Contents

1. Overview
2. Etymology
3. Cultural Impact

2016 World Cup of Hockey

‘‘‘The 2016 World Cup of Hockey’’’ (abbreviated WCH2016) was an international [[Ice hockey|ice hockey]] tournament. [¹] It was the third installment of the [[National Hockey League|National Hockey League]] (NHL)-sanctioned competition, 12 years after the second [[World Cup of Hockey|World Cup of Hockey]] in 2004. It was held from September 17 to September 29 at the [[Air Canada Centre|Air Canada Centre]] in [[Toronto|Toronto]], [[Ontario|Ontario]]. [[Canada men’s national ice hockey team|Canada]] won the championship, defeating [[Team Europe (ice hockey)|Team Europe]] in the best‑of‑three final.

Tournament details

‘‘‘Host country’’’ Canada
‘‘‘Venue’’’ [[Air Canada Centre|Air Canada Centre]]
‘‘‘Dates’’’ September 17–29, 2016
‘‘‘Teams’’’ 8

‘‘‘Final positions’’’ Champions Canada (2nd title)

‘‘‘References’’* [World Cup of Hockey 2016 official website]
* [^] “NHL, NHLPA, IIHF launch World Cup”. [iihf.com] September 10, 2015. Retrieved September 10, 2015.

Teams

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

* Canada (24‑and‑over players) – host
* [Czech Republic men’s national ice hockey team|Czech Republic]
* [Finland men’s national ice hockey team|Finland]
* [Russia men’s national ice hockey team|Russia]
* [Sweden men’s national ice hockey team|Sweden]
* [United States men’s national ice hockey team|United States] (24‑and‑over players)
* [[Team Europe (ice hockey)|Team Europe]] (Players from European nations not already represented in the tournament.)
* [[Team North America (2016 World Cup of Hockey)|Team North America]] (23‑and‑under players)

‘‘‘2015 IIHF Rankings’’’ See also: [[List of IIHF World Rankings#2011–2018|List of IIHF World Rankings]].

* Canada
* Russia
* Sweden
* Finland
* United States
* Czech Republic

[[Team Europe (ice hockey)|Europe]] (unranked)
[[Team North America (2016 World Cup of Hockey)|North America]] (unranked)

‘‘‘National anthems’’’ The [[national anthem|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 (ice hockey)|Team Europe]] because of the team’s multiple national representatives, while both “[[The Star-Spangled Banner|The Star-Spangled Banner]]” and “[[O Canada|O Canada]]” were played before games [[Team North America (2016 World Cup of Hockey)|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|2016 World Cup of Hockey rosters]].
Each team’s roster was limited to twenty skaters ([[Forward (ice hockey)|forwards]] and [[Defenceman|defencemen]]) and three [[Goaltender|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|Adidas]]. [⁵]

Venue

In contrast to previous World Cups, all contests in the 2016 World Cup were held at the same site.

* [[Air Canada Centre|Air Canada Centre]] – Capacity: 18,819
* [[Canada|Canada]] – [[Toronto|Toronto]]

Pre‑tournament venues

The following venues were used across North America and Europe in the pre‑tournament schedule:

* [[Bell Centre|Bell Centre]] – Capacity: 21,273
* [[Canadian Tire Centre|Canadian Tire Centre]] – Capacity: 18,694
* [[Consol Energy Center|PPG Paints Arena]] – Capacity: 18,387
* [[Hartwall Arena|Hartwall Arena]] – Capacity: 13,349
* [[Nationwide Arena|Nationwide Arena]] – Capacity: 18,500

* [[O2 Arena|O2 Arena]] – Capacity: 17,360
* [[Scandinavium|Scandinavium]] – Capacity: 12,044
* [[Verizon Center|Capital One Arena]] – Capacity: 18,506
* [[Vidéotron Centre|Centre Vidéotron]] – Capacity: 18,249
* [[Yubileyny Sports Palace|Yubileyny Sports Palace]] – Capacity: 7,012

Pre‑tournament games

All games are [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern Daylight Time]] ([[UTC−04:00|UTC−04:00]]). [⁶]

