ZURICH \u2013 Norway stunned Canada 3-2 in overtime of the bronze medal game to capture its first ice hockey world championship medal on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Noah Steen scored the winner 3:32 into overtime. The previous best result for Norway was a fourth-place finish in 1951. <\/p>\n
In a wild ending, Canada was 2-0 down when it pulled netminder Jet Greaves. Robert Thomas then scored from the slot to reduce the deficit with 1:16 remaining in the final period with an unassisted goal.<\/p>\n
With eight seconds to go, captain Macklin Celebrini and Ryan O’Reilly set up Thomas for his second to tie it at 2-2, forcing overtime. <\/p>\n
Earlier, Emilio Pettersen gave Norway a 1-0 lead in the opening period and Stian Solberg added another with a deflected shot in the second. Goaltender Henrik Haukeland stopped 44 shots.<\/p>\n
Greaves made 21 saves for Canada.<\/p>\n
Canada had to settle for the bronze medal game after a 4-2 upset defeat to Finland<\/a> in the semifinals on Saturday.<\/p>\n The Canadians have come up short at the worlds since they won their last and record 28th title in 2023.<\/p>\n They finished fourth in 2024 and were stunned 2-1 by Denmark<\/a> in the quarterfinals last year.<\/p>\n The worlds ended in disappointment for Canada again this year despite a lineup that included teenage sensation Celebrini as captain and NHL great Sidney Crosby in addition to several established NHL stars, including O\u2019Reilly, John Tavares and Mark Scheifele.<\/p>\n Canada managed to win all of its group games, including a 6-5 victory over Norway in overtime, and eliminated defending champion U.S.<\/a> in the quarterfinals.<\/p>\n But Finland, led by Florida Panthers center Aleksander Barkov, proved too good in the semis.<\/p>\n Switzerland and Finland meet in the final later Sunday.<\/p>\n ____<\/p>\n