Canada downs Russia for gold medal at IIHF World Championship
With the roster Canada brought to the 2015 IIHF World Championship, everyone predicted theyd run roughshod over the field and thats exactly what they did. Canada won the gold medal at the World Championship, finishing a perfect 10-0 after skating past Ru sia, 6-1, Zach Collins Jerseyin the final.Led by a cavalcade of stars like , , and , the Canadians managed to become just the fourth team since 1994 to go perfect at the World Championship. As a result, the team won the Team Jackpot, which grants the unblemished winning team 1 million Swi s Francs.In their perfect run, the Canadians outscored their opponents 66-14. It was a dominant performance from start to finish, capped by an utter drubbing of Ru sia.Canada allowed the high-flying Ru sians with , , and Ilya Kovalchuk just 12 shots on goal all game. Ru sia had just one shot on in the entire second period.Crosby, who scored Canadas third goalCaleb Swanigan Jersey in the gold-medal game, joined the exclusive Triple Gold Club, which honors players that have won the Stanley Cup, Olympics and World Championship in their careers. Canadas captain, who reportedly volunteered to play in this event, became just the 26th player to join that exclusive club.Additionally, , Duchene and Smith Bill Walton Jerseyare now two-thirds of the way there with the Stanley Cup being the final jewel for their Triple Gold crown. Seguin, , and all need an Olympic gold to accomplish Triple Gold status.For Canadians, the World Championship gold is often the most Robert Covington Jerseydifficult to get, since the North American squads have a hard time winning here. Not only that, but many of the best players are still in the playoffs this time of year or decide not to play in the Worlds after a long season. This was Canadas first gold medal at the World Championship since 2007 and first medal of any color at this tournament since taking silver in 2009. , Canadas leading scorer, was named the directorate award winner as the tournaments best forward. was selected as best defenseman and Finlands was named the tournaments best goaltender.The media all-star team had USAs as the goaltender, with Burns and Swedens on defense. The forwards included Spezza, and Czech icon .The media also voted Jagr as Derrick Jones Jr. Jerseytournament MVP. Jagr had six goals and three a sists for the fourth-place host team.The U.S. won the bronze medal earlier Sunday with a 3-0 win over the Czech Republic to round out the podium.Click here Click here Click here
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