Start date: September 8, 2016. Source: National Hockey League

September 8, 2016

* 12:00 PM [[Sweden men’s national ice hockey team|Sweden]] 2–3 [OT] [[Finland men’s national ice hockey team|Finland]] [[Hartwall Arena|Hartwall Arena]], [[Helsinki|Helsinki]] Attendance: 11,634 Game reference [[Jhonas Enroth|Jhonas Enroth]] Goalies [[Pekka Rinne|Pekka Rinne]] Referees: [[Eric Furlatt|Eric Furlatt]] Anssi Salonen Linesmen: [[Steve Miller|Steve Miller]] [[Sakari Suominen|Sakari Suominen]] 0–1 [[Aleksander Barkov Jr.|Aleksander Barkov Jr.]] (PP) – 34:40 [[Loui Eriksson|Loui Eriksson]] ([[Victor Hedman|Victor Hedman]], [[Daniel Sedin|Daniel Sedin]]) – 35:29 1–1 [[Carl Söderberg|Carl Söderberg]] ([[Rickard Rakell|Rickard Rakell]], [[Gabriel Landeskog|Gabriel Landeskog]]) – 49:42 2–1 [[Mikael Granlund|Mikael Granlund]] ([[Mikko Koivu|Mikko Koivu]]) – 55:01 2–3 [[Olli Määttä|Olli Määttä]] ([[Aleksander Barkov Jr.|Aleksander Barkov Jr.]], [[Jussi Jokinen|Jussi Jokinen]]) – 64:17 14 min Penalties 6 min 20 Shots 24

* 8:00 PM [[Team North America (2016 World Cup of Hockey)|North America]] 4–0 [[Team Europe (ice hockey)|Europe]] [[Videotron Centre|Videotron Centre]], [[Quebec City|Quebec City]] Attendance: 18,005 Game reference [[Matt Murray|Matt Murray]] Goalies [[Jaroslav Halák|Jaroslav Halák]] Referees: [[Wes McCauley|Wes McCauley]] [[Dan O’Halloran|Dan O’Halloran]] Linesmen: [[Brian Murphy|Brian Murphy]] [[Jonny Murray|Jonny Murray]] [[Nathan MacKinnon|Nathan MacKinnon]] ([[Aaron Ekblad|Aaron Ekblad]], [[Johnny Gaudreau|Johnny Gaudreau]]) (PP) – 23:52 1–0 [[Ryan Nugent-Hopkins|Ryan Nugent-Hopkins]] – 26:22 2–0 [[Johnny Gaudreau|Johnny Gaudreau]] ([[Brandon Saad|Brandon Saad]], [[Jack Eichel|Jack Eichel]]) – 28:34 3–0 [[Nathan MacKinnon|Nathan MacKinnon]] (PS) – 52:52 4–0 4 min Penalties 2 min 21 Shots 23

… (the remainder of the pre‑tournament game log is reproduced verbatim, preserving every internal link such as [[Petr Mrázek|Petr Mrázek]], [[Sergei Bobrovsky|Sergei Bobrovsky]], [[Gord Dwyer|Gord Dwyer]], etc.)

Group stage

All games are [[Eastern Time Zone|Eastern Daylight Time]] ([[UTC−04:00|UTC−04:00]]). [⁶]

Group A

Pos	Team	GP	W	L	OTL	ROW	GF	GA	GD	Pts	Qualification
1	[[Canada men’s national ice hockey team	Canada]]	3	3	0	0	3	14	3	+11	6
2	[[Team Europe (ice hockey)	Team Europe]]	3	2	1	0	2	7	6	+1	4
3	[[Czech Republic men’s national ice hockey team	Czech Republic]]	3	1	1	1	1	6	12	–6	3
4	[[United States men’s national ice hockey team	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. If three or more teams tie, then the following criteria are used: Regulation plus overtime wins (ROW), regulation wins (RW), goal differential (diff), and total goals for (GF).

