Canada didn’t thrash Team Europe so much as slowly suffocate it in a 3-1 victory in game one of the World Cup of Hockey finals on Tuesday. The Canadians scored twice in the opening 15 minutes, all the offense Hockey’s Nation needed against a European squad that struggled to solve Carey Price.
Despite leading for nearly the entire contest, Canada held a five-shot edge in shots on goal. Even with score effects definitively on the side of Team Europe, Canada’s dominance shown through.
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