Braden Schneider ended up receiving a one-game suspension after his high hit on Jan-Luca Schumacher in Team Canada’s opener. That hit in many ways summed up what kind of a game it became for the Canadians, as they fully steamrolled a Team Germany which was inferior in every single aspect.
However, as great as it can be with a lot of goals, there is something to the fact that with such a limited time to glue the team together, a game such as that doesn’t exactly help the coaching staff seeing which players actually stood out and found true chemistry.