WJC: Finishing Touches

With the 2015 World U20 Championships coming to a close last night, Moose Country has decided to do a wrap up post.

First let's start with the tournament awards
Most Valuable Player: Denis Godla (Slovakia - goaltender)
All-star team: goaltender - Denis Godla (Slovakia); defencemen - Gustav Forsling (Sweden) & Josh Morrissey (Canada); forwards - Sam Reinhart (Canada), Max Domi (Canada) & Connor McDavid (Canada)
IIHF best players: goaltender - Denis Godla (Slovakia), defenceman - Vladislav Gavrikov (Russia), forward - Max Domi (Canada)

We already know who won but here are the final standings
Gold - Canada
Silver - Russia
Bronze - Slovakia
4th - Sweden
5th - United States
6th - Czech Republic
7th - Finland
8th - Denmark
9th - Switzerland
10th - Germany

Three Canada players were tied at the top of the scoring leaders with 11 points; Sam Reinhart, Nicolas Petan and Connor McDavid. Max Domi 10 (Canada), William Nylander 10 (Sweden), Curtis Lazar 9 (Canada), Oskar Lindblom 9 (Sweden), Martin Reway 9 (Slovakia), Adrian Kempe 8 (Canada) round out the top 10.

 Former Halifax Mooseheads and current Quebec Remparts goaltender Zach Fucale led all goalies in save percentage and goals against average during the tournament. Fucale had a GAA of 1.20 and had a 0.939 save percentage.

This concludes Moose Country's coverage of the 2015 World Juniors. Congrats to Team Canada and Zach Fucale on winning the gold medal. Timo Meier and Nikolaj Ehlers should be back for the Mooseheads games at home starting Friday night. They both played awesome for their teams, I expect that at least Meier will be on Team Switzerland at next year's tournament.