USA's Olympic Rout of Germany Sparks Grades, Big Questions
Team USA caps a perfect preliminary round with a dominant win over Germany, locking up the Group C top seed and a quarterfinal bye. Auston Matthews, the captain who's been a sniper all tournament, torched the Germans while the defense clamped down hard after some early wobbles against Denmark. Front offices back home are buzzing about how this star-studded roster - packed with NHL studs like Eichel, Tkachuk, and Hughes - gels under Mike Sullivan before the knockout chaos hits.
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