And now, they have to figure out how to recover after suffering the worst beatdown to one of their greatest hockey rivals in World Junior Championship history. It was also the first time Canada was shut out at the event in 21 years, halting a 134-game streak. The Russians piled on three goals in each of the first two periods and slammed 40 shots at the Canadian net. “They got some good shots off on us.”Russia corrected many of its issues in their Czech loss. That’s it.”By virtue of goals for and against, Canada now finds itself at the bottom of the group with a minus-4 goal differential.

Source: National Post December 28, 2019 20:48 UTC