Questioning the effort of the American players happened immediately. Even the players were doing it right after the game.
"I think it started yesterday, we didn't show up to play a tough team in Canada and lost that game," captain Zach Parise said to NBC Sports after the game. "Just today, I thought we had a pretty good start but once we gave up that first goal, we kind of deflated. They played like they had something to win and we just kind of shut it down.
"It's kind of disappointing, kind of embarrassed about what happened, especially today. It wasn't a good effort by us."
Goalie Jonathan Quick, who was hung out to dry a few times, was equally harsh.
"We're professionals. We play back-to-backs all year long," Quick said. "There's no reason we show up and not piss a drop."
