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However, both teams were unable to break through their opponent´s defence until the dying minutes of the second period, when the Americans scored on the power play, and finally opened the scoring. In the last period, they extended their lead to 2-0, and although the Canadians were showing strong resistance, the United States held onto their lead and came up with a very valuable win.
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Coach of USA Red: Canada is always a good team, they have plenty of talent and discipline in the team, so we had to come out with a good effort. We stepped out with great four lines, every single player did their job. We had a lot of blocked shots and a good defence, which is always the key. They have a plenty of talent to offer in the team, they are phenomenally skilled offensively, so we had to play a really good on defence. That was our main focus.
Coach of Canada West: We ran into a hard-working team, and our team gave a strong effort. We worked on a whole number of things before this game, but USA brought a strong effort as well. Right now, we are just going back to the drawing board and think about what we can do to improve from this performance. We are really pleased with our performance, we worked hard, and boys gave it their best. Now we are just going to dissolve it into little pieces that we might be able to improve, because we are going against a strong team again tommorrow. I want to congratulate the USA, but we are looking forward to our next game.
