U.S. overcomes Germany and Canada blanks Slovakia at ice hockey worlds
HERNING, Denmark (AP) — The United States blew a three-goal first-period lead before beating Germany 6-3 at the ice hockey world championship on Saturday.
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Conor Garland 's power-play goal 4:50 into the third period proved to be the winner as the Americans moved to third in Group B. The top four advance to the quarterfinals.
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'I liked our start and response in the third period,' U.S. coach Ryan Warsofsky said. 'They're (Germany) a good team. They're well coached and play hard. We knew it would be a battle and I'm proud of our guys.'
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Tage Thompson struck 1:42 into the game on a power play for his fourth goal of the tournament. Frank Nazar doubled the advantage and Drew O'Connor made it 3-0 on a rebound with 5:43 left in the first.
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But the U.S. is making a habit of squandering leads. It lost a four-goal advantage before beating Norway 6-5 in overtime Wednesday.
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Germany scored three times in the second. Defenseman Erik Mic's goal 8:43 into the period sparked the rally. Jonas Muller scored from the slot with 5:17 remaining and Wojciech Stachowiak leveled less than a minute later on a power play.
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In Stockholm, Sidney Crosby and Nathan MacKinnon struck twice each as Canada shut out Slovakia 7-0 to stay perfect after five games.
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Canada is second in Group A, trailing unbeaten Sweden, which has played one more game. Both teams have already secured places in the quarterfinals.
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Crosby added two assists, Macklin Celebrini had a goal and two assists, Brandon Montour scored and assisted, and Tyson Foerster also scored.
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Goalie Jordan Binnington stopped 14 shots for his second shutout.
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Canada took a two-goal advantage within 64 seconds. Montour scored 14:44 into the game to put the Canadians 1-0 ahead on a power play and Foerster doubled it from the right circle.
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Crosby knocked in a backhand pass from Celebrini 3:25 in the second period. In reversed roles, Crosby fed Celebrini from behind the net to make it 4-0 with 1:52 left in the period. MacKinnon increased the lead 51 seconds later when his pass was deflected in.
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Crosby added his second from close range in the third period and MacKinnon doubled his tally with a backhand 1:36 later for his sixth at the tournament. Crosby has scored four.
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Crosby and MacKinnon have teamed up at the worlds after 10 years.
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In Stockholm, Sweden shut out winless France 4-0 to stay perfect and lead Group A with six wins from six games. Isac Lundestrom and Raymond Lucas had a goal and an assist each and Samuel Ersson stopped 15 shots.
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