TORONTO -- Most of Team USAs players were on the Ricoh Coliseum ice before the resurfacing machine had even left it.It was a sign, perhaps, that the Americans are eager to put their miserable start to the World Cup of Hockey -- a 3-0 loss to Team Europe on Saturday night -- behind them.A fresh sheet of ice presented a fresh opportunity for them to play themselves back into contention with a pivotal game against powerful Canada looming Tuesday night.Pivotal, in fact, might be an understatement.Tuesday is our championship game, head coach John Tortorella said Sunday. We knew wed have to go through Canada. That game has just come earlier for us here, and thats the way were approaching it.The questions about how this might be achieved are twofold.First, what technical or personnel issues can be changed or addressed to make the U.S. a better team than the one that staggered through the shutout loss to Team Europe, a game marked by a lack of energy through the first 40 minutes and a series of defensive breakdowns that allowed the opportunistic Europeans to steal a game most believed the Americans would win.Sundays practice lines and drills suggest that veteran David Backes, a two-time Olympian for Team USA, will be the extra forward and Kyle Palmieri will draw into the lineup to give the Americans more speed and scoring touch up front.Palmieri had 30 goals last season for New Jersey. He worked Sunday with the teams top power play unit in practice along with John Carlson, Patrick Kane, Zach Parise and captain?Joe Pavelski.?Max Pacioretty, struggling to find his way with Team USA, was dropped to a checking line with Brandon Dubinsky and Palmieri.Kane is trying to shake off a disappointing turn against Team Europe that saw him cough up the puck, leading to an embarrassing 2-on-0 and a 2-0 Team Europe lead. He was working with Justin Abdelkader and Derek Stepan as Tortorella continues to try to find a combination that will unleash Kanes vast scoring potential.James van Riemsdyk, who started the tournament playing with Kane, dropped down to a line with Pavelski and T.J. Oshie.Ideally youd love to have four lines that youre rolling and youre scoring and are trusted in all situations, Backes said. But thats just not where were at at this moment. Weve got to deal with reality and not what wed hoped would be at the moment.First things first, were going to prepare to play the Canadians on Tuesday. We need to win that game, he said.Dustin Byfuglien?was?a surprise scratch for Team USAs first game. It would seem like his physical presence and booming shot in the lineup would be an advantage against Canada, although Tortorella declined to answer any questions about the teams lineup. Byfuglien did skate regularly with Jack Johnson and worked out with the teams second power play unit along with Ryan Suter, Stepan, Ryan Kesler and Oshie on Sunday.Thats not my decision, Byfuglien said. All I do is come here, put a jersey on and go to work when Im told. Im just waiting for an opportunity. Thats all.One NHL executive said that when Byfuglien is on his game hes a tremendous benefit to his team -- but when hes not on his game, he can be a negative influence.At this stage, its hard to imagine that he wont be in the lineup Tuesday, especially given that the U.S. was 0-for-4 on the power play.Tortorella said he hopes his players can finish more plays against Canada. He feels that his offense had several opportunities available on Saturday but couldnt complete them.Its about getting to the net, the coach said. Its about getting to rebounds. Its about being closer to the puck. And thats kind of the next play. When you have a good forecheck, a good first man, I thought we were late with our second guy to establish that type of forechecking when we had it.Taken in isolation, those elements arent likely to be enough to secure a victory against a Canadian team that rolled over the Czech Republic 6-0 in its tournament opener Saturday night.Technical and/or personnel changes have to be accompanied by a mindset from the get-go that the Americans are going to play the way they are supposed to play. They will need to conjure up the kind of emotion they showed when they defeated Canada in a hard-hitting, often nasty pre-tournament game on Sept. 9.That shouldnt be hard to do, but the same could have been said about Team USA starting the tournament with more energy and purpose, something that was curiously absent.Normally, in a tournament like this or in a playoff series, a losing team wants to get right back at it, but Tortorella said he thinks the extra off day will be important as the Americans try to digest the depth of the predicament in which they find themselves.I think the guys are disappointed, he said. They are going to tell you they put it behind them. I dont think they have. Im glad we have the two days. Not so much for the physical and practicing, but the mental. This is either you are afraid of it or its just a fantastic opportunity we have in front of us Tuesday. I have the belief in our guys they are going to relish this opportunity, and thats the way we have to approach it.Still, Canadian head coach Mike Babcock said something after his teams emphatic win that resonated when it came to examining the U.S. situation. Babcock said that in these kinds of tournaments -- or sometimes in