2016 IIHF World Championship Update May 9

St. Petersburg and Moscow, Russia

Canada blanked Belarus 8-0, including three power-play goals, to remain undefeated at the 2016 IIHF World Championship.

Cam Talbot (Caledonia, Ont./Edmonton, NHL) stopped 13 shots in the shutout.

“I give our leadership group a lot of credit. They realized the importance of this game with two days before our next one. Our depth wore them down and our short-handed goal swung things in our favour.” – Bill Peters, Team Canada Head Coach

Alternate captain Ryan O’Reilly (Varna, Ont./Buffalo, NHL) scored two goals; while Taylor Hall (Kingston, Ont./Edmonton, NHL), Michael Matheson (Pointe-Claire, Que./Florida, NHL), alternate captain Matt Duchene (Haliburton, Ont./Colorado, NHL), Derick Brassard (Hull, Que./New York Rangers, NHL), captain Corey Perry (Peterborough, Ont./Anaheim, NHL), and Mark Stone (Winnipeg/Ottawa, NHL) contributed one goal each.

U.S. Defeated by Finland, 3-2, at Men’s Worlds
Vatrano, Murphy Score Goals for Team USA

Frank Vatrano (East Longmeadow, Mass.) and Connor Murphy (Dublin, Ohio) tallied goals for Team USA, but the U.S. Men’s National Team fell to Finland, 3-2, in a preliminary-round game here tonight at the 2016 International Ice Hockey Federation Men’s World Championship.