Canada falls to Germany to remain winless at men's world hockey championship

Canada dropped a 3-1 decision to Germany on Monday to remain winless at the men's world hockey championship.

Team opens preliminary round with 3 straight losses

The Canadian Press · Posted: May 24, 2021 4:31 PM EDT | Last Updated: May 24, 2021

Germany's Marcel Noebels, left, challenges for the puck with Canada's Troy Stecher during the Ice Hockey World Championship group B match between Germany and Canada on Monday. (Sergei Grits/The Associated Press)

Canada dropped a 3-1 decision to Germany on Monday to remain winless at the men's world hockey championship.

Nick Paul scored the lone goal for Canada, which has opened the preliminary round with three straight losses. Stefan Loibl, Matthias Plachta and Korbinian Holzer tallied for Germany (3-0-0-0).

Canada has been outscored 10-2 overall and remains tied with last-place Italy in the Group B standings.

Latvia blanked Italy 3-0 in the early game at the Riga Arena. At the Olympic Sports Centre, Slovakia defeated Russia 3-1 and the Czech Republic edged Belarus 3-2 in overtime.

Canada returns to action Wednesday against Norway.

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