PRE-TOURNAMENT GAMES WRAP UP FOR WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY 2016
The pre-tournament exhibitions for the World Cup of Hockey 2016 wrapped up Wednesday with three games:

* Team Russia (1-0-2) took a 2-1 lead midway through the third period courtesy of goals from Alex Ovechkin and Artemi Panarin (1-1—2), but John Tavares tied the game at 13:58 of the frame and Ryan Getzlaf scored at 3:29 of overtime to lift Team Canada (2-1-0) to a win at CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh.

* Leon Draisaitl (3-0—3) recorded a hat trick to power Team Europe (1-2-0) to its first win with a 6-2 victory over Team Sweden (1-1-1) at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. Three other members of Team Europe registered multiple points: Tomas Tatar (1-1—2), Nino Niederreiter (0-2—2) and Dennis Seidenberg (0-2—2).

* Team North America (2-1-0) notched two goals in less than two minutes to erase a 2-0 deficit midway through the third period, but Tomas Plekanec scored 53 seconds later to propel Team Czech Republic (2-1-0) to a victory in its pre-tournament finale at CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh.

TOP PRE-TOURNAMENT PERFORMERS
A quick look at the top performers from the World Cup of Hockey 2016 pre-tournament games:

Goals
t-1. Leon Draisaitl (EUR): 3
t-1. Loui Eriksson (SWE): 3
t-1. Johnny Gaudreau (NAT): 3
t-1. Patric Hornqvist (SWE): 3
t-1. Tomas Plekanec (CZE): 3
t-1. John Tavares (CAN): 3

Assists
t-1. Drew Doughty (CAN): 3
t-1. Filip Forsberg (SWE): 3
t-1. Ales Hemsky (CZE): 3
t-1. Roman Josi (EUR): 3
t-1. Vadim Shipachyov (RUS): 3
t-1. Mats Zuccarello (EUR): 3

Points, All Skaters
t-1. Johnny Gaudreau (NAT): 3-2—5
t-1. Patric Hornqvist (SWE): 3-2—5
t-3. Nathan MacKinnon (NAT): 2-2—4
t-3. Artemi Panarin (RUS): 2-2—4
t-3. Derek Stepan (USA): 2-2—4
t-3. Drew Doughty (CAN): 1-3—4
t-3. Filip Forsberg (SWE): 1-3—4

Points, Defensemen
1. Drew Doughty (CAN): 1-3—4
t-2. Aaron Ekblad (NAT): 2-1—3
t-2. Michal Kempny (CZE): 1-2—3
t-2. Rasmus Ristolainen (FIN): 1-2—3
t-2. Roman Josi (EUR): 0-3—3

Goals-Against Average
t-1. Corey Crawford (CAN): 0.00
t-1. Jacob Markstrom (SWE): 0.00
3. Matt Murray (NAT): 0.60
4. Michal Neuvirth (CZE): 0.63
5. Semyon Varlamov (RUS): 0.92

Save Percentage
t-1. Corey Crawford (CAN): 1.000
t-1. Jacob Markstrom (SWE): 1.000
3. Michal Neuvirth (CZE): .978
4. Matt Murray (NAT): .975
5. Semyon Varlamov (RUS): .971

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT
Team Finland forward Aleksander Barkov and Team Europe forward Leon Draisaitlpenned their latest blogs for WCH2016.com . . . Nine thousand students visited Air Canada Centre to learn STEM and Global Citizenship concepts as part of the World Cup of Hockey 2016 . . . REMINDER: The Scotiabank World Cup of Hockey Fan Village, the epicenter of the two-week tournament, opens Friday in the Distillery District

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