William Nylander wins gold medal, World Championship MVP, Marner settles for silver

In one of the best international hockey games (and easily, the worst way to finish a hockey game) you’ll see, Canada was topped 2-1 in a shootout by Sweden to decide the IIHF Men’s World Championship for 2017. William Nylander was on the winning side and was named tournament MVP, as you probably heard, while Mitch Marner comes out of his first World Championship with a silver medal.

Sweden got on the board first via an unassisted goal from Victor Hedman late in the second.

Marner tied things up with this (pass?) to Ryan O’Reilly under two minutes into the third…

Both Nylander and Marner were stopped in the shootout, with Marner actually being stopped on the game’s last shot. Sweden won 2-0 in the shootout, with Henrik Lundqvist making four saves in as many chances.

While Nylander had an MVP performance, the most impressive part of his day today was easily this tackle on Rangers goaltender Lundqvist.

FWIW, Canada outshot Sweden 43-42. So, it’s not worth much.

Nylander finished the tournament with 7 goals and 7 assists, while Marner picked up 4 goals and 8 assists. Not bad for a couple of guys who could still likely buy children’s tickets on the TTC if they crouched down a little.

Great showing, lads. Luckily, you’ll never be back at this tournament again.