Scheifele OT Hat Trick Gives Canada 6-5 Win Over Norway

Mark Scheifele scored 29 seconds into overtime to complete a hat trick and secure a 6-5 victory for Canada over Norway at the world hockey championship in Fribourg on Thursday. The win allowed Canada to narrowly avoid a significant upset after trailing late in the third period.

Norway built an early 2-0 lead on goals from Eskild Bakke Olsen and Johannes Johannesen. Scheifele, a Winnipeg Jets center, responded with two first-period goals to tie the game. His first came while falling to the ice, and he added a slap shot later in the period.

The teams traded goals in the second period. Noah Steen scored on a power play to give Norway the lead before Gabriel Vilardi answered for Canada, also on a power play, to even the score at 3-3.

Dylan Cozens put Canada ahead 4-3 just 31 seconds into the third period with a shorthanded goal. Norway then surged back, with Steen and Tinus Luc Koblar scoring less than two minutes apart to take a 5-4 lead midway through the period. Facing defeat, Canada pulled goaltender Cam Talbot for an extra attacker with just over two minutes remaining in regulation. The strategy succeeded when Ryan O'Reilly scored with 1:39 left, redirecting a shot from Macklin...