Vancouver (British Columbia – The United States’ dream died hard here on Sunday.
And now, Canada can party more difficult.
Sidney Crosby scored a goal at 12:20 of overtime to lift Team Canada to a 3-2 win over the United States in the gold medal game on Sunday in place of Hockey Canada to send this nation into delirium.
It’s the first men’s hockey gold medal for Canada at home and re-create the nation’s excellence in the sport.
In a great game and had a sold-out crowd on the edge throughout, the United States tied the record with 24.4 seconds left on a goal by Zach Parise to force overtime.
But Canada kept the pressure on overtime in all parts of the top line with Crosby, who led the Pittsburgh Penguins to the Stanley Cup last spring, and Jarome Iginla on the ice most of the time.
Representatives of the winning goal, Iginla to get help Crosby also shot just under the goalie Ryan Miller. Miller has played a wonderful group of young American the past all expectations in the gold medal game.
The silver medal, second only to hockey in the United States in 30 years.
Pregnant and the fans stood on their feet throughout the final minutes of regulation, and start the countdown to the hoped for gold.
The United States withdrew Miller keeper with about 1:30 to play, and the Americans to keep the pressure on all the time. Finally, Parise rebounded the shooting of Patrick Kane’s Jamie Langenbrunner also got a piece of to tie it. Parise was about five meters and got it past Luongo, who was playing on the ice house. Longo and goalkeeper for the [Vancouver Canucks at the NHL].
That forced a 20-minute sudden death overtime.
Canada dominated much of the first period, scored his second with 7:10 left when Jonathan Towes recovered in the shot from Mike Richards, who had obtained the puck when the Americans handed over the errant pass near a goal.
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This is the first time in the tournament that the Americans were behind it.
Canada took a 2-0 lead seven minutes from the beginning of the period from Corey Perry, who took a pass from Ryan Getzlaf, which went off the stick of Ryan Whitney of the United States
And perhaps some in the thought that the lethality.
But the United States had shown flexibility, and scored about five minutes later, with 7:16 remaining in the period, when Ryan Kessler deflected a pass from Patrick Quinn of the chest, Longo and into the net. The puck just leaked through the Longo and tried to control it.
In some ways, the United States has played better this game than it was in beating Canada a week ago, when he was outshot 45-23, despite winning 5-3 in a match and was even in the shots most of the day.
It’s the first gold for Canada since 2002 when they beat United States 5-2 in Salt Lake City, but only the second since 1952. To date, Canada has won eight overall.
The game could be the last time the NHL] players to participate in the Olympic Games. Periodic consider not stop playing for the 2014 Game
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