TORONTO -- The team with no past and no real future carved out a place in the World Cup of Hockey final in most dramatic fashion.
A team made up of players from eight smaller hockey nations in Europe -- formed ostensibly to round out the eight-team tournament field -- upset a highly skilled, heavily favored Team Sweden 3-2 in overtime to move on to face undefeated Canada in a best-of-three final starting Tuesday night.
Few will believe that Team Europe, led by Los Angeles Kings captain Anze Kopitar and veterans Zdeno Chara and Marian Hossa, has a chance of slowing the Canadian juggernaut, which has rolled through the tournament and outscored opponents 19-6.