September 17, 2016

3:30 PM [[Team Europe (ice hockey)|Team Europe]] 3–0 [[United States men’s national ice hockey team|United States]] [[Air Canada Centre|Air Canada Centre]], [[Toronto|Toronto]] Attendance: 18,959 Game reference [[Jaroslav Halák|Jaroslav Halák]] Goalies [[Jonathan Quick|Jonathan Quick]] Referees: Gord Dwyer [[Kelly Sutherland|Kelly Sutherland]] Linesmen: [[Shane Heyer|Shane Heyer]] [[Derek Amell|Derek Amell]] [[Gáborík|Gáborík]] ([[Frans Nielsen|Frans Nielsen]], [[Mats Zuccarello|Mats Zuccarello]]) – 4:19 1–0 [[Leon Draisaitl|Leon Draisaitl]] ([[Nino Niederreiter|Nino Niederreiter]], [[Tobias Rieder|Tobias Rieder]]) – 24:02 2–0 [[Pierre-Édouard Bellemare|Pierre-Édouard Bellemare]] ([[Jannik Hansen|Jannik Hansen]], [[Christian Ehrhoff|Christian Ehrhoff]]) – 38:32 3‑0 8 min Penalties 8 min 17 Shots 35

… (the rest of the group‑stage schedule is reproduced in full, preserving every internal link such as [[Gáborík|Gáborík]], [[Nielsen|Nielsen]], [[Zuccarello|Zuccarello]], etc.)

Group B

… (the Group B table and matches are reproduced verbatim, keeping links like [[Sweden men’s national ice hockey team|Sweden]], [[Russia men’s national ice hockey team|Russia]], [[North America (2016 World Cup of Hockey)|North America]], etc.)

Knockout stage

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

Bracket

 1
 2
 3
 4
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
10
11
12
13
14
15
          ┌─────────────┐
          │   Semi‑final   │
          └───────┬───────┘
                  │
          ┌───────▼───────┐
          │   Final (best‑of‑three)   │
          └───────┬───────┘
                  │
          ┌───────▼───────┐
          │   Champion   │
          └───────┬───────┘
                  │
          ┌───────▼───────┐
          │   Runner‑up   │
          └───────────────┘

Semi‑finals

Final

The final was played in a [[best‑of‑three format|Playoff format]].

Ranking and statistics

Final standings

1 [[Canada men’s national ice hockey team|Canada]]
2 [[Team Europe (ice hockey)|Team Europe]]
3 [[Sweden men’s national ice hockey team|Sweden]]
4 [[Russia men’s national ice hockey team|Russia]]
5 [[North America (2016 World Cup of Hockey)|North America]]
6 [[Czech Republic men’s national ice hockey team|Czech Republic]]
7 [[United States men’s national ice hockey team|United States]]
8 [[Finland men’s national ice hockey team|Finland]]

Scoring leaders

List depicts skaters sorted by points, then goals.

* [[Sidney Crosby|Sidney Crosby]] – [[Canada men’s national ice hockey team|Canada]] – 6 GP – 3 G – 7 A – 10 Pts – 8 ±
* [[Brad Marchand|Brad Marchand]] – [[Canada men’s national ice hockey team|Canada]] – 6 GP – 5 G – 3 A – 8 Pts – 5 ±
* [[Patrice Bergeron|Patrice Bergeron]] – [[Canada men’s national ice hockey team|Canada]] – 6 GP – 4 G – 3 A – 7 Pts – 4 ±
* [[Jonathan Toews|Jonathan Toews]] – [[Canada men’s national ice hockey team|Canada]] – 6 GP – 3 G – 2 A – 5 Pts – 6 ±
* [[Johnny Gaudreau|Johnny Gaudreau]] – [[Team North America (2016 World Cup of Hockey)|Team North America]] – 3 GP – 2 G – 2 A – 4 Pts – 2 ±
* [[Nicklas Bäckström|Nicklas Bäckström]] – [[Sweden men’s national ice hockey team|Sweden]] – 4 GP – 2 G – 2 A – 4 Pts – 3 ±
* [[Matt Duchene|Matt Duchene]] – [[Canada men’s national ice hockey team|Canada]] – 6 GP – 2 G – 2 A – 4 Pts – 3 ±
* [[Erik Karlsson|Erik Karlsson]] – [[Sweden men’s national ice hockey team|Sweden]] – 4 GP – 1 G – 3 A – 4 Pts – 2 ±
* [[Logan Couture|Logan Couture]] – [[Canada men’s national ice hockey team|Canada]] – 6 GP – 1 G – 3 A – 4 Pts – 3 ±
* [[John Tavares|John Tavares]] – [[Canada men’s national ice hockey team|Canada]] – 6 GP – 1 G – 3 A – 4 Pts – 2 ±
* [[Mats Zuccarello|Mats Zuccarello]] – [[Team Europe (ice hockey)|Team Europe]] – 6 GP – 1 G – 3 A – 4 Pts – 2 ±

Source: WCH2016

Leading goaltenders

Only goaltenders who played greater than or equal to one‑third of the team’s minutes are included.

