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 the 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
Matches played16
Goals scored79 (4.94 per match)
Attendance265,482 (16,593 per match)
Scoring leader(s) Sidney Crosby (10 pts)
MVP Sidney Crosby
← 2004
TBD →

Teams

The teams were officially announced on September 10, 2015 by the International Ice Hockey Federation. The teams are:[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
September 8, 2016
12:00 PM		Sweden 2–3 OT
(0–0, 1–1, 1–1, 0–1)		 FinlandHartwall Arena, Helsinki
Attendance: 11,634
September 8, 2016
8:00 PM		North America4–0
(0–0, 3–0, 1–0)		EuropeVideotron Centre, Quebec City
Attendance: 18,005
September 9, 2016
7:00 PM		Canada 2–4
(0–2, 1–1, 1–1)		 United StatesNationwide Arena, Columbus
Attendance: 17,791
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
September 10, 2016
12:00 PM		Finland 3–6
(0–2, 2–1, 1–3)		 SwedenScandinavium, Gothenburg
Attendance: 12,044
September 10, 2016
7:00 PM		United States 2–5
(1–3, 1–1, 0–1)		 CanadaCanadian Tire Centre, Ottawa
Attendance: 18,687
September 11, 2016
6:00 PM		Europe4–7
(1–5, 2–0, 1–2)		North AmericaBell Centre, Montreal
Attendance: 17,243
September 13, 2016
7:00 PM		Finland 2–3
(0–1, 0–2, 2–0)		 United StatesVerizon Center, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 15,653
September 14, 2016
3:30 PM		Czech Republic 3–2
(1–0, 0–0, 2–2)		North AmericaCONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh
September 14, 2016
7:00 PM		Sweden 2–6
(0–1, 1–2, 1–3)		EuropeVerizon Center, Washington, D.C.
Attendance: 13,523
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

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
September 17, 2016
8:00 PM		Canada 6–0
(3–0, 2–0, 1–0)		 Czech RepublicAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 18,978
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
September 20, 2016
8:00 PM		Canada 4–2
(3–1, 1–0, 0–1)		 United StatesAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 19,106
September 21, 2016
8:00 PM		Canada 4–1
(2–0, 1–1, 1–0)		EuropeAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 18,926
September 22, 2016
8:00 PM		Czech Republic 4–3
(1–1, 3–1, 0–1)		 United StatesAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 11,987

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
September 18, 2016
8:00 PM		Finland 1–4
(0–1, 0–3, 1–0)		North AmericaAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 19,029
September 19, 2016
8:00 PM		North America3–4
(1–0, 1–4, 1–0)		 RussiaAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 19,078
September 20, 2016
3:00 PM		Finland 0–2
(0–0, 0–1, 0–1)		 SwedenAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 11,604
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
September 22, 2016
3:00 PM		Finland 0–3
(0–0, 0–2, 0–1)		 RussiaAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 12,098

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
 
 
Europe3
 

Semi-finals
September 24, 2016
7:00 PM		Canada 5–3
(1–0, 1–2, 3–1)		 RussiaAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 19,021
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

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
September 29, 2016
8:00 PM		Europe1–2
(1–0, 0–0, 0–2)		 CanadaAir Canada Centre, Toronto
Attendance: 19,080

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 +/-
Sidney Crosby Canada637108
Brad Marchand Canada65385
Patrice Bergeron Canada64374
Jonathan Toews Canada63256
Johnny GaudreauNorth America32242
Nicklas Bäckström Sweden42243
Matt Duchene Canada62243
Erik Karlsson Sweden41342
Logan Couture Canada61343
John Tavares Canada61342
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
Carey Price Canada5571.400.9571300
Jaroslav HalákEurope63132.150.9411362
Henrik Lundqvist Sweden3172.250.9401187
John GibsonNorth America2132.090.932086
Sergei Bobrovsky Russia42102.530.9301237
Petr Mrázek Czech Republic2162.980.9251121
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
19 – Gord Dwyer  75 – Derek Amell 
27 – Eric Furlatt  76 – Michel Cormier 
28 – Chris Lee  55 – Shane Heyer 
4 – Wes McCauley  89 – Steve Miller 
13 – Dan O'Halloran  93 – Brian Murphy 
9 – Dan O'Rourke  95 – Jonny Murray 
11 – Kelly Sutherland  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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