Three lessons from Canada’s shootout loss to the U.S. at the world juniors
BUFFALO, N.Y. — Kieffer Bellows and Brady Tkachuk scored in the shootout as the United States beat Canada 4-3 on Friday in the first outdoor game in world junior hockey championship history.
Here are three things we learned heading into Canada’s game against Denmark on Saturday.
NO MORE PENALTIES — The Canadians had a solid two-goal lead heading into the second intermission of Friday’s loss to the United States, but bad penalties and poor decision making on the penalty kill cost them. Head coach Dominique Ducharme guaranteed that Canada would not have any more issues with penalties against Denmark or in the playoff rounds.
“Learning to win, as a group, at that level, and there’s no better time than right now,” said Ducharme. “We’ll learn from that game, I can promise you that.”