Canada wins dramatic U16 final in OT

In the 19th minute, Canadian Blake Strain went off for slashing and Slovakia tied it again, with Alex Alföldy finishing off a nice passing play. However, Nolan Stewart put Canada back in front just 22 seconds later, forcing the ball over the line in a scrum. Slovak coach Róbert Alföldy responded with a time-out. The Slovaks didn't score on a subsequent power play, but in the 25th minute, Kristl sent a beautiful pass in front of Canada's goal to Petr Karoľ, who gave Schaus no chance.

However, in the 28th minute, Kirkpatrick gave Canada the lead again, scoring his second goal of the game, after which Canadian Brady Snedden was penalized for taunting the Slovak bench during the celebration. During the power play, Ďurčo shot from the blue line, Schaus kicked the ball out front and Samuel Cabúk tied the score again 4-4. Late in the second period, Slovakia had to kill off a major penalty after Róbert Krajňák was called for butt-ending, but the Canadians didn't score.

Iin the 33rd minute, Tomáš Šromovský was awarded a penalty shot when he was slashed on a breakaway, and he converted to give the Slovaks their first lead of the game. There was still plenty more drama, as the Canadians pushed hard for the equalizer, especially when a couple of overlapping penalties gave them a 5-on-3 for 33 seconds. It didn't come then, but it did come in the 42nd minute, when Flynn found his way around the tangle of bodies in front of Greguš's net and and scored the last goal of regulation time.

The teams went back and forth in overtime for almost seven minutes, when Dimitrov finally sent a long shot from the blue line through a crowd and into the Slovak net for the golden goal.