Olympic champions Canada won the ice hockey world championship after sweeping defending champions Russia 6-1 in the final in Prague on Sunday.

With a team full of NHL stars, Canada won their first gold since 2007 and the first medal at the worlds since 2009.

The 2010 and 2014 Olympic champions have won all 10 games at the tournament, scoring 66 goals and conceding only 15.

Canada dominated the final game, pouring 37 shots on Columbus goalie Sergei Bobrovski in the Russian goal, while the Russians only managed 12 shots.

Canada pushed from the start but scored only in the 19th minute as Dallas wing Cody Eakin tipped in a shot by Buffalo forward Tyler Ennis.

Ennis circled the Russian goal two minutes into the second period and took Russian goalie Bobrovski by surprise with a shot between his skate and the post for a 2-0 lead.

Pittsburgh center Sidney Crosby made it 3-0 on 28 minutes after a pass by Edmonton wing Jordan Eberle from behind the Russian goal found him unguarded in front of it.
Philadelphia center Claude Giroux broke away less than a minute later, failed to score but fooled Bobrovski and passed the puck to Dallas young gun Tyler Seguin, who scored into a gaping net for his ninth goal overall which made him the top scorer of the tournament.

Crosby set up Giroux for a power-play goal on 49 minutes and Bobrovski failed to tame a wrist shot by Nathan MacKinnon a minute later.

Pittsburgh star Evgeni Malkin scored a consolation goal for Russia four minutes later after tipping in a shot by Sergei Mozyakin.

Earlier on Sunday, the USA won bronze after beating the Czech Republic 3-0 with goals by Nick Bonino, Trevor Lewis and Charlie Coyle while goalie Connor Hellebuyck stopped all 39 Czech shots.
Source: AFP