Peterborough's Porter Martone Captains Canada to Gold At the IIHF U18 World Championship With 6-4 Win Over the United States

Peterborough’s Porter Martone may not have gotten on the scoresheet in the finals but he captained Team Canada for a 6-4 win over the United States to win a gold medal at the IIHF U18 World Championship at the Metro Areena in Espoo, Finland on Sunday afternoon.

Photo courtesy of Hockey Canada.

Four of Canada’s goals came from the power play thanks in part to USA’s Trevor Connelly who was given a five-minute major and a game misconduct for a check to the head. Three of Canada’s man-advantage scores came from the major penalty.

Martone had a chance to score and tie the game with a man advantage near midway through the final frame. He received a pass from outside the faceoff circle in a high-danger area but was robbed by USA goaltender Nick Kempf.

Team Canada’s hero in the final game went to Martone’s linemate in Gavin McKenna who scored a hat trick including an empty-net goal as an insurance marker to win the game and championship.

Martone ended the tournament with five goals, 12 assists for 19 points in seven games.

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