Watch: USA leaves World Cup to 'Let's go Kessel!' chants
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The United States bowed meekly out of the World Cup of Hockey on Thursday night, losing its final - and meaningless - game 4-3 to the Czech Republic.
Adding insult to injury were fans in Toronto, who sent the U.S. on its way to chants of "Let's go Kessel!" (You have to listen closely, but those are "Let's go Kessel!" chants, yeah.)
For a guy who wasn't on the team, Phil Kessel got a lot of press during the World Cup. A lot of that was his own doing, but his return to USA Hockey, should it happen, will be a very interesting one.
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In the end, Kessel scored as many goals as 16 U.S. skaters who saw action in Toronto: None.
- With h/t to Puck Daddy