diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
index e8928307c..e26a50e9b 100644
--- a/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/extractors.py
@@ -1081,6 +1081,7 @@ from .washingtonpost import (
 )
 from .wat import WatIE
 from .watchindianporn import WatchIndianPornIE
+from wch2016 import WCH2016IE
 from .wdr import (
     WDRIE,
     WDRMobileIE,
diff --git a/youtube_dl/extractor/wch2016.py b/youtube_dl/extractor/wch2016.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..fdb9b31a2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/youtube_dl/extractor/wch2016.py
@@ -0,0 +1,95 @@
+# coding: utf-8
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+
+from .common import InfoExtractor
+from ..compat import compat_str
+from ..utils import (
+    determine_ext,
+    int_or_none,
+    parse_iso8601,
+    parse_duration,
+)
+
+class WCH2016IE(InfoExtractor):
+    _VALID_URL = r'https?://(?:www\.)?wch2016\.com/([^/]+/)*c-(?P<id>\d+)'
+    _TESTS = [{
+        # type=video
+        'url': 'https://www.wch2016.com/video/caneur-best-of-game-2-micd-up/t-281230378/c-44983703',
+        'md5': '7ee1069435740c62b6d0cfe9342e1ae0',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '44983703',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'CAN@EUR: Best of Game 2 Mic\'d Up',
+            'description': 'Check out the best sounds from Game 2 of the WCH final, as Mic\'d Up takes you through gameplay, as well as Team Canada\'s on ice celebrations',
+            'timestamp': 1475273685,
+            'upload_date': '20160930',
+        }
+    },  {
+        # type=article
+        'url': 'https://www.wch2016.com/news/3-stars-team-europe-vs-team-canada/c-282195068',
+        'md5': 'ea056bb6d91c844e60c91a3ff6283f2d',
+        'info_dict': {
+            'id': '44915203',
+            'ext': 'mp4',
+            'title': 'EUR@CAN: 3 Stars of the Game',
+            'description': 'Tomas Tatar, Patrice Bergeron and Sidney Crosby are your 3 Stars of the Game in Team Canada\'s 3-1 win against Team Europe',
+            'timestamp': 1475020800,
+            'upload_date': '20160928',
+        }
+    }]
+
+    def _real_extract(self, url):
+        video_id = self._match_id(url)
+        video_data = self._download_json(
+            'https://nhl.bamcontent.com/wch/id/v1/%s/details/web-v1.json' % video_id,
+            video_id)
+
+        if video_data.get('type') == 'article':
+            video_data = video_data['media']
+
+
+        video_id = compat_str(video_data['id'])
+        title = video_data['title']
+
+        formats = []
+        for playback in video_data.get('playbacks', []):
+            playback_url = playback.get('url')
+            if not playback_url:
+                continue
+            ext = determine_ext(playback_url)
+            if ext == 'm3u8':
+                formats.extend(self._extract_m3u8_formats(
+                    playback_url, video_id, 'mp4', 'm3u8_native',
+                    m3u8_id=playback.get('name', 'hls'), fatal=False))
+            else:
+                height = int_or_none(playback.get('height'))
+                formats.append({
+                    'format_id': playback.get('name', 'http' + ('-%dp' % height if height else '')),
+                    'url': playback_url,
+                    'width': int_or_none(playback.get('width')),
+                    'height': height,
+                })
+        self._sort_formats(formats, ('preference', 'width', 'height', 'tbr', 'format_id'))
+
+        thumbnails = []
+        for thumbnail_id, thumbnail_data in video_data.get('image', {}).get('cuts', {}).items():
+            thumbnail_url = thumbnail_data.get('src')
+            if not thumbnail_url:
+                continue
+            thumbnails.append({
+                'id': thumbnail_id,
+                'url': thumbnail_url,
+                'width': int_or_none(thumbnail_data.get('width')),
+                'height': int_or_none(thumbnail_data.get('height')),
+            })
+
+        return {
+            'id': video_id,
+            'title': title,
+            'description': video_data.get('description'),
+            'timestamp': parse_iso8601(video_data.get('date')),
+            'duration': parse_duration(video_data.get('duration')),
+            'thumbnails': thumbnails,
+            'formats': formats,
+        }
+