Hockey: U.S. women win, men lose

Hannah Brandt scored twice in the second period and the U.S. women beat Canada 5-1 Sunday in Tampa to win their third consecutive Four Nations Cup hockey championship. The USA has beaten its biggest rivals, who won Sochi gold, for the third time in four games over the last month as it tunes up for the Pyeongchang Games in February. ❚ Dominik Kahun assisted on goals

by Frank Mauer, Brent Raedeke and Brooks Macek as host Germany beat the USA 5-1 on Sunday in the Deutschland Cup in Augsburg. The USA fell to 03-0 in the Olympic tuneup tournament.