Canada Steals 2 in Shootout Win

Canada’s Men’s Hockey team has met its first challenge in the 2010 Olympics. Team Switzerland came in to upset Canada the same way they did 4 years ago with a 2-0 victory in Turin. Martin Brodeur’s 21 saves in the 3-2 win were not as impressive as his clutch saves in the shootout.

Dany Heatley opened the scoring for Canada midway through the first period. He combined with teammate Patrick Marleau on Canada’s second goal of the game at the start of the second period after a point shot from Shea Weber deflected to Patrick Marleau at the side of the net.

A two on one play for Switzerland had Ivo Ruthemann scoring high glove side on Martin Brodeur at the half way mark of the game. Patrick Von Gunten scored the equalizer near the end of the second period after a shot deflected into the net off Patrick Marleau in the crease.

The third period saw Canada peppering Switzerland's goaltender Jonas Hiller with 18 shots, but Hiller stood tall to keep the door shut. Canada’s most threatening play came with a down low shot that went off the post. Hiller hit it back out to the high slot where Getzlaf was waiting. A bullet off his stick was grabbed by Hiller to force the game to overtime.

With overtime solving nothing, a shootout was needed to conclude the game. All six shooters through the first three rounds were stopped by Brodeur and Hiller, respectively. Sidney Crosby then came out as Canada’s fourth shooter. He made no mistake his second time around as he beat Hiller over the pad and under the glove for the shootout victory.

Canada secured 2 points with the win. They now have 5 points in the tournament and look to battle it out with the high flying Americans on Sunday night.

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Vancouver 2010 Olympic Hockey Preview

Micheal A. Aldred

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  • Julie Sucks

    Fuck I hate Alfredsson.

  • lukethenuke

    Julie Sucks wrote:

    Fuck I hate Alfredsson.

    That makes two of us..

  • derek

    keon wrote:

    First the Yanks, then Canada and now Sweden. All three teams let up in the 2nd period against lesser opponents. Who is next I wonder.
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    As for the Stajan debacle. HH, you and I see eye-to-eye on pretty much everything, but even I have a hard time arguing against what Stajan returned in that trade. Aulie was a 4th rounder and has developed beyond that, I think it’s safe to say. He’s unlikely to be anything more than a solid 4-6 dman down the road, but still, more value than a 5th.
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    As for the others on the other side of this discussion. Obviously you disagreed with HH at the time he made his prediction… what was your guess? Whatever it was, I certainly wouldn’t be tooting my horn to loudly if it was me. While I personally think it was more than a 5th, a 20 year old prospect in his 1st year of minor pro hockey is still a low return. Proves without a doubt that Stajan’s value wasn’t much in the grand scheme of things.
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    The main point is that he’s gone, thank the baby Jesus.
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    Anyway, my 2 cents

    You forgot russia’s loss to slovakia

  • Julie Sucks

    keon wrote:

    Parody? Was that intentional? If so, brilliant.

    I am brilliant, my friend. And yes, I know the difference between parody and parity.

  • keon

    But did they let up in the 2nd? Norway, the Swiss and Belarus are not Slovakia, that was my point.

  • long_suffering_leaf_fan

    Fathead is trashing Gus

  • long_suffering_leaf_fan

    Julie Sucks wrote:

    keon wrote:
    Parody? Was that intentional? If so, brilliant.
    I am brilliant, my friend. And yes, I know the difference between parody and parity.

    You really are smarter than your display picture would lead us to believe

  • Gauvreau26

    lukethenuke wrote:

    Julie Sucks wrote:
    Fuck I hate Alfredsson.
    That makes two of us..

    Even the “sens army” hates that clown. I’ve hated him ever since watching the sens and leafs in the playoffs and watching him cheap shot everyone while sporting that ridiculous haircut!

  • keon

    Gustavsson has a lot of work to do. He’s still having a lot of trouble getting used to the angles associated with the smaller ice surface, still chasing pucks that are going way wide.

  • Julie Sucks

    long_suffering_leaf_fan wrote:

    Julie Sucks wrote:
    keon wrote:
    Parody? Was that intentional? If so, brilliant.
    I am brilliant, my friend. And yes, I know the difference between parody and parity.
    You really are smarter than your display picture would lead us to believe

    lol. It’s my cover.

  • long_suffering_leaf_fan

    keon wrote:

    Gustavsson has a lot of work to do. He’s still having a lot of trouble getting used to the angles associated with the smaller ice surface, still chasing pucks that are going way wide.

    He looked lost out there today

  • Focker

    @Amoroq:

    It put an end to it today. Already worth the $20 in my opinion.

  • slowburn

    Only read the last page of comments, it may have been posted already, but…

    Team Canada looks skilled, but soft. The Swiss outhit us badly, almost no aggressiveness from the Canadians – with the exception of Morrow & Weber.

  • http://leafsforlife.proboards.com/index.cgi Amoroq

    Lets open another old can of worms. The Swedes are missing the Great Mats Sundin!

  • http://leafsforlife.proboards.com/index.cgi Amoroq

    @ Focker:

    Well then its money well spent.

  • Jordan

    What the fuck. $20 bet and I’m not involved? I WANT IN!

  • kb

    Jordan wrote:

    What the fuck. $20 bet and I’m not involved? I WANT IN!

    I’ll bet you $20 that someone will bet with you.

  • Neverlosehope

    slowburn wrote:

    Only read the last page of comments, it may have been posted already, but…
    Team Canada looks skilled, but soft. The Swiss outhit us badly, almost no aggressiveness from the Canadians – with the exception of Morrow & Weber.

    Soft and slow. The Swiss won most of the puck battles and looked like the faster team. If they lose to the Americans it’s all over.
    And if it gets to a critical situation in an elimination game, Neanderthal Pronger can be counted on to take a stupid, bonehead penalty.

    Too bad Nash and Crosby can’t play the whole game, I would like our chances if they could.

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