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The 2016 World Hockey Championships took place from May 6th through the 22nd. With the Habs missing the postseason, they were much more represented than usual as nine different players and prospects represented their respective countries. Here is how each of them fared.

Sven Andrighetto (Switzerland)

Date Opponent G A PIMS +/- SOG TOI May 7 KAZ 0 1 0 +1 4 14:42 May 8 NOR 0 0 0 -2 4 15:30 May 10 DEN 0 0 2 E 3 11:55 May 11 LAT 1 2 0 +1 2 12:31 May 14 RUS 0 0 0 E 3 13:46 May 15 SWE 1 0 0 +1 4 16:35 May 17 CZE 1 1 2 +1 1 16:23 Totals 3 4 4 +2 21 101:22

Andrighetto was named Player of the Game on May 11th and 15th. He was also named one of Switzerland’s Top-3 players as voted by the coaches. His seven points led all Swiss players.

Tim Bozon (France)

Date Opponent G A PIMS +/- SOG TOI May 7 GER 0 0 0 E 0 16:36 May 8 SVK 0 0 0 E 1 16:15 May 10 HUN 0 0 2 -1 1 14:01 May 12 USA 0 0 0 E 1 8:16 May 14 FIN Did not play – injury May 16 CAN 0 0 0 E 1 12:36 May 17 BLR 0 0 0 -2 0 11:45 Totals 0 0 2 -3 4 80:56

Mike Condon (United States)

Date Opponent GA SF GAA SV% May 6 CAN Did not play May 7 BLR 3 23 3.00 .870 May 9 FIN 3 22 3.06 .864 May 12 FRA 0 19 0.00 1.000 May 13 HUN Did not play May 15 GER 3 14 3.01 .786 May 17 SVK Did not play May 19 CZE Did not play May 21 CAN Did not play May 22 RUS 2 12 6.00 .833 Totals (2-2-0 record) 11 90 2.55 .878

Condon was named Player of the Game on May 12th.

Lars Eller (Denmark)

Date Opponent G A PIMS +/- SOG TOI May 7 NOR 0 1 10 +1 3 17:31 May 8 SWE 0 1 0 E 2 18:54 May 10 SUI 0 1 0 -1 3 25:49 May 12 RUS 0 1 2 +1 1 16:07 May 13 LAT 0 0 0 E 6 21:34 May 15 CZE 0 0 0 -1 1 21:31 May 16 KAZ 0 1 0 -1 3 19:00 May 19 FIN 1 0 0 -1 3 21:14 Totals 1 5 12 -2 22 161:40

Eller was named Player of the Game on May 19th.

Alexei Emelin (Russia)

Date Opponent G A PIMS +/- SOG TOI May 6 CZE 0 0 0 -1 1 15:42 May 8 KAZ 0 0 0 +1 1 14:20 May 9 LAT 0 0 25 +1 1 8:41 May 12 DEN 0 0 0 E 2 16:40 May 14 SUI 0 0 0 -1 1 15:45 May 16 NOR 0 1 0 +1 0 13:38 May 17 SWE 0 0 0 E 0 16:36 May 19 GER 0 0 0 +2 2 17:37 May 21 FIN 0 0 0 -1 1 18:18 May 22 USA 0 0 0 +2 0 18:43 Totals 0 1 25 +4 9 156:00

Emelin was named Player of the Game on May 16th.

Brendan Gallagher (Canada)

Date Opponent G A PIMS +/- SOG TOI May 6 USA 1 0 0 +2 3 11:36 May 8 HUN 0 0 0 E 1 11:53 May 9 BLR 0 1 2 +1 2 14:52 May 12 GER 0 0 0 +1 2 14:39 May 14 SVK 0 0 0 E 2 11:36 May 16 FRA 0 1 2 +1 5 12:14 May 17 FIN 0 0 2 -1 0 12:26 May 19 SWE 0 1 4 +1 3 10:22 May 21 USA 1 0 2 E 2 9:54 May 22 FIN 0 0 0 E 0 7:22 Totals 2 3 12 +5 20 116 :54

Gallagher was named Player of the Game on May 17th.

Magnus Nygren (Sweden)

Date Opponent G A PIMS +/- SOG TOI May 6 LAT 0 0 0 E 3 17:54 May 8 DEN 1 0 0 -1 4 18:24 May 9 CZE 0 0 0 E 1 17:46 May 11 KAZ Did not play – sick May 14 NOR 0 0 2 E 1 14:21 May 15 SUI 0 1 2 E 5 15:38 May 17 RUS Did not play – healthy scratch May 19 CAN Did not play – healthy scratch Totals 1 1 4 -1 14 84:03

Tomas Plekanec (Czech Republic)

Date Opponent G A PIMS +/- SOG TOI May 6 RUS 0 0 2 E 4 19:01 May 7 LAT 2 0 2 E 5 21:11 May 9 SWE 0 0 0 +1 2 18:34 May 12 NOR 0 0 2 +1 2 14:57 May 13 KAZ 2 0 0 +2 3 17:54 May 15 DEN 1 0 0 +1 6 19:36 May 17 SUI 0 0 0 E 2 15:59 May 19 USA 0 0 2 E 5 21:38 Totals 5 0 8 +5 29 148:50

Plekanec was named Player of the Game on May 7th. He was also named one of the Czechs’ Top-3 players as voted by the coaches.

Martin Reway (Slovakia)

Date Opponent G A PIMS +/- SOG TOI May 7 HUN 0 0 0 E 3 18:31 May 8 FRA 0 0 0 E 0 16:38 May 10 GER 0 0 0 -3 0 16:20 May 11 BLR 0 1 0 -1 4 18:45 May 14 CAN 0 0 0 E 1 15:50 May 15 FIN 0 0 0 -1 1 19:20 May 17 USA 0 0 0 E 4 15:11 Totals 0 1 0 -5 13 120:35

Final Standings

1) Canada

2) Finland

3) Russia

4) United States

5) Czech Republic

6) Sweden

7) Germany

8) Denmark

9) Slovakia

10) Norway

11) Switzerland

12) Belarus

13) Latvia

14) France

15) Hungary (relegated)

16) Kazakhstan (relegated)

Despite Montreal’s success in recent years before 2015-16, quite a few members of the team have suited up in this tournament before. Here is how each has fared:

Skaters

Player Country GP G A PTS +/- PIMS Tomas Plekanec CZE 49 14 22 36 +7 40 Andrei Markov RUS 35 5 17 22 +19 28 Max Pacioretty USA 8 2 10 12 +5 4 Lars Eller DEN 20 5 7 12 -7 22 Jeff Petry USA 26 2 7 9 E 12 Alexei Emelin RUS 36 4 5 9 +17 72 Tom Gilbert USA 7 1 3 4 +2 0 Martin Reway SVK 7 0 3 3 E 2 Alex Galchenyuk USA 4 2 0 2 -3 0 Tim Bozon FRA 5 0 1 1 -4 0 P.K. Subban CAN 1 0 0 0 E 0

Goalies