Team USA Camp Notebook: Day 2

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COLUMBUS – You don’t need to remind John Tortorella of the hardest decision he needs to make for this World Cup of Hockey.

Team USA’s goaltending trio (Jonathan Quick, Ben Bishop and Cory Schneider) stacks up against any other team in the tournament. All three players are among the league’s elite and the most accomplished, but when push comes to shove, only one of them will be named starting goaltender for their country.

The process for arriving at that decision is already in motion, with now two practices under their belt and three days until the first pre-tournament game against Canada. Tortorella’s goal is to get from three contenders down to two – No. 1 and his backup – by the final exhibition game in less than two weeks.

“When we make the decision, it’s gonna suck for the other guys,” Tortorella said. “It’s not gonna be fair, but we eventually have to make a decision.”

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