The march toward the Stanley Cup Final and the long summer continues this week, but the road to gold in Latvia is over. Canada defeated Finland to pick up their first World Championship gold since 2016.
The game went all the way to overtime, which per the new IIHF rules is played in consecutive periods at 3-on-3 until there is a winner, with no shootouts for the gold medal game (this will be in effect at the 2022 Winter Olympics too.)
Ex-Toronto Maple Leaf and current Ottawa Senator Connor Brown was the leading scorer in the tournament.