Finland edged the United States, 5-4, as...
Finland edged the United States, 5-4, as the World Ice Hockey Championships got under way at Moscow.
In other first-round action, Canada, which, like the United States, is short of top players because of the National Hockey League playoffs, beat West Germany, 8-3.
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