Four Kings ended their World Championship with a win as Team Canada members Tyler Toffoli, Jake Muzzin and Martin Jones defeated Russia 6-1 to claim gold after Trevor Lewis scored to lead the United States to a 3-0 win over the Czech Republic in the bronze medal undercard Sunday at the O2 Arena in Prague. CAN BOX SCORE | USA BOX SCORE
-Toffoli hits the post at 1:25
Final Statistics
Tyler Toffoli (CAN): 10 GP / 2-3=5 / +9 / 23 SOG
Jake Muzzin (CAN): 10 GP / 0-8=8 / +14* / 9 SOG
Martin Jones (CAN): 2-0-0-0 / 1.50 GAA / .921 Sv%
Trevor Lewis (USA): 10 GP / 3-6=9** / +6 / 14 SOG
Marian Gaborik (SVK): 7 GP / 4-2=6*** / 0 / 26 SOG
Anze Kopitar (SLO): 7 GP / 1-3=4^ / -2 / 8 SOG
*led all tournament skaters
**led USA with six assists
*** led Slovakia with four goals and tied for the team lead with six points
^led Slovenia with four points and tied for the team lead with three assists
Canada earned gold for the 25th time in the history of the tournament but only the first time since 2007. The United States earned bronze for the second time in three years and seventh time overall. Silver medalist Russia won gold in 2008, 2009, 2012 and 2014.
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