Tens of thousands of people in Vancouver took to the streets Sunday after Canada defeated the United States 3-2 in overtime to win the gold medal in men’s Olympic hockey.
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Sidney Crosby took a pass from Jarome Iginla and scored just under eight minutes into overtime to give Canada a 3-2 win over the United States and the gold medal in Olympic men’s hockey on Sunday.
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The Olympic tournament all-star team was U.S. goalie Ryan Miller and defenceman Brian Ralfaski, Canadian defenceman Shea Weber, forward Pavol Demitra of Slovakia, Canadian forward Jonathan Toews and U.S. forward Zach Parise.
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Sidney Crosby made sure the country’s fantasy came to life with a dramatic overtime goal to give Canada a 3-2 win over the United States and the coveted gold that ignited a nationwide party.
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It will be replayed like Paul Henderson’s goal, or Mario Lemieux’s, and it will be carved into this country’s memory. Parents will tell their children about it; it will become myth, here.
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When it was over, Patrick Kane lamented the loss, then the wait.
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Canada vs. USA
Best of seven for the Stanley Cup
Good idea?
Back-up plan: Sid vs. Toews for the Cup
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Only two sleeps until Canadiens-Boston
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One shot for gold. That is what an absolutely compelling and thrilling Olympic gold-medal game came down to on Sunday afternoon.
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The International Olympic Committee has issued a reprimand against hockey player Lubomir Visnovsky of Slovakia for breaking anti-doping rules.
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The Canadiens were almost at full strength as they worked out in Brossard this morning. The only healthy player not on hand was goaltender Jarodlav Halak, who played for Slovakia in the bronze medal game at the Vancouver Olympics last night.
Defenceman Andrei Markov and Tomas Plekanec practiced for the first time since their teams [...]

Finland scored three goals within three minutes and 35 seconds in the third period, beating Slovakia 5-3 in the bronze-medal game Saturday night at the Vancouver Olympics.
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MONTREAL – Be honest, did you ever imagine Slovakia finishing fourth?
Ending up ahead of the likes of Russia, Sweden and their arch-rivals the Czech Republic would have been a pretty tall pre-tournament order for the Slovaks, but Jaroslav Halak…
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Herb Zurkowsky spoke to the Canadiens about Friday’s Olympic semifinal and who they will be cheering for:
There are players in the Canadiens’ dressing room with some mixed feelings prior to Canada’s Olympic hockey showdown against Slovakia Friday evening.
Obviously, any Montreal players hailing from Canada will be rooting for their country – but that potentially means [...]

This from Herb Zurkowsky in Brossard:
The Canadiens are playing some five-on-five shinny at practice Thursday at the Bell Sports Complex in Brossard.
With so many players still absent because of Olympic commitments, here are the lines they’re using, from left to right: Benoit Pouliot-Scott Gomez-Brian GiontaTravis Moen-Dominic Moore-Maxim LapierreMathieu Darche-Glen Metropolit-Matt D’AgostiniAndrei Kostitsyn, recovering from [...]

Jaro Halak made 26 saves last night as Slovakia beat Sweden to advance to the semi-finals.
In playing every minute of his country’s five games, Jaro is 3-1 with a shutout, a GAA of 1.97 and a save percentage of 92.3.
It’s the Slovaks’ best-ever performance at the Olympic Games.
And, dare we say it, they aren’t done [...]

The Americans won in a 6-1 rout that, at least in the first period, more nearly resembled some of the lopsided women’s games than the tight-checking contests that both teams played to get this far.
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VANCOUVER — In the end the seconds stretched forever, and forever. Canada had spend much of these Olympic semi-finals cruising along, and had entered the third period with a 3-0 lead. All was peaceful. Then Slovakia scored a bad goal, then a goal off a bad play, and then it was like Canada had realized [...]

