CROSBY SCORES IN O.T TO GET CANADA A GOLD MEDAL!!!!!!!

USA AT CANADA

3 - 2
Final OT

Highlights

Today in Vancouver, Canada was on top of the hockey world with Sidney Crosby's overtime goal which gives Canada a Olympic record for gold medals with 14 gold. " I just shot it. That's all I remember. But I think it went five hole." Crosby said about his golden goal. But it wasn't all fine and dandy as Canada blew a 2-0 lead." Well it's not a good felling when you blow a 2 goal lead. But we still had a good chance. And we stuck to our game and finally got one in there," Crosby said. The other medal results are: USA will get the silver and Finland will get the Bronze.
In the loss, Kesler and Parise got the goals for the USA. As for Canada, Crosby, Toews and Perry scored for the gold medalists.

The goaltenders were also key parts of this game. As, Ryan Miller (USA) made 36 saves and Roberto Luongo made 34 saves in the 3-2 gold medal victory for Canada. This victory gives Canada's hockey team there 2nd gold medal in there last 3 Olympic winter games.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

Video

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  CAN 3, US 2: Game winning-goal
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  Gold medal ceremony
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  Crosby post-game interview
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  Rick Nash post-game interview
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  Roberto Luongo post-game interview
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  Men's hockey: O Canada

GAME SUMMARY

SCORING
CAN 1 1 0 1 - 3
USA 0 1 1 0 - 2

First Period

1. CAN, Toews (Richards) 12:50

Penalties - Ryan USA (tripping) 14:02.


Second Period

2. CAN, Perry (Getzlaf, Keith) 7:13

3. USA, Kesler (Kane) 12:44

Penalties - Malone USA (high sticking) 2:33, Staal CAN (interference) 4:41, Toews CAN (tripping) 8:25


Third Period

4. USA, Parise (Langenbrunner, Kane) 19:35

Penalties - None


Overtime

5. CAN, Crosby (Iginla) 7:40

Penalties - None


SHOTS ON GOAL
CAN 10 15 7 7 - 39
USA 8 15 9 4 - 36

Goaltenders (goals-shots against) - CAN: Luongo (W, 2-36); USA: Miller (L, 3-39).

Power plays (goals-chances) - CAN: 0-2; USA: 0-2

CANADA BEATS SLOVAKIA 3-2 AND ARE ON THERE WAY TO THE GOLD MEDAL GAME AGAINST THE USA

Last Night in Vancouver, Canada took an early 3-0 lead over Slovakia with goals by Marleau,Morrow and Getzlaf. But it wasn't over yet. As Jaroslav Halak kept them in it with save after save for a total of 25 saves. Slovakia came back in the third with 2 quick goals with just under 5 to play.But it wasn't enough. As Roberto Luongo made a highlight reel save with the glove on Pavel Demitra's shot on a wide open net. Due to that save Canada goals to the Gold Medal game against the USA (Who beat Finland 6-1 in the Semi-Final)."You know what, it's going to be intense; it's going to be emotional," Sidney Crosby told NHL.com. "Look at the tournament game (the 5-3 win by USA over Canada), that's a pretty good idea of what to expect and more here in the final."

In the victory, Luongo made 19 saves to lead to the gold Medal game."The Russian battle was very exciting just because that's what we grew up thinking about all the time, but I think the U.S.-Canada battle is reality," Canada coach Mike Babcock said. "I think you're going to see a lot of this in the future. They've got a good young team and they're rolling. They just crushed the other team today, so it should be a lot of fun and they must be the favorite coming in." The Canada v.s USA showdown will take place tomorrow at 12:00pm P.T and 3:00pm E.t on CTV and RDS.

But that's not the only game. As Slovakia and Finland still have one more game. That game is the Bronze Medal game which will be played sometime today on CTV,RDS or TSN.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

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GAME SUMMARY

SCORING
SVK 0 0 2 - 2
CAN 2 1 0 - 3

First Period

1. CAN, Marleau (Weber, Niedermayer) 13:30

2. CAN, Morrow (Pronger, Getzlaf) 15:17


Penalties - None


Second Period

3. CAN, Getzlaf (Perry, Pronger) 16:54 (PPG)

Penalties - Doughty CAN (hooking) 1:29, Chara SVK (roughing) 6:08, Zednik SVK (holding the stick) 16:34.


Third Period

4. SVK, Visnovsky (Stumpel) 11:35

5. SVK, Handzus (Zednik, Satan) 15:07

Penalties - None

SHOTS ON GOAL
SVK 4 5 12 - 21
CAN 10 11 7 - 28

Goaltenders (goals-shots against) - SVK: Halak (L, 3-28); CAN: Luongo (W, 2-21).

Power plays (goals-chances) - SVK: 0-1; CAN: 1-2.

