olympic Hockey Gold Medal Game
United States of America (USA) & Canada will play Ice Hockey Final game for Gold Medal. Both teams are very competitive. Now lets see which team will grab the Gold Medal fromVancouver Winter Olympics 2010.
When this 2010 Men’s Olympic Hockey tournament started, not many had the USA still playing Sunday in the gold-medal game (3 p.m. ET, NBC), but almost everyone expected Canada to be playing for a chance to be the first home team since the 1980 Miracle On Ice USA team to win on home soil in Vancouver.
The Americans absolutely crushed Finland yesterday, and might have ruined the psyche of both Miikka Kiprusoff and Niklas Backstrom in the process. However, that will be determined after the battle for third place is resolved.
The 1960 USA squad is the only other team accomplish the feat, winning gold in Squaw Valley. But here we are with a rematch of the 2002 gold medal match that Canada won 5-2 on US soil at Salt Lake City. USA has a chance to avenge that loss and Canada has a chance to do the same for their 5-3 loss to the United States just a week ago.
Canada has also been getting big contributions from Ryan Getzlaf (3 goals, 3 assists), and Brendan Morrow (2 goals, 1 assist) up front as well. Getzlaf had a goal and an assist in the 3-2 semifinal win over Slovakia and Morrow scored the second goal in the win. Morrow has been very versatile for head coach Mike Babcock, who has used him on the power play, shorthanded and even strength.
On the blue line, Canada has been led by Dan Boyle (1 goal, 5 assists) and Shea Weber (2 goals, 4 assists) who have six point each and have helped form a dangerous transition game and lethal power play for Canada. Chris Pronger (5 assists) has also been coming on strong with two helpers in the semifinal.
February 28, 2010 | Posted by Admin
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