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U.S. Falls to Canada, 5-2, in Second Pre-World Cup Tilt

By USAHockey.com, 09/10/16, 7:45PM MDT

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Team USA next plays Finland in Washington, D.C.

OTTAWA, Canada -- Defensemen John Carlson (Natick, Mass.) and Ryan McDonagh (St. Paul, Minn.) netted goals, but Team USA fell here to Canada, 5-2, in a pre-tournament game in advance of the World Cup of Hockey 2016.

“We have a lot to work on,” said John Tortorella, head coach of the U.S. World Cup of Hockey Team, “and that’s what these pre-tournament games and our camp is for. We’ll have a good day off tomorrow and get back to work on Monday.”

Canada jumped out to a 2-0 lead on power play goals 2:11 apart by Logan Couture and John Tavares at 11:14 and 13:25 of the opening period. Jay Bouwmeester extended Canada’s advantage to 3-0 with a wrist shot from the left faceoff dot with 4:22 left in the frame.

Team USA responded just 57 seconds later when McDonagh’s wrist shot found its way through traffic and past goaltender Braden Holtby to cut Canada’s lead to 3-1 after one period.

The U.S. converted on a five-on-three advantage just :38 into the second period as Carlson one-timed a feed in the slot from Patrick Kane (Buffalo, N.Y.) to make the score 3-2.

Canada restored a two-goal advantage with a goal by Matt Duchene on a two-on-one rush at 12:11 of the second period.

Tavares netted his second power-play goal at 8:01 of the third period to account for the 5-2 final.

Cory Schneider (Marblehead, Mass.) stopped 20 shots in the first two periods of play, while Ben Bishop (Denver, Colo.) made 13 saves while manning the U.S. crease in the final period.

Team USA, which earned a 4-2 victory over Canada last night at Nationwide Arena in Columbus, Ohio, closes out its pre-tournament slate Tuesday (Sept. 13) at 7 p.m. ET against Finland at Verizon Center in Washington, D.C. The game will be nationally televised on ESPN, in addition to being streamed live on WatchESPN.

NOTES: For full game statistics, click here … The World Cup of Hockey 2016 will include eight teams split into two groups of four …  Teams will play a round-robin format within their group and the top two teams from each group will advance to the semifinals … The U.S. will be competing in Group A with Canada, Czech Republic and Team Europe … All games will be played at Air Canada Centre in Toronto and be televised to U.S. viewers on the ESPN family of networks (ESPN, ESPN2 and ESPNNEWS) … The competition is a joint effort of the National Hockey League Players' Association and the National Hockey League, in cooperation with the International Ice Hockey Federation and its member federations ... The World Cup of Hockey has been conducted on two previous occasions (1996, 2004), with the U.S. winning the first edition in 1996 … For complete World Cup of Hockey coverage from USA Hockey, click here.

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Team USA Schedule & Results

Date Opponent/Event Location Result
Fri, Sept. 9 Canada (Pre-Tourn.) Columbus, OH (Nationwide) W, 4-2
Sat., Sept. 10 Canada (Pre-Tourn.) Ottawa, Ont. L, 2-5
Tues., Sept. 13 Finland (Pre-Tourn.) Washington, D.C. (Verizon) W, 3-2
Sat., Sept. 17 Team Europe Toronto (ACC) L, 0-3
Tues., Sept. 20 Canada Toronto (ACC) L, 2-4
Thurs., Sept. 22 Czech Republic Toronto (ACC) L, 3-4

Pre-Game Information

Team USA Schedule & Results

Date Opponent/Event Location Result
Fri, Sept. 9 Canada (Pre-Tourn.) Columbus, OH (Nationwide) W, 4-2
Sat., Sept. 10 Canada (Pre-Tourn.) Ottawa, Ont. L, 2-5
Tues., Sept. 13 Finland (Pre-Tourn.) Washington, D.C. (Verizon) W, 3-2
Sat., Sept. 17 Team Europe Toronto (ACC) L, 0-3
Tues., Sept. 20 Canada Toronto (ACC) L, 2-4
Thurs., Sept. 22 Czech Republic Toronto (ACC) L, 3-4

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