – 52:416-0
12 minPenalties6 min
50Shots27
September 19, 2016
3:00 PM		Czech Republic 2–3 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1)
(OT 0–1)		EuropeAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 8,574
Game reference
Petr MrázekGoaliesJaroslav HalákReferees:
Eric Furlatt
Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen:
Steve Miller
Brian Murphy
0–130:05 – Chára (Vanek, Bellemare)
Voráček (Jordán, M. Michálek) – 33:281–1
1–242:17 – Zuccarello (Halák)
Hanzal (Sobotka, Hemský) (PP) – 48:312–2
2–362:06 – Draisaitl (Zuccarello)
12 minPenalties8 min
30Shots41
September 20, 2016
8:00 PM		Canada 4–2
(3–1, 1–0, 0–1)		 United StatesAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 19,106
Game reference
Carey PriceGoaliesJonathan QuickReferees:
Wes McCauley
Eric Furlatt
Linesmen:
Shane Heyer
Michel Cormier
0–14:22 – McDonagh (Stepan, Kane)
Duchene (Vlasic, Thornton) – 5:511–1
Perry (Couture, Toews) – 6:052–1
Duchene (Burns) – 12:073–1
Bergeron (Tavares, Pietrangelo) – 28:504–1
4–257:28 – Oshie (van Riemsdyk, Pavelski)
6 minPenalties6 min
34Shots36
September 21, 2016
8:00 PM		Canada 4–1
(2–0, 1–1, 1–0)		EuropeAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 18,926
Game reference
Corey CrawfordGoaliesJaroslav HalákReferees:
Dan O'Rourke
Dan O'Halloran
Linesmen:
Brian Murphy
Pierre Racicot
Crosby (Bouwmeester) – 4:011–0
Toews (Duchene) – 19:052–0
2–124:38 – Hossa (Kopitar, Ehrhoff)
Toews (Couture) – 34:483–1
Couture (Toews, Vlasic) – 57:334–1
6 minPenalties12 min
46Shots20
September 22, 2016
8:00 PM		Czech Republic 4–3
(1–1, 3–1, 0–1)		 United StatesAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 11,987
Game reference
Petr MrázekGoaliesBen BishopReferees:
Gord Dwyer
Chris Lee
Linesmen:
Michel Cormier
Steve Miller
Z. Michálek (Palát, Hanzal) – 12:441–0
1–114:28 – Pavelski (Parise, Kane)
M. Michálek – 26:032–1
2–234:13 – Abdelkader (Byfuglien, Suter)
Šustr (Voráček, Frolík – 36:503–2
M. Michálek (Hemský, Polák) – 37:294–2
4–342:22 – McDonagh (Wheeler, Dubinsky)
6 minPenalties8 min
27Shots39

