Nick Foligno scored twice, and Brandon Dubinsky and T.J. Oshie scored once, as Team USA beat France 4-0 in the relegation bracket at the IIHF World Championships in Cologne, Germany. Ducks forward Ryan Carter did not score in the win.

Corey Perry and Team Canada, meanwhile, dropped a 3-1 decision to Sweden in the qualification bracket. Canada will need to beat the Czech Republic on Tuesday to avoid a quarterfinal matchup against Alex Ovechkin and Team Russia, which has won 23 straight games at the tournament. Perry did not score in the loss.

Wednesday was not a good day for the Olympic gold and silver-medal winning nations at the IIHF World Championships.

Playing with first place in Group B on the line, Canada lost 4-1 to Switzerland in Mannheim, Germany. The result bucked a fairly longstanding historical trend …

Before tonight the teams had played 24 times in the World Championships,
Canada winning 22 to go with two ties. The aggregate score was 143-29.
Never has Switzerland scored as many as four goals against Canada at the
Worlds or Olympics in 90 years of senior international hockey. In 16 of
those 24 games Switzerland was held to one goal or was shut out
altogether.

Ducks right wing Corey Perry was held without a point for the first time in pool play, leaving him with four points (goal, three assists) through three games.

Meanwhile, Team USA was bounced from the tournament after losing 3-2 to Finland. Goaltender Scott Clemmensen stopped 40 of 43 shots, and was outdueled by Petri Vehanen, who allowed goals to T.J. Oshie and David Moss in the victory.

Ducks center Ryan Carter was held without a point in 17:54 time on ice. After finishing last in group D, the U.S. (0-3) heads to the relegation round for the first time since 2003. The two lowest-finishing teams in the relegation round will not be eligible to compete in the 2011 tournament.

Corey Perry had three assists in Team Canada’s 6-1 win over Latvia at the IIHF World Championships in Manheim, Germany on Monday.

At 2-0, Canada is tied with Switzerland atop the Group B standings; the two teams play each other on Wednesday. Latvia and Italy are both 0-2 in Group B.

Earlier Monday, Team USA lost in an upset, 2-1 to Denmark, its second straight overtime loss to start the tournament. Stefan Lassen scored 2:04 into the extra period past Scott Clemmensen to drop the U.S. to 0-2 in a World Championship for the first time since 2003.

Phoenix Coyotes defenseman Keith Yandle scored the lone goal for Team USA. Ducks forward Ryan Carter was held without a point in just over nine minutes of ice time.

The U.S. is tied with Germany – which has lost once in overtime and also in regulation – with two points in the Group D standings. Denmark is leading the group with five points and Finland is second with three points.

Ducks forward Ryan Carter scored, but that was it for Team USA in a tournament-opening, 2-1 overtime loss to Germany at the IIHF World Championships on Friday.

Before an announced crowd of 77,823 in Gelsenkirchen, Germany – a world record, according to the IIHF Web site – Felix Schutz scored past Scott Clemmensen 21 seconds into overtime to lift the host team to victory.

At 8:28 of the third period, writes Alan Adams on iihf.com,

Carter banged at a loose puck in the crease and it came to a stop across the goal line after the puck deflected off the goalie’s right pad.

Click here for video of the goal, with Ducks play-by-play man John Ahlers (along with Kings analyst Jim Fox) on the call.

The tournament format is similar to the 2010 Winter Olympics in that the top three teams in each of four groups advance out of round-robin play, and remain eligible for the championship. However, the second round (the “Qualification Round”) is also a round-robin format, while the fourth-place team in each group continues play in a Relegation Round.

Finland, Germany and Denmark are in Group D along with the United States.

Also Friday, Ducks forward Corey Perry was named one of four alternate captains at the tournament for Team Canada. Former Ducks defenseman Francois Beauchemin, and forwards Ray Whitney and Steven Stamkos, will be the other alternates behind captain Ryan Smyth.

Team Canada plays Italy in its first tournament game Saturday, with a scheduled start time of 7:15 a.m. Pacific.

Ducks winger Corey Perry had two goals as Team Canada dispatched Germany 4-1 in its only exhibition game Tuesday at the IIHF World Championships in Hamburg.

Playing on a line with Tampa Bay’s Steven Stamkos and the Calgary Flames’ Rene Borque, Perry had two goals and an assist as the line accounted for all four goals. One came on the power play.

Canada begins tournament play Saturday against Italy.

In Amiens, France, Team USA defeated the host nation 3-1 on Tuesday in its lone exhibition match. Ryan Carter, the only Duck on the U.S. roster, was held without a point.

The U.S. begins tournament play Friday against Germany.