Louis Blues: It May Take Something Drastic To Revive Colton Parayko’s Image Louis Blues Can Learn From Dallas Stars How To Rebound Louis Blues: Don’t Fall Into Trap Of Ex-Player Success Elsewhere Louis Blues Losing Darren Pang Will Hurt The Broadcasts Louis Blues: Alex DeBrincat Would Not Solve Their Problems It seemed inevitable that the Canadians would win. The extra problem with that game was it was in Philadelphia. They put up a valiant effort, but fell in overtime 4-3. Things didn’t look good for the Americans after the first game. One game in Philly and potentially two in Montreal. That set up the best two-of-three series for the finals. The USA took down Russia, by the same score they had in the group stages (5-2). Team Canada progressed with an easy win over Germany and then took down the Swedes in double OT by a final of 3-2. Team Sweden won the other pool, also getting a bye.
They outscored their opponents 19-8 granting them a first round bye in the knock out stages. The Red, White and Blue won Group A with a perfect record of 3-0. The Americans then skated past Russia and walloped Slovakia. They shocked Team Canada 5-3 in Philadelphia. Team USA started out pool play quite spectacularly. The “World Cup” was originally known as the Canada Cup, but was being rebranded in an effort to gain more international appeal. The tournament was a new project to begin with.
Quite the shame given how well Brett Hull and Team USA played. Outside of that, there was little known about the tournament building up to it and during it. Technically, Wayne Gretzky was still a member of the team when the tournament took place as well. Louis Blues fans would have known about it at the time was because Hull was taking part. The other problem? It was one of the most intriguing international tournaments outside the 1980 or 2010 Olympics. Outside of your hardcore hockey fans and Brett Hull die-hards, almost nobody knew about the World Cup of Hockey 20 years ago. By Todd Panula 6 years ago 20 years ago today, the United States pulled off one of the biggest wins in hockey since the Miracle on Ice.
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