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)		 SwedenAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 18,966
Game reference
Sergei BobrovskyGoaliesJacob MarkströmReferees:
Wes McCauley
Dan O'Rourke
Linesmen:
Brian Murphy
Jonny Murray
0–130:41 – Landeskog (Karlsson, Bäckström) (PP)
0–232:52 – Hedman (Hagelin, H.Sedin)
Ovechkin (Malkin, Datsyuk) – 59:011–2
8 minPenalties6 min
28Shots29
September 18, 2016
8:00 PM		Finland 1–4
(0–1, 0–3, 1–0)		North AmericaAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 19,029
Game reference
Pekka RinneGoaliesMatt MurrayReferees:
Dan O'Halloran
Chris Lee
Linesmen:
Michel Cormier
Pierre Racicot
0–15:03 – Eichel (Matthews, McDavid) (PP)
0–225:27 – Gaudreau (Parayko, Larkin)
0–327:27 – Drouin (Nugent-Hopkins, Gostisbehere)
0–434:37 – MacKinnon (Parayko)
Filppula (Jokinen, Komarov) – 55:531–4
4 minPenalties6 min
25Shots43
September 19, 2016
8:00 PM		North America3–4
(1–0, 1–4, 1–0)		 RussiaAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 19,078
Game reference
Matt Murray
John Gibson		GoaliesSergei BobrovskyReferees:
Gord Dwyer
Dan O'Halloran
Linesmen:
Shane Heyer
Derek Amell
Matthews (McDavid, Scheifele) – 5:141–0
1–1Namestnikov (Telegin, Anisimov) – 29:29
1–2Kucherov (Kulemin) – 30:19
1–3Kuznetsov (Panarin, Zaitsev) – 33:37
1–4Tarasenko (Datsyuk, Ovechkin) – 35:43
Rielly (Nugent-Hopkins, Gaudreau) – 37:562–4
Nugent-Hopkins (MacKinnon, Parayko) (PP) – 43:013–4
10 minPenalties16 min
46Shots25
September 20, 2016
3:00 PM		Finland 0–2
(0–0, 0–1, 0–1)		 SwedenAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 11,604
Game reference
Tuukka RaskGoaliesHenrik LundqvistReferees:
Dan O'Rourke
Chris Lee
Linesmen:
Pierre Racicot
Jonny Murray
0–1Strålman (H.Sedin, D.Sedin) – 29:57
0–2Eriksson (EN) – 59:57
8 minPenalties8 min
36Shots29
September 21, 2016
3:00 PM		North America4–3 OT
(3–2, 0–0, 0–1)
(OT 1–0)		 SwedenAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 19,104
Game reference
John GibsonGoaliesHenrik LundqvistReferees:
Kelly Sutherland
Gord Dwyer
Linesmen:
Derek Amell
Steve Miller
Matthews (Rielly, McDavid) – 0:301–0
Trocheck (Gostisbehere, Eichel) – 1:352–0
2–18:24 – Forsberg (Hörnqvist, Bäckström)
Gaudreau (Gostisbehere) – 13:573–1
3–216:28 – Bäckström (Forsberg, Karlsson)
3–346:50 – Berglund (Karlsson, Söderberg)
MacKinnon (Gaudreau, Gostisbehere) – 64:114–3
10 minPenalties8 min
49Shots38
September 22, 2016
3:00 PM		Finland 0–3
(0–0, 0–2, 0–1)		 RussiaAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 12,098
Game reference
Tuukka RaskGoaliesSergei BobrovskyReferees:
Eric Furlatt
Wes McCauley
Linesmen:
Jonny Murray
Shane Heyer
0–123:42 – Tarasenko (Ovechkin)
0–225:01 – Telegin (Shipachyov)
0–343:39 – Malkin (Emelin)
4 minPenalties6 min
21Shots22

Knockout stage

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

Bracket
 
Semi-finalsFinal (best of three)
 
          
 
September 24
 
 
 Canada5
 
September 27 & 29
 
 Russia3
 
 Canada32–
 
September 25
 
Europe11–
 
 Sweden2
 
 
Europe (OT)3
 

Semi-finals
September 24, 2016
7:00 PM		Canada 5–3
(1–0, 1–2, 3–1)		 RussiaAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 19,021
Game reference
Carey PriceGoaliesSergei BobrovskyReferees:
Kelly Sutherland
Wes McCauley
Linesmen:
Brian Murphy
Pierre Racicot
Sidney Crosby – 7:401–0
1–128:47 – Kucherov (Zaitsev, Malkin)
1–236:24 – Kuznetsov (Telegin, Dadonov)
Marchand (Crosby, Bergeron) – 37:362–2
Marchand (Crosby, Bergeron) – 41:163–2
Perry (Couture, Vlasic) – 45:484–2
Tavares (Getzlaf, Vlasic) – 49:225–2
5–359:51 – Panarin (Kulemin, Kucherov)
6 minPenalties6 min
47Shots34
September 25, 2016
1:00 PM		Sweden 2–3 (OT)
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1)
(OT 0–1)		EuropeAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 12,595
Game reference
Henrik LundqvistGoaliesJaroslav HalákReferees:
Dan O'Halloran
Dan O'Rourke
Linesmen:
Derek Amell
Jonny Murray
Bäckström (Strålman, Hörnqvist) – 22:311–0
1–136:27 – Gáborík (Ehrhoff, Kopitar)
1–240:12 – Tatar (Sekera)
Karlsson (H. Sedin, D. Sedin) – 55:282–2
2–363:43 – Tatar (Zuccarello, Kopitar)
6 minPenalties8 min
39Shots31

