The United States found its ruthless streak – eventually – and beat Austria 6-1 Monday to advance to the second round of the ice hockey world championship.

Coach Ron Wilson challenged his team when it held a 2-1 lead after two periods against the Group C outsiders.

“I think they responded somewhat to my challenge,” Wilson said. “We could have put it away fairly early had we scored on some of our wide open chances. We were a little bit casual.Original post by WP-AutoBlog Import

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