Canada's Stone named tournament MVP at worlds

BRATISLAVA, SLOVAKIA - MAY 26: Mark Stone #61 of Canada challenges Juhani Tyrvainen #21 of Finland during the 2019 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship Slovakia final game between Canada and Finland at Ondrej Nepela Arena on May 26, 2019 in Bratislava, Slovakia.
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Canada's Mark Stone earned Most Valuable Player honors at the World Championship despite losing 3-1 to Finland in the gold medal game Sunday.

The Vegas Golden Knights forward led the tournament with eight goals and notched in a team-high 14 points in 10 games for Canada.

He was also named to the all-tournament team.

Stone had many memorable moments at the tourney, including setting up Damon Severson's last-second equalizer and then scoring the overtime winner in Thursday's quarterfinal victory over Switzerland.

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