CANADA SENDS RUSSIA HOME WITH A SURPRISING SCORE OF 7-3

Yesterday in Vancouver, Canada took on Russia in the quarter final. It was a very entertaining game but not what anyone expect as Canada beat the Russians by the score of 7-3.
"It just shows the character of the team," defenseman Dan Boyle told NHL.com. "Obviously, we didn't have a great start to the tournament, but we showed up (Tuesday) night (in an 8-2 win over Germany) and we showed up tonight and we had a big first period. It's a credit to the players we have and the team we have." The game winning goal was scored by Morrow in the first (it was Canada's forth goal in that frame). The keys to the victory in this game for Canada is they kept the stars on Russia quite. Especially Ovechkin who was wearing half of the lucky looney that they put at center Ice in Russia. But there loony wasn't as lucky as Canada's that Canada put at center ice in 2002(when they won gold).

"He said it was going to be a tough night - and it was, skating with Ovy," said Nash. "In these types of tournaments, you don't have just one set role. It's not just score goals. It's not just play defensively. You pretty much have to do everything - make big hits when you can. That's what I tried to do - chip in everywhere. I thought Jonathan and Mike did the same thing. We had a great night."In the victory, Perry (had 2 goals), Nash,Boyle,Weber,Getzlaf and Morrow scored for Canada in the blow-out victory. Canada knew that since they beat Russia they would play either Sweden or Slovakia based on who would win that game. Well we know now that they will face Slovakia since they upset the Sweds with a 4-3 victory. That Game will be on Friday at 9:30pm E.t and 6:30 P.t.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

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GAME SUMMARY

SCORING
CAN 4 3 0 - 7
RUS 1 2 0 - 3

First Period

1. CAN, Getzlaf (Boyle, Pronger) 2:21
2. CAN, Boyle (Heatley, Marleau) 12:09 (PPG)
3. CAN, Nash (Toews, Richards) 12:55
4. RUS, Kalinin (Volchenkov, Fedorov) 14:39
5. CAN, Morrow (Boyle, Keith) 18:18

Penalties - Seabrook CAN (interference) 7:58, Volchenkov RUS (holding) 10:26.


Second Period

6. CAN, Perry (Getzlaf, Keith) 3:10
7. CAN, Weber (Toews, Iginla) 4:07
8. RUS, Afinogenov (Kovalchuk, Grebeshkov) 4:46
9. CAN, Perry (Staal, Getzlaf)
10. RUS, Gonchar (Malkin) 11:40 (PPG)

Penalties - Bench CAN (too many men) 11:27, Korneev RUS (interference) 12:58, Keith CAN (tripping) 19:14.


Third Period

No scoring

Penalties - Gonchar RUS (hooking) 2:01, Bench RUS (too many men) 5:11, Pronger CAN (holding) 14:37, Semin RUS (high-sticking) 17:17, Boyle CAN (interference) 17:17.


SHOTS ON GOAL
CAN 21 9 9 - 42
RUS 12 8 8 - 28

Goaltenders (goals-shots against) - CAN: Luongo (W, 3-28); RUS: Nabokov (L, 6-23), Bryzgalov (1-19).

Power plays (goals-chances) - CAN: 1-4; RUS: 1-3.

CANADA WINS 8-2 OVER GERMANY; NEXT STOP RUSSIA

Yesterday in Vancouver, It was a due or die game for Canada and Germany. And it was a one sided game as Canada controlled possession and won the game 8-2 and there next game will be tonight against Russia. "If anything, it's just nice to get rewarded for playing well," said Crosby, afterwards. "I thought the last game especially, we generated a ton of chances and it didn't go in for us. So to get results and put pucks in the net and bury those chances, it's great.Every line was generating a lot. They play a real defensive game. They're passive. It's not real easy to get through the neutral zone. We were patient throughout the whole game - and stuck with things, so ... "We said coming in, it wasn't a game we expected to play, but coming out of it, I think it was a good thing for us. We got some good results."


Towards the end of the game the fans were chanting "we want Russia." That's what they want and that's what they'll get.If Canada wants to win Gold this year they will have to win 3 in a row starting with Russia in the quarters."I don't think anybody comes in here just happy to make the quarter-final," said Crosby. "We've got a big game tomorrow and we know it's going to be a challenge.This is a big rivalry and everyone knows it. It's something everyone's been talking about before the Olympics. The fact that it's them in the quarter-finals just adds more to it. I expect it to be a pretty incredible atmosphere." The game between Russia and Canada will be tonight at 4:30 P.C and 7:30 E.T.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

GAME HIGHLIGHTS

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GAME SUMMARY

SCORING
GER 0 1 1 - 2
CAN 1 3 4 - 8

First Period

1. CAN, Thornton (Heatley, Keith) 0:13


Penalties - Schmidt GER (high sticking) 5:29


Second Period

2. CAN, Weber (Richards) 2:32
3. CAN, Iginla (Doughty, Staal) 3:41 (PPG)
4. CAN, Iginla (Staal, Boyle) 8:50
5. GER, Goc (Schmidt, Muller) 16:34


Penalties - Seidenberg GER (slashing) 3:26, Heatley CAN (cross checking) 4:15, Niedermayer CAN (tripping) 6:34, Sulzer GER (hooking) 11:23.