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)		EuropeAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 18,377
Game reference
Carey PriceGoaliesJaroslav HalákReferees:
Wes McCauley
Kelly Sutherland
Linesmen:
Brian Murphy
Pierre Racicot
Marchand (Bergeron, Crosby) – 2:331–0
Stamkos (Getzlaf) – 13:202–0
2–127:00 – Tatar (Seidenberg, Kopitar)
Bergeron (Crosby, Marchand) – 49:243–1
4 minPenalties2 min
38Shots33
September 29, 2016
8:00 PM		Europe1–2
(1–0, 0–0, 0–2)		 CanadaAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 19,080
Game reference
Jaroslav HalákGoaliesCarey PriceReferees:
Dan O'Rourke
Dan O'Halloran
Linesmen:
Derek Amell
Jonny Murray
Chára (Sekera, Nielsen) – 6:261–0
1–1Bergeron (Burns, Crosby) (PP) – 57:07
1–2Marchand (Toews, Pietrangelo) (SH) – 59:16
10 minPenalties4 min
34Shots33

Ranking and statistics
Further information: 2016 World Cup of Hockey statistics
 


 2016 World Cup of Hockey winners 

Canada
2nd title

Final standings
1 Canada
2Europe
3 Sweden
4 Russia
5North 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 +/-
Canada Sidney Crosby Canada637108
Canada Brad Marchand Canada65385
Canada Patrice Bergeron Canada64374
Canada Jonathan Toews Canada63256
United States Johnny GaudreauNorth America32242
Sweden Nicklas Bäckström Sweden42243
Canada Matt Duchene Canada62243
Sweden Erik Karlsson Sweden41342
Canada Logan Couture Canada61343
Canada John Tavares Canada61342
Norway Mats ZuccarelloEurope61342

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
Canada Carey Price Canada5571.400.9571300
Slovakia Jaroslav HalákEurope63132.150.9411362
Sweden Henrik Lundqvist Sweden3172.250.9401187
United States John GibsonNorth America2132.090.932086
Russia Sergei Bobrovsky Russia42102.530.9301237
Czech Republic Petr Mrázek Czech Republic2162.980.9251121
Finland Tuukka Rask Finland2042.020.9200119

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

See also

References
  1. World Cup of Hockey 2016 http://www.wch2016.com official website
  2. "NHL, NHLPA, IIHF launch World Cup". iihf.com. International Ice Hockey Federation. September 10, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  3. "World Cup of Hockey Need-to-Know: Tournament rules - Sportsnet.ca".
  4. Matt Higgins (September 18, 2016). "With No Flag, Team Europe's Players Rally Around Themselves at World Cup of Hockey". The New York Times. Retrieved January 3, 2021.
  5. "Jerseys unveiled for World Cup of Hockey". NHL.com. March 3, 2016. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  6. "2016 World Cup of Hockey schedule announced". nhl.com. NHL Public Relations. September 9, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2015.
  7. "Sportsnet announces World Cup of Hockey broadcast schedule". Sportsnet.ca. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  8. "World Cup of Hockey: Watch semis and final on CBC Sports". CBC Sports. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  9. "Why NHL chose ESPN, Sportsnet for World Cup of Hockey". Yahoo! Sports. Yahoo! Canada Inc. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  10. "Sportsnet acquires rights to World Cup of Hockey". Sportsnet.ca. Rogers Digital Media. Retrieved July 29, 2015.
  11. "NHL hopes to score with virtual advertisements on rink boards". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved September 24, 2016.
  12. "Referees and Linesmen Announced for 2016 World Cup of Hockey". Scouting the Refs. Retrieved September 21, 2016.
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