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For the second year in a row, Josh Morrissey will miss a big Canada-USA matchup with an upper-body injury.

Team Canada head coach Jon Cooper said after practice yesterday that Morrissey was out — a big loss, as Morrissey is the No. 2 defenseman on the team. Morrissey was injured in the Olympic opener and tried to ramp it up in practice over the past week to come back but he couldn’t get there.

“We want Josh in this game, he helps us with puck moving and everything he does, but in the end if you’re not physically able to do it …” Cooper said. “But Josh, in the end, he just wouldn’t be able to perform. … So we had to make a decision,” added Cooper.

Crushing news for the defenseman, especially after also missing the 4 Nations Face-Off championship game in Boston last year with an illness.