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World Cup of Hockey recaps: including Canada over the USA 5-2

Another day full of "friendly" games as the teams continue to prepare for the real games of the World Cup.

The first pre-tournament games in the World Cup of Hockey showed that the players were as hungry for hockey as us fans. Except Team Europe, that is. The second go for six of the teams today showed how fast that hunger wears off when the games don't mean much.

Russia at Czech Republic

The Czechs hosted the Russians on what was reported to be a hot summer day in Prague in a hot summery O2 arena.