Left with nothing play for at the World Cup of Hockey, USA coach John Tortorella told his players to play a game for themselves.

They played hard, gave effort in a meaningless round-robin finale but still lost 4-3 to the Czech Republic on Thursday night. With an 0-3-0 record and a minus-6 goal differential, the U.S. finished seventh among eight teams, ahead of only Finland.

"The bottom line is we leave here with nothing," Tortorella said. "Certainly we can't be happy about that."