Young stars shine as Team North America downs Team Europe 4-0

Team North America scored three goals in a 4:43 span of the second period and Matt Murray made 23 saves in a 4-0 victory over Team Europe before a full house at the 18,005-seat Centre Videotron on Thursday night in a pre-tournament game for the World Cup of Hockey.

Shots were 23-21 in favour of Europe.

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Making of a goalie

Less than four months after the 2016 IIHF Ice Hockey World Championship, Swedish goaltender Jacob Markstrom returns to the international stage at the World Cup of Hockey.

If there is such a thing as a goalie gene, Sweden’s Jacob Markstrom must have it. After all, he comes from a family of goalies. His mother used to be a handball goalie, his father a football goalkeeper in a top Swedish team, and his brother a football goalkeeper.

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