- Norway grabs its first-ever IIHF Men’s Worlds medal with a 3-2 OT win over Canada
- Noah Steen rifled the overtime winner past Jet Greaves on a 2-on-1 break
- Read below for full details on the upset, Robert Thomas’s late comeback, and Canada’s third straight Worlds without a medal
Norway has its first medal in IIHF Men’s World Championship history.
Noah Steen scored a 2-on-1 winner 3:32 into overtime Sunday to give the Norwegians a 3-2 upset of Canada and bronze at the 2026 tournament in Zurich.
Watch Steen, a Tampa Bay Lightning prospect, pick the glove side on Jet Greaves:
The Norwegians looked like the upset was on the whole night. Emilio Pettersen pounced on a Greaves giveaway behind the Canadian net to make it 1-0, and Anaheim Ducks defenseman Stian Solberg added a deflection off Zach Whitecloud for a 2-0 lead.
Henrik Haukeland was the difference. The Norwegian netminder stopped 18 shots in the first period alone after a brutal 6-0 loss to Switzerland in the semis, and he has to be in the IIHF MVP conversation.
Canada nearly stole it. Robert Thomas, the St. Louis Blues center, scored twice with the extra attacker in the final 76 seconds to drag the game to overtime.
That late push fell flat in extra time. Canada drops its sixth straight bronze medal game and misses the podium for a third straight Worlds, with the last medal coming in 2023.
Sidney Crosby and Macklin Celebrini led a Canadian roster that didn’t have Connor McDavid or Nathan MacKinnon. Crosby was the lone forward who looked like he wanted it, throwing hits and grinding in both ends, but the top-line firepower never showed up. After Finland knocked Canada into the bronze game Saturday night, Norway slammed the door.
Finland and Switzerland play for gold later Sunday.