playoff series -- teams that win early get fat and happy, and conversely, teams that lose often get better in a hurry.The Americans, seemingly focused and committed to being better than what they were, are hoping Babcock is right. Yeezy Boost Scontate . At a news conference Tuesday where it was thought that the fiery Schallibaum may be shown the door after a dismal finish to the Major League Soccer season, team president Joey Saputo said no decision has been made on whether the Swiss Volcano will be back in 2014. Adidas Yeezy Scontate .ca looks back at the stories and moments that made the year memorable. http://www.adidasyeezyscontate.it/ . The judges scored it 48-47, 48-47, 49-46 for Jones (19-1). It was the champions closest call. Despite the loss, it was a remarkable show by the confident Swedish challenger, who had the best of the early rounds and then hung on in the fourth and fifth. Adidas Yeezy Vendita Italia . Belfort (24-10) needed just 77 seconds to down Henderson in the headlining bout of Saturdays "UFC Fight Night: Belfort vs. Henderson" event at Goiania Arena in Goiania, Brazil. The fight served as a rematch of the pairs 2006 meeting, which Henderson won by decision. Scarpe Yeezy Scontate . Los Angeles star goalie survived those perilous gymnastics with no problem, and he eventually backstopped the Kings to a skid-snapping win. Quick stopped 27 shots in his return from a 24-game injury absence, Jeff Carter scored the tiebreaking goal with 7:55 to play, and the Kings snapped their five-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the Vancouver Canucks on Saturday night. KNOXVILLE, Tenn. -- Alexis Jones finished a rebound shy of a triple-double while helping Baylor hand Tennessee one of the most thorough defeats the Lady Volunteers have ever suffered on their home floor.Jones had a career-high 30 points to go along with 10 assists, nine rebounds and just one turnover Sunday as the fourth-ranked Lady Bears trounced No. 22 Tennessee 88-66, matching the Lady Vols biggest home loss ever.I didnt know how close I was until I came out, Jones said. And then they told me all I needed was a rebound.Jones would have become the first Baylor player to ever post a triple-double that included points, rebounds and assists. Baylors last triple-double came from Brittney Griner, who had 28 points, 10 rebounds and 10 blocks against West Virginia on March 2, 2013.Baylor (9-1) scored the games first 11 points and never looked back to earn its seventh straight victory. The Lady Bears led by as many as 35 points before coasting to victory in this SEC/Big 12 Challenge matchup.The one loss that we suffered this year, we felt that it was a lack of focus, a lack of mental toughness, Baylor forward Nina Davis said in reference to a 72-61 loss at Connecticut on Nov. 17. We felt like we werent aggressive. Thats something that were not trying to have happen again, so each and every game were coming in with a mindset that were going to come in and dominate from the beginning of the game to the end.Davis had 20 points and nine rebounds for Baylor. Khadijiah Cave added 10 points.Mercedes Russell had 22 points, 12 rebounds and four blocks for Tennessee. Jaime Nared had 19 points and 11 rebounds. Diamond DeShields added 13 points.The only other time Tennessee (4-3) fell by as many as 22 points at home was a 74-52 loss to Texas on Dec. 1, 1985, at the old Stokely Athletics Center. Tennessee moved from Stokely to Thompson-Boling Arena in 1987-88.Weve got players that are underachieving, Tennessee coachh Holly Warlick said.dddddddddddd Were just underachieving and were not playing hard. I dont know. Honestly, I dont have an answer. (Baylor) looked a lot better prepared than the Lady Vols.THE TAKEAWAYBaylor: The Lady Bears capitalized on their size to dominate this game from start to finish. Baylor outscored Tennessee 58-28 in points in the paint. Baylor didnt need much Sunday from Kalani Brown, who scored just two points. Brown entered the day averaging 14.2 points per game to rank second on the team.Tennessee: The Lady Vols need more from DeShields. After committing 10 turnovers in a loss at Virginia Tech last week, DeShields shot 4 of 14 and had five turnovers against Baylor. She scored just two points in the first half.POLL IMPLICATIONSTennessees loss leaves the Lady Vols in danger of falling out of the Top 25. Tennessee ended a string of 565 consecutive weeks in the Top 25 late last season when it fell out of the rankings for the first time since 1985.NOTABLE NUMBERSOnly a major discrepancy at the foul line prevented the score from being even more lopsided. Tennessee was 23 of 33 on free throws while Baylor was 7 of 9. Baylor didnt attempt a single free throw in the first half.I dont know if Ive ever coached a game where we never shot a free throw until the middle of the third quarter -- and youre winning (by) 35-40 points, Baylor coach Kim Mulkey said. I dont know how you explain that. We never got to the foul line. If you look, they shot three or four times as many free throws. That has to speak volumes for how well (our) team played.QUOTABLETheyve got to go down swinging, Warlick said. Theyve got to carry a big stick. Were carrying a little twig right now, and that aint working.UP NEXTBaylor hosts Texas State on Tuesday.Tennessee visits No. 14 Texas on Dec. 11. ' ' '