Tuesday, September 27, 2016

Canada beats Team Europe 3-1 in Game 1 of World Cup finals (Yahoo Sports)

Canada's Patrice Bergeron, second from right,celebrates his goal against Europe with teammates Brad Marchand (63), Sidney Crosby (87), Drew Doughty (8) and Jay Bouwmeester as Europe's Mats Zuccarello (63) skates by during the third period of Game 1 of the World Cup of Hockey finals, Tuesday, Sept. 27, 2016, in Toronto. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Brad Marchand and Steven Stamkos scored in the first period and Canada cruised to a 3-1 win over Team Europe in Game 1 of the World Cup of Hockey finals on Tuesday night. Patrice Bergeron's goal midway through the third period created a two-goal cushion. Carey Price finished with 32 saves for the Canadians, who have won two straight Olympic gold medals and 15 consecutive best-on-best hockey games since losing to the U.S. at the 2010 Vancouver Games.


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