Brian Rafalski scores two goals and sets up another as the Americans stun gold-medal favorite Canada to secure a spot in the quarterfinals of the men's Olympic hockey tournament.
Posted on 02/22/2010 2:30:38 AM PST by Berlin_Freeper
VANCOUVER, B.C. -- When U.S. Olympic hockey player Jamie Langenbrunner scored in the final period Sunday night, a shot ricocheting off of his skate blade into the net, he just about jumped out of the arena with joy. This wasn't exactly a miracle on ice, but elements of it had become pretty difficult to believe.
An underdog U.S. hockey team hadn't merely given a powerhouse Canadian team a fight in a roaring, red-decked arena. By night's end, it had enlarged its medal hopes and left an entire nation bruised.
The Americans claimed their first Olympic victory in men's hockey over Canada in 50 years with a resounding 5-3 victory that featured opportunistic, inspired play by a team described as too young and too rough around the edges to achieve much here.
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The USA fan should really be consoling the blond girl next to him :o)
I hadn’t watched a sports event since the Ron Brown crash, but this I would have liked to see.
We live in the same town.
Woo-hoo! USA! USA! USA!
USA led by a Detroit Red Wing and a Buffalo Saber. LOVE IT! Nice skate assist in the first period, Syndy Crosby! :-P
That empty netter was one of the most amazing plays I’ve seen. That kind of tenacity will always win.
So our NHL players beat their NHL players.
An excellent win for TeamUSA.
The Canadians will see us again in the Medal Round and I think we beat them again.
They are struggling.
No offense to our Canuck friends to the North, but 2 of the late PP’s were on soccer like dives.
Come on Canada you are better than that.
Chuckle.
What sport was that?
Of course, that was a rhetorical question.
I remember that sport now. It was the "let's git rid of the evidence" event during the Clinton administration.
I was particularly intrigued by the outdoor event held at Ft Marcy Park.
LOL!
The levitating corpse was quite a play.
Having to watch commercials for "ED" and "tingle up my leg" Matthews made me wanna puke.
Fantastic game though... hard hitting, and a LOT of end-to-end play. Dump and chase hockey bores me.
Looks like the Canadians are going to have to put their thinking touques on and figure out what they did wrong.
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