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TORONTO -- It featured more drama than the hometown fans might have wanted, but Canadas remarkable streak of international hockey dominance remains intact.Canada won its 16th consecutive game in best-on-best competition, scoring twice in the final three minutes to erase a one-goal deficit and defeat Team Europe 2-1 to win the World Cup of Hockey.Canada swept Team Europe in two straight games in the best-of-three final, but it wasnt easy, and at times Thursday night it wasnt particularly pretty. In fact, for 57 minutes it looked as though Team Europe head coach Ralph Kruegers plucky group of players from eight different European nations was going to force a third and deciding game on Saturday night.Zdeno Chara gave the Europeans a 1-0 lead in the first period and Europe was the better of the two teams until the very final stages of the game. Team Europe consistently created chances off the forecheck and picked off errant Canadian passes in the neutral zone. But it couldnt get that crucial second goal, failing on a handful of odd-man rushes to beat Canadian netminder Carey Price.That failure ultimately cost Team Europe. Indeed, thats what has made the Canadians so difficult to vanquish over the years. They might bend but they never break. Canada has not been beaten in best-on-best action since a preliminary-round loss to the United States at the Vancouver Olympics in 2010.On Thursday night, when it looked as if that streak would finally end, it was the teams best players who rose to the occasion.?Patrice Bergeron tipped home a Brent Burns point shot on a late power play after Canada had come up empty on four previous man-advantage efforts. The power play came when Team Europe captain and key penalty killer Anze Kopitar?was in the box for holding.Then, moments later, while killing a high-sticking penalty to Drew Doughty, Bergerons?Boston Bruins?teammate and linemate throughout the tournament,?Brad Marchand, whipped home a hard shot from the slot that netminder Jaroslav Halak had no chance to stop.The winning goal came with 43.1 seconds left in regulation.Sidney Crosby, the third member of that line, added an assist on the Bergeron goal and was named tournament MVP -- a fitting honor given his dynamite play throughout the World Cup.If Game 1 of the final series earned criticism for a distinct lack of emotion from both Canada and the Air Canada Centre crowd in Canadas 3-1 victory, Game 2 was the polar opposite as fans periodically booed Canadas lack of execution and then came alive in the final, white-knuckle moments and stayed en masse as Canadian players paraded around the ice with the World Cup of Hockey trophy and O Canada echoed through the arena.Our tournament All-Star teamGoalieJaroslav Halak: The Team Europe goaltender was a rock throughout the tournament, entering Game 2 with a .941 save percentage. He stopped 32 of 34 Canadian shots Thursday and gave his team a chance at what would have been an enormous upset.DefensemenDrew Doughty: The defending Norris Trophy winner led all Canadians in average ice time in the tournament and was stellar both physically and on the offensive side of the puck.Andrej Sekera: The big?Edmonton Oilers?blueliner was a bit of a revelation in this tournament as he was remarkably solid and led all Team Europe skaters in average ice time. He, Dennis Seidenberg and Chara were the teams key defenders throughout.ForwardsSidney Crosby: The tournament MVP and Canadian captain continued the superlative play that saw him earn playoff MVP honors in June after his Pittsburgh Penguins won the Stanley Cup. Crosby led all World Cup players with 10 points.Anze Kopitar: The Los Angeles Kings new captain was a horse, averaging more than 22 minutes a night in ice time and leading Team Europe with four assists.Brad Marchand: Its difficult to leave Bergeron out of this group, but Marchand, who signed an eight-year contract extension with Boston during the tournament, had a dynamic tournament -- highlighted by his short-handed winner on Thursday night.Gary Trent Jr. Blazers Jersey .Y. - Jerome Samson scored once in regulation and again in the shootout as the St. Nik Stauskas Blazers Jersey . It just didnt show when he hit the ice. Berra made 42 saves and Kris Russell scored at 1:32 of overtime, lifting the Calgary Flames to a 3-2 victory over the Chicago Blackhawks on Sunday night. https://www.blazerslockerroom.com/Terry-Porter-City-Edition-Jersey/ . - Levi Browns tenure at left tackle for the Pittsburgh Steelers is over before it even began. Terry Porter Blazers Jersey . The native of Mont-Tremblant, Que., captured a World Cup downhill event Saturday, his second this year and fifth career victory on the circuit. Zach Collins Jersey . "Jeff is a hard worker who was an important special-teams contributor for us last season," said Stamps GM John Hufnagel.DURHAM, N.C. -- Intent on maintaining a chance of winning an Atlantic Coast Conference championship, No. 17 North Carolina cant afford a hiccup Thursday night at Duke.While the Blue Devils could put a big dent in the Tar Heels title aspirations, theres a flip side when these rivals meet.North Carolina might send Duke tumbling out of bowl contention when the teams collide at Wallace Wade Stadium (7:30 p.m., ESPN).Its about the next game, thats the only thing we can control is what we do in this game on Thursday night, North Carolina coach Larry Fedora said. Thats where our focus has been. Lets get ready for this game.North Carolina (7-2, 5-1 ACC) has rattled off three consecutive victories, remaining in a first-place tie with Virginia Tech, which owns the tiebreaker on the Tar Heels.Duke (3-6, 0-5), which is the only ACC team without a conference victory, holds a three-game losing streak going into its home finale.They could have very easily won all three of those games, theres no doubt about that, Fedora said. We dont really look at their record, thats not something that we pay attention to. We know were going to get their best game and hopefully were going to give them our best game.The Blue Devils have lost back-to-back games by three points.Obviously, everyone is well aware that weve played close football games all year long, Duke coach David Cutcliffe said. Were 3-6 for a reason, you have to look at why.North Carolina played strong in most areas against Georgia Tech on Saturday coming off an open week on the schedule. The refreshed team now faces a different type of challenge.I think we have a good plan for short weeks, Fedora said. When you go a short week, its more about making sure theyre mentally fresh and their bodies are ready to go.North Carolinas high-powered offense is bound to be troublesome for Duke, which has been prone to yielding big-yardage plays.Tar Heels senior receivers Ryan Switzer and Bug Howard both rank among the top seven in the ACC in receptions per game and receiving yards per game, helping quarterback Mitch Trubiskys soaring eefficiency ratings.ddddddddddddYou have to be really good on third downs (on defense) against this team, Cutcliffe said. Theyre very difficult to defend anyway.Part of the key for Dukes defense could be the play of linebacker Ben Humphreys, a sophomore coming off a career-high 16 tackles against Virginia Tech.North Carolina has benefited from running back Elijah Hood working through some midseason ailments. He racked up 168 rushing yards in the Georgia Tech game.That type of balance has the Tar Heels in a good frame of mind.Plays are being made, and everybody is having a lot of fun out there, Hood said.Meanwhile, the Blue Devils have shown their coach a degree of resiliency.Im real impressed with our team refocusing, Cutcliffe said. We try to teach the same whether weve won or lost.Redshirt freshman quarterback Daniel Jones, who is from Charlotte, will play in this rivalry for the first time. He said theres no reason to let the past few Duke results bring about frustration.If we get emotional about it, its not going to help, Jones said.North Carolina has won the last two meetings since Duke clinched the 2013 Coastal Division title by defeating the Tar Heels.The teams play annually for possession of the Victory Bell, which is kept for a year by the winning team. North Carolina has captured 23 of the past 26 matchups.For 27 Duke seniors, this is the last home game for a group that helped transform the program.Theyve won 30 games in their four-year career, Cutcliffe said. Thats pretty special.But without a victory against North Carolina, the Blue Devils wont meet bowl eligibility, meaning a four-year streak of postseason play would come to an end.This will be Dukes third game against a nationally ranked opponent in a four-game span. The Blue Devils have won four of their last 11 games against Top 25 opponents.Theyre going to give us everything theyve got, Fedora said. I hope that were prepared and we give them everything weve got. ' ' '