Team Canada may have won The World Cup of Hockey and Team North America may have been its darlings, but the tournament was definitely a huge win for Islanders goalie Jaroslav Halak. He reestablished himself by taking ragtag Battlestar Galactica fleet Team Europe to the final against Canada and showed the audience (and maybe some of his bosses) that he was healthy after sports hernia surgery and worthy of being an everyday starter.
In an article for The Players Tribune, Halak recounts the fun September ride and reminisces about how the roster made up of players from eight separate countries came together as a team to win games no one gave them a chance to.