With the final finely-balanced at nil-nil and only eleven seconds remaining on the clock, the match looked set to go into overtime when Andy Yohe scored after a face-off to give the USA gold and the title of World Champions. Norway had no time to react and had to make do with second place and the silver medals.

Norway had defeated Japan and the USA beat Canada to reach the final. The losing semi-finalists met in the bronze medal match, where Canada came out two-nil winners.

Full final standings in the World Championships, in which four European nations played, are as follows:

1 USA

2 Norway

3 Canada

4 Japan

5 Czech Republic

6 Italy

7 Korea

8 Germany

For more information, click on the link below to visit the official championship web site.