Canada routs France at hockey worlds

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  1. truebluefan

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    NHL rookie of the year finalist Jeff Skinner scored twice for Canada and the Olympic champions routed France 9-1 Sunday to advance to the second round of the ice hockey world championship.

    Canada beat Belarus 4-1 Friday and is 2-0 going into its last Group B game, against Switzerland on Tuesday.

    "We look like we got a team with hunger to score goals," Canada coach Ken Hitchcock said. "We got better as the game went on."

    Marc-Andre Gragnani opened the scoring 1:02 into the game on a rebound during a power play. Jason Spezza doubled the lead at 6:35 and Skinner, who plays for the Carolina Hurricanes, finished the first period barrage with a goal at the 12:02 mark.

    Pierre Edouard Bellemare scored for France midway through the second period on a power play, but Chris Stewart and Alex Pietrangelo replied within 43 seconds to give Canada a 5-1 lead.

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    DP He shoots, he scores!

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    Poor Huet...
     
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    speeds $2.50 highball, $1.50 beer Staff Member Administrator GFX Team

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    9-1 is pretty merciful. France has had a horrible team for like my whole life.
     
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    DP He shoots, he scores!

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    The only French player I can think of is Huet. There any more?
     

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