Canada wins the 2021 Ice Hockey World Championship following a dramatic final victory over Finland. Canada won their 27th championship in the sport on Sunday, defeating Finland, the 2019 champions, in overtime. The Canadians earned their first world title since 2015. Finland took an early lead through Mikko Rantanen's goal just 1:57 into the first period. But Canada answered with two goals in a span of 5:43 to tie the game. After that, both teams went scoreless until midway through the third period when Canada scored again through Morgan Rielly to take a 2-1 lead. With less than 10 minutes left in regulation time, Finland tied the game up at 2-2 through Teuvo Teräväinen's goal. That set up the overtime period where both countries had chances but could not score past each other's defenses to win the championship. The Canadians will now head to Tokyo for the 2024 Olympics as gold medalists. They have been reigning world champions since 2015 when they defeated Sweden 4-2 in the final match of the Sochi Games. Before then, they also won in 2002 and 1990. Canada has never lost a world ice hockey championship. They are undefeated in tournament history after winning all six medals available at the Winter Olympics and all ten available at the World Championships.