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Coyotes' Darcy Kuemper helps Canada to first win at world hockey championship

Canada finally won a game at the International Ice Hockey Federation World Championship on Wednesday, and will likely need to win all three of its remaining games in Group B to advance to the playoff round.

Arizona Coyotes goaltenders Darcy Kuemper and Adin Hill could play a major role in those upcoming games against Kazakhstan, Italy and Finland, as the two goalies for Team Canada in Latvia.

Kuemper got the start on Wednesday and stopped 13 of 15 shots faced in Canada's 4-2 win over Norway. Canada lost its first three games before Wednesday.

"Obviously the tournament didn't start the way we wanted it to.