Team Canada Wins Gold at World Juniors!
It was an exciting game the other day when Team Canada faced off against Sweden and the World Juniors! Honestly, with Canada up 2-0, I was getting a little bored. Happy, but bored. I think watching "Miracle" over the holidays with my son made me want a little more "down-to-the-last-second" hockey. My wish was granted!
Sweden scored once and when the one minute warning sounded, I thought, "well, winning by just one goal makes it more exciting." Then the unbelievable happened - the Swedes scored with just 38 seconds left in the game! I was on my feet. I couldn’t believe it. The hockey fan and me privately rejoiced - things had gotten interesting! When the game went into overtime, I was wringing my hands - poor Steve Mason. First he had to prove himself, playing after getting traded from the London Knights to the Kitchener Rangers. Then he let in a goal during the final seconds of the game. Sure, it’s a team effort but in moments like that, you always remember the goalie.
In overtime, forward Matt Halischuk scored at 3:36 to lift Canada to a 3-2 win over Sweden. "Our kids just grabbed the rope and said ‘You know what? We’ll find a way to get this thing done,’" Canadian coach Craig Hartsburg said.
On the winning goal, Halischuk jammed a loose puck in the crease by Sweden goalie Jhonas Enroth after Canadian forward Shawn Matthias drove to the net from the corner.
"Shawn Matthias did a great job of taking the puck to the net," said Halischuk, who plays for the Ontario Hockey League’s Kitchener Rangers. "I just tried to go to the net and it was just sitting there so I whacked it home and saw the ref pointing, so it was pretty special."
The worst moment however, was after the game-winning goal when Swedish goalie, Jhonas Enroth, lay on the ice, crying until an officiator came over to check on him. He continued crying on the bench. It was really hard to watch.
Earlier Saturday, Russia defeated the Americans 4-2 in the bronze-medal game. Nikita Filatov and Alexei Cherepanov led the attack with three points each.
Tournament all-star team:
- Steve Mason, Canada — goaltender.
- Drew Doughty, Canada — defenceman.
- Victor Hedman, Sweden — defenceman.
- Patrik Berglund, Sweden — forward.
- Viktor Tikhonov, Russia — forward.
- James vanRiemsdyk, United States — forward.
1 opinion for Team Canada Wins Gold at World Juniors!
joshy79
Jan 7, 2008 at 10:25 pm
yey,that was a great game
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