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TORONTO -- Team Canada is coming off its 13th consecutive win in a best-on-best hockey competition, but its not even the toast of this tournament. Or at least it seems that way.You cant blame the reigning Olympic champs if theyre feeling just a little jealous that their little North American brothers have stolen much of the show so far at the World Cup of Hockey.Take Wednesdays double-bill at Air Canada Centre, which featured a juxtaposition of two vastly different styles of hockey: one that lifts fans out of their seats while giving coaches heart palpitations, and the other a clinical, masterful display of how to win games at this level.Which would you rather watch? Team Canada head coach Mike Babcock asked, interrupting my long-winded question after his teams 4-1 win over Europe, knowing very well where I was headed with this.Finally, I asked Babcock (memo to self: shorten your damn questions), How do you compare both situations?Well theyre totally different. I like watching that team because theres tons of skill, Babcock said of the 23-and-under North American gang. I like winning more, though. I just want to win. Thats what our players came for, they came to win.Boom. Thats the crux of it all, right?Team Canada is all business. Its here to win again. The North American kids were brought here to entertain, to give us a glimpse of the sports promising future. But in doing so, theyre scaring the heck out of everyone else.Take Sweden, the reigning Olympic silver medalist, the squad with the deepest and most talented blue-line corps in the tournament. The veteran Swedes were already down 2-0 just 1:35 into their game with the North American kids on Wednesday afternoon, and they might as well have been wearing their jockstraps on their heads because they hadnt touched the puck yet.The ending was wild, too, a thrill-a-second overtime that culminated in?Nathan MacKinnons dizzying dekes to beat Henrik Lundqvist?for the game winner.One could literally hear the buzz in the crowd as fans filtered out of Air Canada Centre after North Americas 4-3 win. They knew they had just seen hockey at its most entertaining.Imagine what it was like being head coach North America head coach Todd McLellan during that OT session.I was standing on the bench, saying, No, no, no! and then Go, go, go! he said of watching his young teams risk-reward, heart-stopping play.Inside Team Canadas dressing room, the back-to-back Olympic champs were also glued to the TV set, watching a version of hockey they likely havent played since their teens.Its a little different mentality, but the entertainment level is pretty remarkable, Team Canada forward Steven Stamkos?said. We caught the overtime before we got things going in the room. That was exciting hockey. I dont think there were any systems being played, but it was entertaining. The fans were into it. Guys in the room were excited to watch it. Beautiful goal to end it. Thats the new wave of the NHL generation thats coming up.When youre the North American kids and youre playing with house money, life is fun. When youre Canada and you havent lost a game in best-on-best hockey in 6? years, the impeccable standard you have set for your team requires surgical precision on both sides of the puck. Mistakes are just not allowed.Theres definitely some differences, two-time Olympic gold medalist Jonathan Toews?said after scoring two goals Wednesday night. I think the amount of pressure on both teams is a little bit different. The North American team, they go out there and they play. They know that even though maybe theyre not as strict with their systems -- if thats the case -- theyre working hard. So if they make a mistake and they turn the puck over theyve got three guys coming back hard.So theyre playing pretty responsibly in that regard. It just looks like theyre having fun, Toews continued. Theyre playing loose and theyre not worried about a thing. When you play that way, then that skill can really be unleashed and were seeing that too. Theyre a dangerous team. Well see what happens in the next few days.If the hockey gods play along and produce a Finland victory over Russia on Thursday, that would propel the North American kiddos into a semifinal matchup against their Team Canada mentors.Come on, you know you want to see it, the vivid contrast in playing styles.Its a little different style than we play, thats for sure, Stamkos said with a smile. Obviously, with Babs and the coaching staff we have, its a pretty detailed system. But theres a reason why Canada has won a lot. The complete buy-in from every player, the attitude everyone has coming in, its very light and confident but its also businesslike at the same time. Were going out and winning this game and we dont care how we do it. We dont care what happens, who scores, who doesnt. Guys are blocking shots, guys are back-checking.You want to be a guy whos doing everything right, and thats something every guy here is willing to do.Translation: Team Canada isnt here to entertain you. Its here to win, baby, win.Id like to be na?ve and argue that perhaps theres room for both -- high-octane hockey like the kids are playing, mixed in with Team Canadas surgical brilliance -- but I think the evidence in the NHL nowadays suggests otherwise.The latter always wins out.Unless, of course, the kids do get to play in the semifinals and produce a Saturday night to remember forever. Wouldnt that be something? Indiana Pacers Shirts . The judges scored it 48-47, 48-47, 49-46 for Jones (19-1). It was the champions closest call. Despite the loss, it was a remarkable show by the confident Swedish challenger, who had the best of the early rounds and then hung on in the fourth and fifth. Indiana Pacers Gear . The parade and rally were held to celebrate the Saskatchewan Roughriders 45-23 win over the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Sunday in the CFLs championship game. https://www.cheappacers.com/1083k-terence-stansbury-jersey-pacers.html . 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Jones set a franchise record with 300 receiving yards on 12 catches.Shoot, just disrespectful to line up a rook against that man like that, like he aint the top wide receiver in the league, Norman told ESPN.Although Jones did most of his damage with third-year cornerback Bene Benwikere in his vicinity, Panthers rookie James Bradberry started on Jones and gave up a 22-yard reception in tight man-to-man coverage on the first play. Bradberry then exited early with a toe injury.Fellow rookie Daryl Worley got a chance on Jones and gave up a 43-yard pass play, which really appeared to get the deep ball going between Jones and quarterback Matt Ryan. Ryan drew the safety to the middle of the field, leaving Worley in one-on-one coverage against Jones down the right sideline.Falcons coach Dan Quinn was asked if he was surprised about the Panthers decision to play Jones straight up, at times.ddddddddddddWell, they werent all as man-to-man on some of the big plays that he had, Quinn said. Some were zones where he had a crossing route where he was able to outrun some guys (on the 75-yard TD). Hes such a unique player and different times and different coverages that go his way. Often times they might have had good coverage where he was able to go up and fight for it, but it was a really clear illustration of a really good competitor being at the very top of his game. I think that was the case (Sunday).Norman, who once borrowed the line from the movie Jerry Maguire and said Jones completes me because of his ability, figured Jones would dominate all along.Man, I told you (the NFC South) is all Julios now, Norman said.Norman took another jab at his former team Monday on ESPNs The Dan Le Batard Show, saying you get what you pay for after the Panthers surrendered those 300 yards to Jones and a franchise-record 503 passing yards to Ryan. ' ' '