Toews' line was asked to stuff Alex Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin and Alexander Semin in the game against Russia the following night. Not only did they shut out the Russian superstars, Canada scored twice against them with goals by Nash and Shea Weber.
Toews, Richards and Nash stayed together for the rest of the tournament and didn't get scored on until Zach Parise's goal with 24.4 seconds left in r
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Posted by maximumhockey 9 days ago (http://blackhawks.nhl.com)Crosby's OT Goal Was Fitting
Posted by cegeland 10 days ago (http://www.nhl.com)
Sunday afternoon, with just about every person in Canada Hockey Place and all of Canada counting on him to come through, Crosby took it to another level. Not only did he win a gold medal, he scored the winning goal in overtime.
For Canada. On Canadian soil. Read More »
For Canada. On Canadian soil. Read More »
Luongo Wins Gold And Shows He Is An Elite Goalie
Posted by IceColdNews 10 days ago (http://www.nhl.com)
"This is what matters to me right here," Luongo told NHL.com, grasping the medal in his hands minutes after Canada beat Team USA in overtime, 3-2, on Sidney Crosby's Olympic winner. "No matter what people say or do, at the end of the day I'm a gold medalist and nobody can ever take that away from me."
Until Sunday, Luongo had been chided for never winning the big one. Read More »
Until Sunday, Luongo had been chided for never winning the big one. Read More »
Canada Wins Gold In Overtime
Posted by cegeland 10 days ago (http://www.ctvolympics.ca)
In a game for the ages, it was Crosby - the leader of Canada's Generation Next - who scored the golden goal 7:40 into overtime, leading Canada's men's Olympic hockey team to a thrill-a-minute 3-2 victory over their arch rivals from the United States.
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Crosby Seizes His Golden Opportunity
Posted by cegeland 10 days ago (http://www.cbc.ca)
One shot for gold.
That is what an absolutely compelling and thrilling Olympic gold-medal game came down to on Sunday afternoon.
One shot for gold.
If he wasn't a hero in this country before, then Sidney Crosby definitely is now.
The pride of Cole Harbour, N.S., became the most popular person in Canada on Sunday afternoon, scoring the winning goal in overtime to give Canada a Read More »
That is what an absolutely compelling and thrilling Olympic gold-medal game came down to on Sunday afternoon.
One shot for gold.
If he wasn't a hero in this country before, then Sidney Crosby definitely is now.
The pride of Cole Harbour, N.S., became the most popular person in Canada on Sunday afternoon, scoring the winning goal in overtime to give Canada a Read More »
Finland Beats Slovakia To Capture Olympic Bronze
Posted by IceColdNews 11 days ago (http://www.ctvolympics.ca)
Fresh off their humiliating loss to the United States in Friday's semifinal, the Finns went to their dressing room after two periods in Saturday's bronze medal game down 3-1 to Slovakia.
But instead of folding their tents as they appeared to do early against the Americans in Friday's 6-1 loss, the Finns came roaring back with four unanswered goals in the final period to salvage a medal in the Read More »
But instead of folding their tents as they appeared to do early against the Americans in Friday's 6-1 loss, the Finns came roaring back with four unanswered goals in the final period to salvage a medal in the Read More »
Canada Survives Slovakia To Move To Gold Medal Game
Posted by IceColdNews 12 days ago (http://www.ctvolympics.ca)
Goaltender Roberto Luongo preserved the victory by deflecting away a shot from his Vancouver Canucks' teammate Pavol Demitra - who looked as if he were facing a wide-open net - in the dying seconds, enabling Canada to emerge with a heart-stopping 3-2 victory and a date with the Americans in Sunday's gold-medal game.
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USA Defeats Finland To Move On To Gold Medal Game
Posted by IceColdNews 12 days ago (http://www.ctvolympics.ca)
By the time goaltender Miikka Kiprusoff quit - after four goals, seven shots and 10 minutes - it was also clear that the skaters in front of him had pulled chutes. What followed was a blowout worthy of women's hockey, as the United States rode six first-period goals to a 6-1 victory over the Finns in an Olympic semifinal yesterday.
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