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TORONTO -- The game of hockey is Canadas official winter sport. Despite a 3-1 victory over Team Europe, Team Canada played like its still autumn.In Canadas least impressive performance in the World Cup of Hockey, the team improved to 5-0 in this best-on-best tournament. But it wasnt what most expected from one of the greatest collections of talent in history. When the final buzzer sounded, Canada still gained a 1-0 lead in this best-of-three championship series which resumes Thursday (8 p.m. ET, ESPN2).Given all the success Team Canada has enjoyed on the international stage -- they are now 11-0 since the start of the 2014 Sochi Olympics and have 15 consecutive wins dating back to the 2010 Vancouver Olympics -- this game was one of the most uncharacteristic performances by the boys with a Maple Leaf across their chest.Well, it wasnt our best, and we realize that, said Team Canada forward Steven Stamkos, who registered his first goal of the tournament. At this time of the tournament, a wins a win, so thats a good thing. I thought in the third period we played better and with some purpose, some determination in our style of game, so hopefully we can build on that. We realize the first two periods werent the way we wanted to come out and play.For the first time in this tournament, Canada wasnt playing its style of game, and Europe took advantage of that. Europe played a patient, disciplined game. It played the better game for the first 40 minutes. Earlier in this tournament, Team Canada coach Mike Babcock said he doesnt give motivational speeches, given the fact that this roster is loaded with veteran leaders. But you cant imagine he was happy with the teams performance after the second period.Canada needed to make better decisions with the puck. It committed too many turnovers. It lost too many puck battles. Fortunately, goaltender Carey Price was outstanding the first two periods before his teammates cleaned it up in the third en route to victory.Yeah, he played incredible, said Team Canada forward Brad Marchand. He really kept us in it, especially when we were on the power play and they got that breakaway. Youve got to give him a lot of credit tonight, he played unbelievable and did a great job keeping us in it.Added Stamkos, Thats why [Price] is one of the best in the world. In a big-game situation when the guys in front of you dont have their best, he stepped up and made some huge saves and gave us a chance to wake up a little bit and win. It was great to see, and the guys in the room know what hes capable of when hes on his game, and he proved that tonight.Ultimately, Canada grinded out a win. So, what does it need to have more of in Game 2?Urgency, captain Sidney Crosby said. We need to be a little more sharp, as far as passing and puck management, and play in the offensive zone a little more. Its easy to say that, but it takes hard work to get through those guys and the way they play defense, so we have to make sure we do that.Once again, it was Canadas top line of Marchand, Crosby and?Patrice Bergeron?that propelled the team to victory. Bergeron and Marchand each had a goal and an assist, while Crosby registered two assists. Even though they continue to lead Canadas offense, Babcock wasnt letting anyone off the hook.I dont know if they were as good tonight as they have been, but they were good, Babcock said of the top line. We needed more guys on deck tonight. We werent as good as we have been, and well be a lot better next game.Maybe veteran forward Claude Giroux, who has been a healthy scratch for four of the five games in this tournament, will get another look in Game 2 in order to add a bit of spark and offensive punch to the lineup. After Game 1, Babcock said he would watch the game again before making any lineup decisions for Game 2.If Europe learned anything from its Game 1 loss, its that Team Canada can be sloppy. Its unlikely, however, that Canada and its collection of talent will play another game as poorly as it did on Tuesday. Europe should be ready for an entirely different team on Thursday.Wholesale Soccer Jerseys . The No. 1-ranked Nadal tweaked his back warming up for the Australian Open final, which he lost almost four weeks ago in a major upset against Stanislas Wawrinka. His first stop after the layoff is the clay in Rio as he tests the back and tries to stay healthy for the French Open in three months. Fake Soccer Jerseys Online . Brandon Morrow allowed five runs on six hits over three innings. He struck out two, walked one and hit a batter. Edwin Encarnacion had a two-out, bases loaded two-RBI double in the third inning. http://www.cheapjerseyssoccercustom.com/ . 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However a rain-affected Q3 led to a chaotic finish and Raikkonen had to settle for the final spot on the second row behind McLarens Jenson Button.I think the car has been working really well all weekend, especially this morning and in qualifying but conditions changed in the last qualifying, Raikkonen said. In Q2 we had a very good feeling, we also went out with the super-soft tyres also, just to make sure we could easily go through to Q3. The feeling is good with the car, even in the wet it worked pretty well.In the end its disappointing to finish ibecause I felt there was a lot more to come, but for a lot of little issues, or a lot of little reasonss we didnt go faster.dddddddddddd We need to look at ourselves and that that place but its not too bad, as other guys are getting penalised so well see what we can do.Raikkonen admits the drying track made it difficult to extract the full potential of his car, though he says the penalties ahead mean the end result is not a disaster.?I feel I could have pushed a lot harder, but it was hard to know where the grip was or wasnt. The timing could always be better, if youre the last to start the last lap its better but the result is what it is, and its the best we could do.This is where well start tomorrow, but like I said Im sure we could have done a better job if many small things had been slightly better. I think the end result could have been good but, like I said, the end result is not a disaster but it will be a long and difficult race tomorrow. ' ' '