Empty Handed: Canada loses bronze-medal game to U.S. at world championship
COPENHAGEN — Canada will come home without a medal for the first time in four years after dropping a 4-1 decision to the United States in Sunday’s bronze-medal game at the world hockey championship.
“Coming here, we expect gold and expect to compete for gold and when you don’t, it’s disappointing,” said alternate captain Ryan O’Reilly, who was playing in his sixth world championship. He won two gold medals and a silver in the past three years. “We still wanted to beat the U.S. and prove we’re the better team but we just didn’t have the jump. We gave them a lot.
“Overall, it’s a disappointing tournament. It feels like a waste of time. You want to come here and compete and have a chance to win and you don’t.”
Marc-Edouard Vlasic scored the lone goal for Canada late in the second period, while Curtis McElhinney made 33 saves.