2010 Olys GDT – Canada 7, Russia 3 – Feb 24, 2010 @ 5:40 PM MST – CTV
By Racki, February 23, 2010 10:51 pm
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 Canada 7 |
FINAL |  Russia 3 |
| Quarterfinals | ||
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| Date: Feb 24 @ 5:30 PM MST | ||
| TV: CTV | ||
| Canada: 2-1-0-1 | ||
| Russia: 2-0-1-0 | ||
PRE-GAME RANT
Well, fresh off a big win over Germany (8-2), Canada now heads into another huge game. The Americans definitely were a huge test (which unfortunately Canada failed), however you have to wonder if the Russians are going to be an even tougher team to play against. It’ll be interesting to see how the Canadians handle what is possibly the scariest top line at the Olympics (with possible exception to the newly formed Staal, Crosby, Iginla line). This should be a high flying, exciting game, and I’m hoping Roberto Luongo will be up to the task. This will also be another step in the always-exciting Crosby vs. Ovechkin series.
Prediction: 5-4 Canada
TEAM CANADA ROSTER
| TEAM CANADA ROSTER |
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Goalies Roberto Luongo (Vancouver Canucks/NHL),Martin Brodeur (New Jersey Devils/NHL), Marc-Andre Fleury (Pittsburgh Penguins/NHL) |
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Defence Dan Boyle (San Jose Sharks), Drew Doughty (Los Angeles Kings/NHL), Duncan Keith (Chicago Blackhawks), Scott Niedermayer (Anaheim Ducks/NHL), Chris Pronger (Philadelphia Flyers/NHL), Brent Seabrook (Chicago Blackhawks/NHL), Shea Weber (Nashville Predators/NHL) |
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Forwards Patrice Bergeron (Boston Bruins/NHL), Sidney Crosby (Pittsburgh Penguins/NHL), Ryan Getzlaf (Anaheim Ducks/NHL), Dany Heatley (San Jose Sharks/NHL), Jarome Iginla (Calgary Flames/NHL), Patrick Marleau (San Jose Sharks/NHL), Brenden Morrow (Dallas Stars/NHL), Rick Nash (Columbus Blue Jackets/NHL), Mike Richards (Philadelphia Flyers/NHL), Corey Perry (Anaheim Ducks/NHL), Eric Staal (Carolina Hurricanes/NHL), Joe Thornton (San Jose Sharks/NHL), Jonathan Toews (Chicago Blackhawks/NHL) |
TEAM RUSSIA ROSTER
| TEAM RUSSIA ROSTER |
| Goalies Ilya Bryzgalov (Phoenix), Evgeni Nabokov (San Jose), Semyon Varlamov (Washington) |
| Defence Sergei Gonchar (Pittsburgh), Denis Grebeshkov (Edmonton), Dmitri Kalinin (Salavat Ufa), Konstantin Korneyev (CSKA Moscow), Andrei Markov (Montreal), Ilya Nikulin (Ak Bars Kazan), Fedor Tyutin (Columbus), Anton Volchenkov (Ottawa) |
| Forwards Maxim Afinogenov (Atlanta), Pavel Datsyuk (Detroit), Sergei Fedorov (Metallurg Magnitogorsk), Ilya Kovalchuk (Atlanta), Viktor Kozlov (Salavat Ufa), Evgeni Malkin (Pittsburgh), Alexei Morozov (Ak Bars Kazan), Alexander Ovechkin (Washington), Alexander Radulov (Salavat Ufa), Alexander Semin (Washington), Danis Zaripov (Ak Bars Kazan), Sergei Zinoviev (Salavat Ufa) |
| SCORING SUMMARY |
| 1ST PERIOD SCORING |
| CAN – 2:21 – Getzlaf from Boyle, Pronger |
| Boyle blows into the zone and battles past Volchenkov, throws it from down low to the front of the net and Getzlaf tips it in. |
| CAN – 12:09 – Byole (PP) from Heatley, Marleau |
| With Marleau screening Nabokov, Boyle throws a wrister from the point that gets through the screen and into the net. |
| CAN -12:55 – Nash from Richards, Toews |
| Malkin loses the puck to Toews. Richards gets the puck and moves it back to Toews who goes in on a two on one with Nash. The d-man plays Toews the whole way. He passes it to Nash who gets alone on a sprawling Nabokov and puts it upstairs. |
| RUS – 14:39 – Kalinin from Volchenkov, Fedorov |
| Volchenkov passes it point to point to Kalinin, who one times it. Luongo is screened by 4 guys as the puck flutters top shelf. |
| CAN – 18:18 – Morrow from Boyle, Keith |
| Morrow gets the puck low behind the goal line. He skates in front of the line and backhands a harmless looking shot that somehow gets behind Nabokov. |
| 2ND PERIOD SCORING |
| CAN – 3:10 – Perry from Getzlaf, Keith |
| Getzlaf carries the puck in the zone with Perry on his wing. He tries to shoot it on goal, but fans. Nabokov over plays it as the puck bounces off a Russian and it bounces to the side to Perry who has a whole net to shoot at. |
| CAN – 4:07 – Weber from Toews, Iginla |
| Toews and Richards battle for puck possession in the neutral zone. Toews gets the puck and goes in 2-on-2 with Weber. He feeds it to Weber and he hammers it up high, rippling the mesh. Nabokov gets chased from the net. |
| RUS – 4:46 – Afinogenov from Kovalchuk, Grebeshkov |
| Malkin spots Afinogenov with a pass and he blows in the zone past the defense and beats Luongo on the glove side. |
| CAN – 9:51 – Perry from Staal, Getzlaf |
| The Getzlaf/Perry line puts on a passing clinic. Getzlaf ahead to Staal, Staal passes back door to Perry who tips it in the gaping cage. |
| RUS – 11:40 – Gonchar (PP) from Malkin |
| Gonchar skates to the center of the zone at the blue line and wires one through several bodies. Luongo throws the arm out but doesn’t see it quick enough as it beats him down low through traffic. |
| 3RD PERIOD SCORING |
| No scoring. |
| SHOTS ON GOAL | ||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Total | |
| CAN |
21 | 9 | 12 | 42 |
| RUS |
12 | 8 | 8 | 28 |
POST-GAME RANT
Wow.. unbelievable. The Canadians finally gelled in the game that probably mattered the most. One where it was do or die. Backs against the wall, they pulled it off. Some of the players who were slumping this tourney came alive. Perry.. Getzlaf.. Boyle.. Nash… all had good games. The defense tonight probably wasn’t actually there until the 3rd period, but they kept it exciting. Many hoped for a win, but I don’t think anyone predicted this big of a win.
