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.

Canada's Stone named tournament MVP at worlds

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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.

The all-tournament team at the #IIHFWorlds:

Andrei Vasilevskiy (@TBLightning), Filip Hronek (@DetroitRedWings), Mikko Lehtonen, William Nylander (@MapleLeafs) and Jakub Voracek (@NHLFlyers). pic.twitter.com/JO1L3tshh6
— TSN (@TSN_Sports) May 26, 2019

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.