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Russia picks apart United States

ESPN.com news services

Saturday, May 2, 2009

BERN, Switzerland -- Russia scored three power-play goals to beat the United States 4-1 in the second round of the ice hockey world championship on Saturday. The U.S. took an early lead but paid for committing too many penalties as Russia rallied to make it 3-1 at the end of the first period. Russia got another power-play goal early in the second, and the Americans never looked close to a comeback in the teams' first meeting at the worlds in five years. Defending champion Russia secured a spo ...

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