Today at the World Cup of Hockey, Nikolay Kulemin and Russia open up versus Sweden at 3 pm, while Team North America and Team Finland play in the night game.
Until then...
- Jaroslav Halak made 35 saves as Team Europe opened the World Cup with a 3-0 shutout win over Team USA. Looks like vintage Halak, getting the job done with a couple of scares in between. [LHH]
- Meanwhile in the night game, Carey Price earned his own shutout as Team Canada obliterated the Czech Republic 6-zip.