Team Europe (ice hockey)
 |
|
| General Manager |
 Miroslav Šatan
|
|---|---|
| Head coach |
 Ralph Krueger
|
| Assistants |
 Paul Maurice
|
| Captain |
 Anže Kopitar
|
| Top scorer |
Tomáš Tatar (3) |
| Most points |
Anže Kopitar & Mats Zuccarello (4) |
| Team colors | |
.png) |
|
| First international | |
|
North America 4–0 Europe (Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; 8 September 2016) |
|
| Biggest win | |
Europe 6–2 Sweden  (Washington, D.C., United States; 14 September 2016) |
|
| Biggest defeat | |
|
North America 4–0 Europe (Quebec City, Quebec, Canada; 8 September 2016) |
|
| World Cup of Hockey | |
| Appearances | 1 (first in 2016) |
| Best result | 2nd (2016) |
| International record (W–L–T) | |
| 4–5–0 | |
The European men's ice hockey team is governed by the International Ice Hockey Federation, National Hockey League's organization and its players' association. It represents countries in Europe not otherwise represented at the World Cup of Hockey (the Czech Republic, Finland, Russia and Sweden).
For the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, team Europe consisted of players from Austria, Denmark, France, Germany, Norway, Slovakia, Slovenia and Switzerland.
The team played 6 first round games. Team Europe shut out Team USA 3-0. Then they beat Team Czech Republic 3-2 in OT and lost to Canada 4-1 to end the group stage. Team Europe clinched the second seed in Group A and a semi-final game against Sweden.
Europe and Sweden played a close semi-final game, with Team Europe winning 3-2 in overtime on a controversial goal by Tomas Tatar.
Team Europe made it to the final of the 2016 World Cup of Hockey, losing the best of 3 series 2-0 to Team Canada.
2-1-0 group stage record and a 1-2-0 semi-final/final record made for a 3-3-0 record. Team Europe scored 11 goals and allowed 14 in six games at the World Cup of Hockey 2016.
...
Wikipedia