US gets off the shnide, beats group whipping boy Slovakia to earn first victory of tournament
World Cup Of Hockey
Bryan Smolinski, Jason Blake and Bill Guerin all scored in the US’ 3-1 victory over Slovakia. The US finish the preliminary round with a record of 1-2, and will most likely be seeded third in the quarterfinals.
Every team involved in the tournament advances to the quarterfinals. The prelim round is used for seeding purposes, and to determine home ice advantage, although I can’t really see how that would help the Russians and Slovaks.
Over in Europe, Finland is dominating, having gone 3-0. The Swedes are in second, followed by the Czechs and the winless Germans.
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