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TORONTO -- Team Canada fought off its poorest performance of the World Cup of Hockey and found a way to edge Europe 3-1 in Game 1 of the best-of-three final Tuesday night.A masterpiece this was not.Whether it was because the Air Canada Centre was lifeless and the players got spooked, or perhaps the Canadians had trouble getting fired up to face a Europe team that had never existed before this tournament, the Olympic champions looked unmotivated at times, were sloppy with the puck, and lacked the kind of four-line cohesion we had seen since the start of the tournament.And yet perhaps it just goes to show the disparity in talent between these two teams: Europe played a strong game Tuesday night, while Canada played well below its potential -- and still the result went in favor of the favorites.Carey Price had something to do with that. The 2014-15 Hart and Vezina Trophy winner made a number of difficult saves to keep Europe at bay.Its a also a reminder of how daunting it is to beat this Canadian side, which has now gone 11-0 since the start of the 2014 Sochi Olympics (and won 15 consecutive games in best-on-best hockey dating back to the Vancouver Olympics in 2010). Even when a team is able to finally wrestle the puck away from Team Canada and generate chances, like Europe did plenty of times on Tuesday night, it finds the best goalie in the world waiting for them. Its almost not fair.Brad Marchand and Steven Stamkos scored in the opening frame for Canada, but Europes?Tomas Tatar?made things interesting with a second-period goal for Europe.Team Canada head coach Mike Babcock looked none too pleased as the second period played itself out, Canada easily playing its worst 20 minutes of the tournament.Bergerons third-period tally -- how great has that Sidney Crosby unit been? -- ended the suspense.The crowd certainly didnt help. There were empty seats throughout the rink even though officially it was a sellout, which means lots of people paid for tickets but had better things to do on this night. Its worth noting the Toronto Blue Jays, trying to cement a wild-card spot in the final week of the baseball season, were opening a series with AL East rival Baltimore just down the street.The point was hammered home during a TV timeout when the giant scoreboard in the Air Canada Centre showed Mario Lemieuxs winning goal from the deciding game of the 1987 Canada Cup final, the crowd at Copps Coliseum that night in Hamilton absolutely delirious. It was electric.You got absolutely none of that on this night in the opening of this World Cup final. Perhaps that has to do with the opposition. Team Europe is a terrific story, but lets not kid ourselves, its hard for Canadian hockey fans to muster much animosity for a team that didnt exist before this tournament.Of course, had Europe prevailed on this night, that might have added all kinds of intrigue in this final. Maybe the Europeans can pull it off Thursday night in Game 2. But I suspect Team Canada, after a talking-to from Babcock, will be much better and energized to end the tournament.Three stars1.?Carey Price, G, Team Canada: Rarely during this Team Canada run that dates back to Sochi has the Montreal Canadiens star had to make the difference, but he certainly did on this night. Canada needed him. And he delivered with his usual poise and confidence.2.?Anze Kopitar, C, Team Europe: The Los Angeles Kings captain was all over the puck, having an impactful night that gave Canada fits.3.?Patrice Bergeron, RW, Team Canada: Had a beauty of an assist in setting up the opening goal and then scored the back-breaker midway through the third period to cement the win.Nike Schuhe Größentabelle . Brazilian national coach Luiz Felipe Scolari has confirmed that the veteran goalkeeper is set to join Toronto on loan, saying it will help him be ready for the World Cup. Air Max Outlet Schweiz . - Levi Browns tenure at left tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers is over before it even began. http://www.schuheairmaxschweiz.com/air-max-97-outlet-schweiz.html . - NASCAR announced a 33-race schedule for the 2014 Nationwide Series with virtually no changes from this years slate. Nike Schuhe Schweiz . If ever they start actually putting pictures beside words in the dictionary, the Blue Jays left-handers mug will appear beside “Consistency. Air Max 90 Schweiz .com) - Yankee Stadium is the home of the Bronx Bombers, but on Sunday afternoon it will open its gates to host the latest addition of the Hudson River Rivalry.3 Consecutive whitewashes suffered by Australia in Asia. They had lost to India 0-4 in 2012-13 and to Pakistan 0-2 in 2014-15 before this 0-3 defeat to Sri Lanka. This is their ninth loss on the trot in the subcontinent since 2013, and 13th in 18 Tests in the region since 2008.5 Australian whitewashes in a series consisting of three or more Tests. They had gone 31 years without the ignominy, since being swept aside by Pakistan in 1982-83, but have been blanked twice in the 2010s.70 Wickets taken by left-arm bowlers in this series, easily the most in a series comprising three or fewer matches. Heraths 28 and Mitchell Starcs 24 contributed to most of those wickets.11/212 Previous best match figures by a Sri Lankan in a Test against Australia - Muttiah Muralitharan in Galle in 2003-04. Rangana Herath overtook him with 13 for 145 in this match. His figures are also the fifth-best for a Sri Lankan in Tests. 2 Bowlers with more wickets in a three-match series against Australia than Heraths 28 in this series. Richard Hadlee claimed 33 wickets in 1985-86 and Harbhajan Singh took 32 in 2000-01. Muralitharan also took 28 wickets in 2003-04. Heraths tally is the joint second-most by a Sri Lanka bowler in any series.31 Heraths bowling strike rate in this series - the best for any spinner with 15 or more wickets in a Test series against Australia in 100 years. Only two men - Bobby Peel and Colin Blythe of England - have performed at a better strike rate, both before World War I.136 Balls in which Australia lost all 10 wickets in the second innings at the SSC - their third-woorst collapse in Tests (where ball-by-ball data is available).dddddddddddd Their ten wickets had fallen in 106 balls in Cape Town in 2011-12 and in 109 balls in Nottingham in 2015.8 Five-wicket hauls for Herath in the fourth-innings of Tests - most by any bowler. He went past Muralitharan and Shane Warner, who had seven each.0 Instances of Australias Nos. 3 to 7 being dismissed for single-digit scores in an innings against any team other than England and South Africa prior to the Colombo Test. This was the 12th such instance; eight had come against England and three against South Africa.2004 The last time a bowler took two six-wicket hauls in a Test against Australia. Herath followed Anil Kumbles feat in Chennai with his 6 for 81 in the first innings and 7 for 64 in the second innings in Colombo.6 Teams against whom Herath has 10-wicket hauls. Only Muralitharan has more, one against each of the nine Test teams. Hadlee, Imran Khan and Kumble have 10-fors against five teams. Herath hasnt taken more than one 10-wicket haul against any team.24 Wickets for Starc in this series, nearly twice the number of wickets taken by all other fast bowlers combined. The other quicks accounted for 13 wickets at an average of 38.61, compared to Starcs 24 at just 15.16. The, compared to Starcs 24 at just 15.16. Jerseys[/url] ' ' '