Third Period

6. CAN, Crosby (Staal, Keith) 1:10
7. CAN, Richards (Morrow, Toews) 6:41
8. CAN, Niedermayer (Unassisted) 11:22
9. CAN, Nash (Pronger) 16:28
10.GER, Klinge (Muller, Hospelt) 19:58

Penalties - Niedermayer CAN (hooking) 9:03

SHOTS ON GOAL
GER 4 10 9 - 23
CAN 14 11 14 - 39

Goaltenders (goals-shots against) - GER: Greiss (L, 8-39); CAN: Luongo (W, 2-23).

Power plays (goals-chances) - GER: 0-3; CAN: 1-3.

CANADA FALLS TO THE USA; EXTRA GAME NEEDED

Yesterday afternoon in Vancouver, it was the deciding game between Canada and the USA. Canada were the favourites going in. But they didn't play like they were the favourites as they lost by the score of 5-3. The whole game, it didn't seem like the Canadians wanted to win based on there preformance. The one thing I don't want to do is put the blame on the Goalie. But in this case I would have to say that Martin Brodeur didn't make the saves that were needed for Canada to win. In my opinion, 3 out of the 4 goals that Marty gave up was his fault. But Babcock said he's not going to chose a starting goalie for Canada's extra game against Germany until he re-watch's the game.

"We've chosen a longer route to where we want to go," said Babcock. "I thought we played real well at times. I thought Miller was excellent for them. In the end, we didn't have enough to get it done." Canada was down 4-3 with under a minute to go so they pulled the goalie. So, on one opportunity the states were able to clear it and it was a race back between Perry(of Canada) and Kesler (of Usa). Perry was infront but was able to get the puck as Kesler wrapped his stick around Perry and knocked it in the net for the empty net goal."It is probably not what we wanted coming in," said Crosby, of having to play an extra game in the qualifying round, "but that's where we are. When you get to this point in the tournament, it's not going to be easy. The fact that we have to play an extra game isn't a terrible thing. We'll be ready for it."In the loss, Staal, Getzlaf and Sidney Crosby scored for Canada.

EXTRA GAME:

Canada V.s Germany (winner faces Russia):Tuesday, February 23 2010 at 7:00 Pm E.t and 4:00 P.c

Written By Andrew Di Pardo


GAME SUMMARY

SCORING
CAN 1 1 1 - 3
USA 2 1 2 - 5

First Period

1. USA, Rafalski (Suter, Langenbrunner) :41
2. CAN, Staal (Seabrook, Toews) 8:53
3. USA, Rafalski (Unassisted) 9:15

Penalties - Getzlaf CAN (interference) 3:41, Pavelski USA (high-sticking) 6:07.


Second Period

4. CAN, Heatley (Toews, Weber) 3:32
5. USA, Drury (Ryan, Backes) 16:46

Penalties - Staal CAN (holding) 19:06


Third Period

6. USA, Langenbrunner (Rafalski, Suter) 7:09 (PPG)
7. CAN, Crosby (Nash, Keith) 16:51 (PPG)
8. USA, Kesler (Parise) 19:15 (ENG)

Penalties - Crosby CAN (high-sticking) 1:44, Perry CAN (slashing) 6:05, Kane USA (hooking) 10:49, E. Johnson USA (tripping) 14:56.

SHOTS ON GOAL
CAN 19 12 14 - 45
USA 6 13 4 - 23

Goaltenders (goals-shots against) - CAN: Brodeur (L, 4-22); USA: Miller (W, 3-45).

Power plays (goals-chances) - CAN: 1-4; USA: 1-4.

CROSBY SCORES GAME WINNER IN THE SHOOTOUT AGAINST SWITZERLAND

Yesterday afternoon in Vancouver, Canada was looking for there second win of the tournament with a win against Switzerland and they did but not the way they want. Early on in the game,Canada jumped out to a 2 goal lead with Goals by Heatly (his 3rd) and Marleau (his 1st). But the Swiss weren't ready to give up as they scored 2 straight goals by Ruthemann and von Gunten to tie it at 2 a piece. The game would eventually need a shootout. On the first 3 shots no one scored due to great goaltending by Broudeur of CANADA and Hiller of the Swiss. So we needed tie-breaker shots. Crosby was the first shooter for Canada in Game winning shots and he was the first shooter in tie breaker shots.