So Canada will play in the Semi-final on Friday. Who they face is still up in the air, I believe. They will play at 7:30 MST this time though, which is a refreshing change. No more rushing to get home. See you then, folks!
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Themocracy
USA just beat the Swiss, 2-0.
I’m hoping Morrow channels the energy Bobby Clarke from ’72 and pretends that Ovie is Valeri Kharlamov. This is a must win at all costs.
Maybe just a nice bodycheck that makes him sit the rest of the game out would do.
Swiss are officially a rising country in hockey. Hiller has been a wall.
Until they can actually puck in the net, they won’t pose much threat. Once they figure that out though, they could be pretty dangerous. They definitely have the defensive game down.
True. They have the D down perfectly though.
Gah!!! Wife pestering me. I DON’T CARE WHAT’S FOR DINNER. CANADA AND RUSSIA ARE PLAYING!!!!
That said too though, we’ve seen a goalie completely dominate a game and steal a win, so the Swiss definitely are dangerous in that sense though! I just can’t see them winning a whole tournament riding on goaltending. They’ll just be the type that will play spoiler for now.
EH OH CANADA GO CANADA EH OH PEPSI YAY!
LOL, don’t you hate that? “Can’t you figure that stuff out on your own? I have something bigger to deal with right now!”
Unbelievable that the Russians have dominated us since 1960… crazy.
Game on. Wearing the white tonight so no one confuses me for a Russian fan.
Good start. Big hit, few shots.
Man, to be there live would be amazing.. lucky bastards.
Getzlaf!!! 1-0
Sweet! Getzlaf starts things right.
Waiting for Pierre to remind us it was too many men on the ice for Russia…
No need for them to discuss Semin’s lack of production. Looking good tonight so far. Lots of banging and everyone seems into it.
Wow, crazy…
“Per @FriedmanHNIC …. Bob Gainey considered Slava Bykov for Montreal Canadiens coaching job. Apparently, he speaks fluent French”
McGuire must see everything from his little cubby hole between the benches. I doubt he even saw the penalty from there, but agreed there was some soccer style flailing there.
I can’ think of a case of a team in the NHL having a European coach before
Holy crap! No goal there? Looked like our guy fired it at the net too…
WOOHOO!!! Some different names producing tonight! Nice.
Wow, great start.. 2-0!
NASH!!!!!
NASH!!! Start planning the parade route!!!
Can we say that this team has gelled now? Or are they just a team built for Russia but not for US?
damn 3-1
Damn… Didn’t think we’d get a shutout. Luongo no chance.
This is an exciting one… as advertised.
OH man, what passing by richards/getzlaf/nash
That certainly looked like a lot of gel. Beauty tic tac, too bad about the toe.
OH wow, Brendan Morrow wiht a surprise goal. It’s amateur night.. time for the doghouse to score..
WOOT!!! Keep the foot on the accelerator!!!
Morrow. I love it!!!!
I wonder if they’ll chase Nabby.
Let’s skip intermission and just keep going.
Shots are 20-12 already.. holy crap.
Very entertaining game so far. Russians are giving our boys way too much room to get to the net, but I don’t mind. The look like the D is on holidays.
Just got home, heard at the rink before I left it was 1-0 and by the time I got home it was 4-1! Keep it coming boys!
Oooh Perry scores…
And another!!! I’m going to start feeling bad for Nabby soon.
And ANOTHER>… pully Nabby out of kindness…
Through the pad!!! Cmon, coach change tenders.
Holy crap. This is not the script I expected tonight.
Maxim gets one back…
I can hardly keep up in the summary. lol
I need to hire a stenographer…
Good control shift after getting scored on. Get some momentum back. I saw Perry hustling which is good to see after that last game.
I think Bryzgalov is the better goalie right now, so I would not be surprised if the goals stop here (or at least the flood gates).
After 21 shots in the first, its surprising we only have 4 so far this period.
I don’t mind grinding it from now on. Get too run and gun, we could give up some chances.
oh man, that’s just embarrassing… nice goal!