OlympicTalk · May 7, 2015
Belarus stuns U.S. at World Hockey Championship
Getty ImagesBelarus handed the U.S. its first loss at the World Hockey Championship, a 5-2 upset, in arguably its biggest upset since the 2002 Olympics in Ostrava, Czech Republic, on Thursday.
The U.S., with one Olympian on its roster, entered the game having won its first three games of the tournament for the first time since 1997 and seeking its first four-victory start since 1939.
Belarus, guided by former NHL defenseman and Detroit Red Wings coach Dave Lewis, has zero NHL players on its World Championship roster but includes the former NHL forward brother tandem of Andrei and Sergei Kostitsyn.