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Canada's 4-peat bid at Spengler Cup ends in shootout loss to Finland

Cory Emmerton's misfire on a second and final shootout attempt allowed Finland's KalPa Kuopio to pull out a 2-1 win over the defending champions from Canada in the Spengler Cup final on Monday in Davos, Switzerland.

Jaakko Rissanen scores for KalPa Kuopio in 8th round while Canadian Ebbett denied

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Jaakko Rissanen of Finland's KalPa Kuopio team scores the decisive shootout goal against Canadian goalkeeper Zach Fucale in the Spengler Cup final on Monday in Davos, Switzerland. Canada was trying to win a fourth consecutive title. (Melanie Duchene/Keystone via Associated Press)

Jaakko Rissanen scored in the eighth round of a shootout to give Finnish club KalPa Kuopio a 2-1 win over three-time defending champion Canada in the final of the Spengler Cup on Monday.

KalPa goalie Denis Godla led his team to a 3-2 shootout win against Canada netminder Zach Fucale and his squad in Davos, Switzerland.

Watch highlights from Canada's shootout loss:

Game Wrap: KalPa Kuopio edges past Canada in shootout to win Spengler Cup

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It took a 39-save performance from Denis Godla and a shootout that went to the 8th round, but KalPa Kuopio defeated Canada 2-1 to win the 93rd Spengler Cup in their tournament debut.

Rissanen beat Fucale with a high backhand before Godla made a pad save on Canada captain Andrew Ebbett to end it.

The shootout was tied at 2-2 following three shooters each, bringing it to sudden death. Godla — the MVP of the 2015 world junior championship when he lifted Slovakia to a bronze medal in Toronto and Montreal — made five straight saves for the win.

Zach Boychuk and Cory Emmerton scored in the shootout for Canada.

Dejected members of Team Canada react after dropping a 2-1 decision in a shootout to Finland in Monday's Spengler Cup final in Davos, Switzerland. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via Associated Press)

Canada fell just shot of matching its run of four consecutive Spengler Cup titles from 1995 to 1998. The loss also snapped Canada's tournament record 12-game win streak.

The Canadians fell just short of matching their run of four consecutive Spengler Cup titles from 1995 to 1998.

Canada outshot KalPa 40-23.

Daniel Winnik opened the scoring for Canada in the third period before Eetu Luostarinen tied it.

It was KalPa's first Spengler Cup title in the history of the annual holiday tournament.

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