Olympic champion Canada defeated Belarus 4-1 Friday behind Jordan Eberle's two goals in an opening game at hockey's world championship. Germany sprung an upset on the first day of the 16-team tournament by beating Russia 2-0, with Slovakia and Switzerland also winning. The U.S. begins Saturday, facing Austria in Kosice. Eberle put Canada ahead with a backhand 1:52 into the opening period, and Andrei Stepanov tied it with 34 seconds left in the period after a defensive blunder by Luke Read more: http://sports.espn.go.com/oly/olyhockey/news/story?id=6451363
