Thomas Chabot and Team Canada are heading home with IIHF World Championship silver.
After defeating Czechia 6-1 in Saturday's semifinal, the Canadians fell 4-3 in overtime to host Finland in Sunday's gold medal contest. Chabot, unfortunately, was in the penalty box when Finland scored on a four-on-three power play to win the game in extra time.
It was an eventful gold medal match with Canada entering the third up 1-0. Finland scored three straight goals in the third - including two power play markers that came on a wrongly called high sticking penalty.
Miro Heiskanen high-sticked himself in the face, but Cole Sillinger gets a penalty. #IIHFWorlds pic.twitter.com/wTkqryAwTu
— Steven Ellis (@StevenEllisTHN) May 29, 2022
Canada, who erased a 3-0 third period deficit to beat Sweden 4-3 in overtime in the quarterfinals, would tie the game at 3-3 by scoring two goals with their goaltender pulled, forcing overtime. Despite the loss, it was an impressive showing by the Canadians.
Chabot, Canada's captain, played 27:44 in the gold medal game, including 9:58 in the first period. He finished the tournament with four assists in 10 games.
This was Chabot's third World Championship appearance. The former Saint John Sea Dogs defenseman now has two goals and 10 assists in 26 career games at the event.
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