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The United States and Canada were ousted Thursday from the 2012 IIHF World Championship in Helsinki, Finland, both leaving empty-handed. Team Canada was shocked 4-3 by Slovakia, marking the third straight year the Canadians have been knocked out in the quarterfinals.

No less than a league's worth of teams are courting the 27-year-old star winger, from Detroit to Dallas to the hometown Devils, who will become an unrestricted free agent on July 1 if not re-signed by New Jersey before then.

Reigning champions and co-hosts Finland beat Kazakhstan 4-1 on Monday to notch their fifth win at the ice hockey world championships.

Justin Faulk #28 of the Carolina Hurricanes in action against the ninduring their game on February 18, 2012 at the Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York.

The Carolina Hurricanes' organization is being represented by five players for three different countries in the IIHF 2012 World Championships being held in Switzerland and Finland.

One factor of the game of hockey that is mentioned sometimes but isn't talked about a lot is the role of luck and variance.