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The 2012 World Hockey Championships took place in Sweden and Finland this
year.  Despite the Habs missing the playoffs, only a handful of
players represented the team as many players declined for various reasons. 
Still, Montreal fans were able to follow the progress of Lars Eller, Alexei Emelin, Max Pacioretty, and Tomas Plekanec as they
went for gold.

The tournament format changed this year.  This time there are two
groups of eight teams with every squad playing seven preliminary round games. 
The top four teams from each pool move onto the quarterfinals while the bottom
two teams are relegated.  Note that under player totals, the result column
shows the team record.  Scores with an asterisk beside them denote OT/SO
games.

Lars
Eller (DEN)


Date
Opponent
Result
G
A
PIMS
SOG
+/-
TOI
May 4 Czech Rep. 2-0 L 0 0 0 3 -1 19:19
May 6 Italy 4-3 L* 1 0 0 4 0 25:43
May 7 Sweden 6-4 L 1 1 2 3 -2 19:18
May 10 Russia 3-1 L 1 0 0 5 E 20:13
May 12 Germany 2-1 L 0 0 0 1 E 21:28
May 14 Latvia 2-0 W 0 1 0 1 +1 21:04
May 15 Norway 6-2 L 0 0 12 4 E 19:32

Totals		 1-0-1-5 3 2 14 21 -2 146:37

Eller’s TOI against Italy was a team high while his total TOI led all
forwards in the round robin.  His 21 shots on net led all Danish forwards,
as did his total ice time and total points.  He was voted one of the teams’
best three players as selected by the coaches.

Alexei
Emelin (RUS)


Date
Opponent
Result
G
A
PIMS
SOG
+/-
TOI
May 5 Latvia 5-2 W 0 0 0 2 +3 18:47
May 6 Norway 4-2 W 0 1 0 3 +1 21:19
May 8 Germany 2-0 W 0 0 2 1 E 21:11
May 10 Denmark 3-1 W 0 0 0 0 +1 16:10
May 11 Sweden 7-3 W 1 0 2 2 E 19:32
May 13 Czech Rep. 2-0 W – – – – – –
May 14 Italy 4-0 W 0 0 0 2 +2 17:38

May 17		 Norway 5-2 W 1 1 0 2 +2 17:11
May 19 Finland 6-2
W		 0 0 0 1 +1
18:26

May 20		 Slovakia 6-2 W 0 0 0 0 +2 17:06

Totals		 10-0-0 2 2 4 13 +12 167:20

Emelin’s TOI against Norway was a team high.  He was suspended for the
May 13 game vs the Czech Republic.  His +12 rating led all tournament
defencemen.

Max
Pacioretty (USA)


Date
Opponent
Result
G
A
PIMS
SOG
+/-
TOI
May 4 France 7-2 W 1 2 0 5 +1 15:18
May 5 Canada 5-4 W* 0 1 0 3 -1 17:18
May 7 Slovakia 4-2 L 0 1 0 3 -1 17:44
May 10 Belarus 5-3 W 0 2 0 0 +2 14:42
May 11 Kazakhstan 3-2 W* 0 1 0 2 +1 19:13
May 13 Finland 5-0 W 1 1 0 8 +1 18:09
May 15 Switzerland 5-2 W 0 2 2 1 +2 13:04
May 17 Finland 3-2 L 0 0 2 3 E 16:57

Totals		 4-2-0-2 2 10 4 25 +5 132:25

Pacioretty was named USA’s Player of the Game on May 4th.  His 10
assists and 12 points led the team.

Tomas
Plekanec (CZE)

 


Date
Opponent
Result
G
A
PIMS
SOG
+/-
TOI
May 4 Denmark 2-0 W 0 2 0 3 +2 18:32
May 5 Sweden 4-1 L 0 0 0 0 -2 15:51
May 7 Norway 4-3 W* 0 1 0 0 +1 17:11
May 10 Latvia 3-1 W 1 1 2 4 E 17:54
May 11 Italy 6-0 W 0 0 0 0 +1 17:38
May 13 Russia 2-0 L 0 0 0 6 -1 19:41
May 15 Germany 8-1 W 0 1 0 0 E 17:56

May 17		 Sweden 4-3 W 0 0 0 2 -1 17:19
May 19 Slovakia 3-1 L 0 1 0 1 -1 18:22

May 20		 Finland 3-2 W 0 0 0 2 E 19:17

Totals		 6-1-0-3 1 6 2 18 -1 179:41

Plekanec’s 6 assists led the Czechs while his 266 shifts led
all forwards on that team.  He was voted one of the teams’ best three
players as selected by the coaches.

P.K. Subban was originally selected to play for Team Canada,
however, an injury suffered in a pre-tournament game forced him to withdraw from
the tournament.