 The 2015 IIHF World Championship was held in Prague . It was to be the last appearance of Jaromír Jágr on the Czech national hockey team , and the home crowd had great expectations for its national team , who had failed to win a gold medal since 2010 , matching its longest run without a win since the break @-@ up of Czechoslovakia . However the tournament was dominated by an excellent Canadian team , which went undefeated and beat Russia 6 @-@ 1 in the gold medal match . Its captain , Sidney Crosby joined the Triple Gold Club , and became the first player to captain each team to a gold medal . The bronze was won by United States , condemning the Czechs to the second consecutive fourth place . 
