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HOCKEY: Canada Beats USA in World Cup

Despite a hot start by Team USA, Tuesday night's matchup wasn't even close. Canada rolled to a 4-2 victory, ending Team USA's hopes of advancing to the semifinals.
 
The score line makes the game seem closer than it really was, but the Americans got off to a 1-0 lead thanks to Ryan McDonagh crashing the net and shoveling the puck over Carey Price. It was exactly what they needed to do in a game they weren't favored to win. It was pretty much everything after that, that went wrong.
 
The optimism lasted exactly one minute and 31 seconds before Matt Duchene tied the game. And then 14 seconds later, Corey Perry gave the Canadians a lead that they never gave up.
 
Before Team USA could even get out of the period, they committed a disastrous defensive zone turnover that left Duchene with an open look and he didn't miss.
 
Patrice Bergeron provided the dagger off of a tremendous John Tavares pass, making it 4-1 at that point in the second period.
 
A late goal for Team USA closed the gap, but it was too little, too late for a team that didn't look like it belonged on the same ice as its opponent for long stretches of that game.

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