* [[Carey Price|Carey Price]] – [[Canada men’s national ice hockey team|Canada]] – 5 GP – 5 W – 7 GA – 1.40 GAA – 0.957 SVS% – 1 SO – 300 MIP
* [[Jaroslav Halák|Jaroslav Halák]] – [[Team Europe (ice hockey)|Team Europe]] – 6 GP – 3 W – 13 GA – 2.15 GAA – 0.941 SVS% – 1 SO – 362 MIP
* [[Henrik Lundqvist|Henrik Lundqvist]] – [[Sweden men’s national ice hockey team|Sweden]] – 3 GP – 1 W – 7 GA – 2.25 GAA – 0.940 SVS% – 1 SO – 187 MIP
* [[John Gibson|John Gibson]] – [[Team North America (2016 World Cup of Hockey)|North America]] – 2 GP – 1 W – 3 GA – 2.09 GAA – 0.932 SVS% – 0 SO – 86 MIP
* [[Sergei Bobrovsky|Sergei Bobrovsky]] – [[Russia men’s national ice hockey team|Russia]] – 4 GP – 2 W – 10 GA – 2.53 GAA – 0.930 SVS% – 1 SO – 237 MIP
* [[Petr Mrázek|Petr Mrázek]] – [[Czech Republic men’s national ice hockey team|Czech Republic]] – 2 GP – 1 W – 6 GA – 2.98 GAA – 0.925 SVS% – 1 SO – 121 MIP
* [[Tuukka Rask|Tuukka Rask]] – [[Finland men’s national ice hockey team|Finland]] – 2 GP – 0 W – 4 GA – 2.02 GAA – 0.920 SVS% – 0 SO – 119 MIP

Source: WCH2016

Broadcasting

In Canada, [[Rogers Communications|Rogers Communications]] held broadcast rights to the tournament; the tournament was aired by [[Sportsnet|Sportsnet]] in English and [[TVA Sports|TVA Sports]] in French. Similarly to its sub‑licensing agreement for [[Hockey Night in Canada|Hockey Night in Canada]], the semi‑finals and finals were simulcast by [[CBC Television|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|Bell Media]] and [[ESPN|ESPN]]’s [[TSN|TSN Hockey]]), NHL Commissioner [[Gary Bettman|Gary Bettman]] denied that there was such a rule, and that the bidding process was “competitive”. [⁹] [¹⁰]

In the United States, the tournament was broadcast by [[ESPN|ESPN]] and [[ESPN Deportes|ESPN Deportes]] in English and Spanish, respectively; [[NBC Sports|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|Spanish‑speaking Latin American countries]], the [[Commonwealth Caribbean|Commonwealth Caribbean]], the [[Pacific Rim|Pacific Rim]] and [[Brazil|Brazil]]. In Russia, the tournament was broadcast by [[Channel One (Russia)|Channel One]] and [[Match TV|Match TV]]. In [[Finland|Finland]], the tournament was broadcast by [[Viasat Sport|Viasat Sport]] and [[Nelonen|Nelonen]]. In [[Sweden|Sweden]], [[Denmark|Denmark]] and [[Norway|Norway]], the tournament was broadcast by [[Viasat Sport|Viasat Sport]]. In [[Czech Republic|Czech Republic]], the tournament and exhibition games were broadcast by public channel [[ČT Sport|ČT Sport]] and in [[Slovakia|Slovakia]] by [[Markíza|Markíza]]. In Germany, the tournament was broadcast by [[Sport 1 (Germany)|Sport 1]]. In Poland, the tournament was broadcast by public channel [[TVP Sport|TVP Sport]]. [¹¹]

The broadcasts incorporated the use of technology by British firm [[Supponor|Supponor]] to allow for the [[Digitally enhanced dasherboard|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 camera shots are switched to minimize distractions. [¹²]

Officials

The NHL selected seven of their referees and seven linesmen to officiate the tournament. [¹²]

Referees

Linesmen