TORONTO -- Canadas World Cup of Hockey opener was Carey Prices first meaningful game in almost 10 months. He played like he was in prime mid-season form.Price stopped 27 shots to help Canada beat the Czech Republic 6-0 on Saturday night at Air Canada Centre. He made an excellent save after Ondrej Palat tipped a shot in the opening minute and delivered when needed the rest of the way.Price hadnt played since late November after a knee injury cost him nearly all of last season with the Montreal Canadiens.It was definitely nice to get a few shots off the get-go, Price said. I started to get a feel for the game. Obviously, as the game went on I started to feel more comfortable. I thought our team play was very good tonight.Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists, and Brad Marchand, Patrice Bergeron, Joe Thornton, Jonathan Toews and Alex Pietrangelo also scored.Canadas captain also won six-of-seven faceoffs in 13 minutes.Lets not get carried away, said coach Mike Babcock, asked if Crosby had gotten better from earlier Team Canada performances, specifically the past two Olympics. He was a star in Sochi. He was a star in Vancouver. What you saw tonight though is he got points.Crosby opened the scoring and helped set up Machands goal that made it 2-0 late in the first. Crosby also assisted on Thorntons goal in the second periodSid is obviously an incredible playmaker with a very high hockey I.Q., Marchand said.Michal Neuvirth made 44 saves for the Czech Republic.The goalie was really good, Babcock said. (Especially) at the start until we settled in and got playing.The Czechs couldnt maintain their early pace and started to fade after the midway point of the first period. Price stopped 12 shots in the first, made seven saves in the second and eight stops in the third period, few of the laborious variety.Price only returned to game action last week in exhibition play. The Montreal star looked rusty in a 4-2 loss to the United States, but was sharper in a 3-2 overtime win over Russia a few days later.I dont try to overthink things and overcomplicate things, Price said. I think thats something Ive improved on over the last couple of games. It just comes down to preparing the right way and just letting your instincts take over. Its definitely nice to kick one out in the first minute and start feeling good, just let it roll from there.The Canadians face the Americans on Tuesday night.I think we understand the position were in, Crosby said. 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But Bourque, who has missed three games with a lower-body injury, wont be in the lineup when the Habs travel to Buffalo to take on the Sabres on Wednesday.WASHINGTON -- Coaches often tell players to practice the way you play. That strategy didnt work out for Sloane Stephens. Playing her first match since Wimbledon, the No. 2-seeded Stephens fell to Olga Puchkova 7-5, 6-3 in the first round of the Citi Open on Monday. "Leading up, I didnt practice that great and I just wasnt feeling the ball out there," said Stephens, who lost to eventual Wimbledon champion Marion Bartoli in the quarterfinals on July 2. "Sometimes you have days like that and its unfortunate that it came today." The struggles started early for the 15th-ranked Stephens, particularly with her service game. The highest-ranked American behind Serena Williams, Stephens was broken three times in each set by the unseeded and 88th-ranked Russian. In the mens event, Mardy Fish rebounded from an early exit in Atlanta and losing the first set to defeat qualifier Matthew Ebden 2-6, 6-1, 6-3. After falling behind 3-0 and 4-1 in the first set, the 20-year-old Stephens worked her way back into a 5-5 tie, only to falter in the end. After Puchkova held serve, Stephens could not do the same, unable to win a single point en route to dropping the set. The final set was more of the same. "I couldnt really get it together, but there will be more tournaments, so its OK," Stephens said. She dealt with an abdominal injury earlier this summer, but said it wasnt a factor on Monday. "I felt fine. When Im injured, I play great. When Im healthy I cant hit a ball on the court." Battling backk from a heart condition, Fish only played four matches in 2013 before facing Ebden, including a first-round loss last week.dddddddddddd After dropping the opening set, the 31-year-old Fish turned the momentum by winning the lengthy opening game of the second set. He capped the service break with a cross-court winner and took the next three games for a 4-0 lead. Fish broke Ebden at 3-2 in the second set, leading to his first victory since March. Fish credited his practice performance for his positive outcome. "It feels real good. Ive played well in practice, put in a lot of hours in the past, you know, Id be remiss not to say months. But its been months. Yeah, its satisfying," Fish said. Defending champion and No. 7 seed Magdalena Rybarikova rallied past Christina McHale for a 2-6, 6-4, 6-2 victory. Playing with a wrap on her left thigh because of a lower back injury, Rybarikova twice lost serve in the opening set. 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