VANCOUVER – A dozen days ago, Mike Babcock suggested that if everyone lived up to expectations, if everyone performed their best, we just might be on the verge of seeing one of the best hockey events ever.
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Relive our live interactive web chat and see what our CBCSports.ca and National Post personalities had to say about Canada’s win over Slovakia.
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Patrick Marleau, Brenden Morrow and Ryan Getzlaf scored as Team Canada beat Slovakia 3-2 in their men’s hockey semifinal at the Vancouver Olympics on Friday. Canada next meets the United States in Sunday’s gold-medal game. Lubomir Viznovsky and Michal Handzus had third-period goals for Slovakia, which plays Finland for the bronze.
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MONTREAL — Jaroslav Halak will not end up atop the podium, but his Olympic mission is far from over.
After dusting off the mighty Russian in a shootout and th…
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Red Wings forward Kirk Maltby has been placed on long-term injured reserve and will have right shoulder surgery that will sideline him for four to six weeks.
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Ryan Miller and Tim Thomas combined for a tidy effort in goal and Patrick Kane scored twice as the United States advanced to the gold-medal game in men’s hockey with a 6-1 semifinal win over Finland at the Vancouver Olympics on Friday afternoon.
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Let us have a moment of sympathy for the immediate family and close relations of Gilbert Felli, who must be no fun at all to be around. Mr. Felli, the executive director of the Olympic Games, is the IOC official who threw a big wet blanket over the spontaneous celebration that busted out when the [...]

Apparently, Canadian women aren’t considered very lady-like when they break out the cigars and booze in honour of winning gold. Our women’s hockey team is finding that out the hard way. After the arena emptied out last night, they took back to the ice for a bona fide celebration, laying on the ice as they [...]

Canadiens season ticket-holders got their playoff invoices this week.
A friend of Habs Inside/Out has two seats in the Red A section of the Bell Centre.
He and other season ticket fans have to shell out in advance for 15 possible playoff games.
He’s writing the team a cheque for a cool $6,462.40.
What happens if the Canadiens miss [...]

Many National Hockey League players not participating in the Olympics took advantage of the break to seek out some warm weather, including Montreal Canadiens sniper Mike Cammalleri.
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Okay folks, everyone take a deep breath and relax. That the Canadian women’s hockey team had beer, champagne and cigars on the ice long after their gold-medal winning game on Thursday is not an international incident. It’s not even a big deal.
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Forward Ryan Shannon has signed a one-year contract with the Ottawa Senators, the club said Friday.
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Injured forward Michael Cammalleri met with reporters in Brossard today to update his status as he continue to recover from a knee injury. Read Herb Zurkowsky’s reports at montrealgazette.com.
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The Rouyn-Noranda Huskies on Friday announced they would appeal centre Patrice Cormier’s suspension for a second time and face an independent arbitrator.
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The Habs annual
blood drive runs all day today at Windsor Station. For more information on the event, visit this site.
 
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From Herb Zurkowsky in Brossard:
The Canadiens are practising this morning at the Bell Sports
Complex in Brossard. But there are no new faces on the ice, as none of their
Olympic-bound players have returned despite the elimination of their countries
from the tournament.
Sergei Kostitsyn, who represented Belarus, is supposed to be on
the ice Saturday, according to La Presse. [...]

Canada-Slovakia doesn’t have the same ring to hockey fans in this country as Canada-Russia or even Canada-United States. But the Canadian Olympic men’s hockey team plans to approach Friday’s semifinal opponent as seriously as it would a more heated rival.
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An International Olympic Committee spokesman said Friday that no formal investigation is planned into the on-ice party held by members of Canada’s gold-medal-winning women’s hockey team.
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As drawings continue to come in from kids, one thing is clear. The Canadiens goalies, Carey Price and Jarsoslav Halak, are the most popular pick for the drawings. Six of the last nine drawings we received are of one of the goalies.
And don’t forget, you can download outlines for your kids to colour in.
I’ve decided [...]

Tomas Kopecky’s goal at 9:01 of the third period held up as the winner as Slovakia edged Sweden 4-3 in an Olympic quarter-final matchup Wednesday night at Canada Hockey Place in Vancouver.
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Niklas Hagman broke a scoreless tie with 6:22 remaining in the game and Miikka Kiprusoff turned away all 31 shots he faced as Finland topped the Czech Republic 2-0 in their men’s quarter-final match at the Vancouver Olympics.
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Ryan Getzlaf, Dan Boyle, Rick Nash, Brenden Morrow, Corey Perry, with two goals, and Shea Weber scored as Team Canada thumped Russia 7-3 in their men’s hockey quarter-final at the Vancouver Olympics on Wednesday night. Canada will take on Slovakia in the semis.
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The Canadians are the gold medal favorites again and the Russians are out of the tournament after a dismal performance.
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