day one of the 2016 IIHF world hockey championships

we are two games into day one of the world hockey championships. in group A, Latvia took Sweden into overtime, but lost 2-1. that was a battle. meanwhile in group B, Canada and the United States were close for half the game. the U.S. had the first goal of the game and Canada quickly tied it, and then eventually went up 2-1. the U.S. was carrying the play in the second when Matt Duschene made it 3-1 for Canada. Canada ended up winning 5-1. pretty good opening game for Canada. they play Hungary on Sunday, while the U.S. plays Belarus tomorrow. coming up in an hour - Russia vs Czech Republic in Moscow (group A) while in St. Petersburg, Finland will play Belarus in group B

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