“To beat them once is gonna be tough,” said Austria’s Thomas Vanek, before the game. He told this story before Canada’s 3-1 victory over Europe in Game 1 of the nascent World Cup final, which is a best-of-three. “This was the best game we’ve had so far in this tournament,” said Kopitar. “There was quite a bit of time during the game that we were dictating the pace and dictating the game. Europe was playing to beat the guys who, when Europe’s players play with their respective countries, usually cream them.

Source: thestar September 28, 2016 02:49 UTC