The 2016 World Junior Hockey Championship took place in Helsinki Finland, and while both Canada and Russia were aiming for a top three finish, only one of the teams achieved its goal.
Russia won its group with a 3-1-0-0 record, winning all four of their round robin games. They eventually lost to Finland during overtime in the gold medal game by a final score of 4-3, but emerged from the tournament with a hard-earned silver medal. For Canada, however, things didn’t go quite as planned. Not only did they struggle in group play, putting together a paltry 1-1-0-2 record, but they were eliminated by the eventual champions Finland in the quarter final.