"Here comes Crosby he could give Canada the lead. And he does! Canada leads 1-0! This kid is maturing in a hurry. So look out Canada." Those were the words of Pierre McGuire of CTV. With the goal by Crosby it meant Pluss of the Swiss had to score. But he didn't so Canada's record is now 2-0."They really tested us tonight,"Babcock said "We tightened up, they got faster and we didn't execute the way we probably should have. In the end, as a coach you want to win every game and play well every game. But in every championship I've ever been involved with your team has to go through adversity. That's what we had here today. We were able to survive it."

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

GAME SUMMARY

SCORING
SUI 0 2 0 0 0 - 2
CAN 1 1 0 0 1 - 3

First Period

1. CAN, Heatley (Marleau, Toews) 9:21

Penalties - Bench, SUI (too many players - served by J Sprunger) 1:11, Seger SUI (holding) 6:43, Y. Weber SUI (hooking) 13:39.


Second Period

2. CAN, Marleau (Heatley, S. Weber) :35 (PPG)
3. SUI, Ruthemann (Pluss) 8:59
4. SUI, von Gunten (Monnet, Furrer) 19:50

Penalties - Y. Weber SUI (hooking) :27, Sannitz SUI (shooting puck over glass) :42, Morrow CAN (holding) 9:19, Sannitz SUI (interference) 15:52.


Third Period

No scoring

Penalties - Paterlini SUI (hooking) 17:09


Overtime

No scoring

Penalties - No penalties


Game Winning Shots

1. SUI, Domenichelli - save
1. CAN, Crosby - save
2. SUI, Lemm - save
2. CAN, Toews - save
3. SUI, Wick - save
3. CAN, Getzlaf - save

Tie-break shoot-out

1. CAN, Crosby - goal
1. SUI, Pluss - save

SHOTS ON GOAL
SUI 8 10 3 3 - 0
CAN 17 9 18 1 - 0

Goaltenders (goals-shots against) - SUI: Hiller (L,3-47); SCAN: Brodeur (W, 2-23).

Power plays (goals-chances) - SUI: 0-2; CAN: 1-9.

CANADA'S NEXT GAME: This Sunday

	Men's Group A Canada vs United States

CANADA WINS OPENER AGAINST NORWAY BY THE SCORE OF 8-0

Yesterday afternoon in Vancouver, Canada's men's hockey team played there opening game against Norway and got off to a great start with a 8-0 win. In that victory, Jarome Iginla
had a hat-trick in his 3rd Olympic appearance. "I thought the chemistry was good in camp," said Nash afterwards. "People just have to remember it was the first time we ever skated together. As we get practicing tomorrow and then into another game, it's just going to get better and better. Towards the end, we started to figure each other's game out." The first period of the game Norways goaltender was keeping them in the game but it didn't last for long as in the second the scored 3 goals and in the third they scored 5 goals.

"With the different tie-breakers and things, goals matter," said defenceman Chris Pronger. "I don't think you want to completely bury a team, but we're certainly not going to stop shooting the puck, or stop going to the net. We don't want to create any bad habits for our team. They can creep in pretty quickly if you let your foot off the gas pedal."In the victory Louongo made 15 saves for the shutout. Canada's next game will be on Thursday against Switzerland.

Written By Andrew Di Pardo

GAME SUMMARY

SCORING
CAN 0 3 5 - 8
NOR 0 0 0 - 0

First Period

No scoring

Penalties - Weber CAN (high sticking) 7:39, Jakobsen NOR (hooking) 13:09, Spets NOR (holding) 17:59.

Second Period

1. CAN, Iginla (Crosby, Doughty) 2:30 (PPG)
2. CAN, Heatley (Pronger, Thornton) 4:27
3. CAN, Richards (Bergeron, Weber) 11:06

Penalties - Hansen NOR (holding) :43, Bergeron CAN (interference) 7:54, Staal CAN (tripping) 9:06, Bastiansen NOR (tripping) 14:37, Heatley CAN (slashing) 18:33.

Third Period

4. CAN, Getzlaf (Niedermayer, Toews) 4:29
5. CAN, Heatley (Marleau, Boyle) 6:43 (PPG)
6. CAN, Iginla (Nash, Crosby) 7:36
7. CAN, Perry (Staal, Boyle) 11:03
8. CAN, Iginla (Nash, Crosby) 18:11

Penalties - Crosby CAN (roughing) 1:23, Jakobsen NOR (hooking) 6:43, Bastiansen NOR (high sticking) 18:57.

SHOTS ON GOAL
CAN 14 16 12 - 42
NOR 4 6 5 - 15

Goaltenders (goals-shots against) - CAN: Luongo (W,0-15); SUI: Grotnes (L, 4-32), Lysenstoen (4-10).

Power plays (goals-chances) - CAN: 2-6; NOR: 0-5.