Posted on 01/05/2021 7:09:38 AM PST by rickmichaels
Canada will play for gold. Again. And of course.
A powerhouse Canadian squad humbled Russia — as they have just about every other country they’ve played — with a 5-0 victory Monday night at the world junior hockey championship.
The Canadians have a chance Tuesday night at Edmonton’s Rogers Place (9:30 p.m. Eastern) against the Americans to defend the gold medal they won last year in the Czech Republic. The U.S. beat Finland 4-3 in the late semifinal.
“It’s a great feeling that we are here, and that we got here, but the job’s not done yet,” said goalie Devon Levi, who had another excellent night, stopping all 27 shots. “We’re playing for the whole country and that’s what really drives me.”
Levi posted his third shutout of the tournament, tying the record set by ex-Leaf Justin Pogge in 2006. Dylan Cozens led the attack with an empty-net goal and two assists, and is now tied with Ryan Ellis (2009-11) for fourth all-time among Canadian scorers with 25 points.
“We have all Canadians behind us, and it’s cool to feel that and to bring that into a championship game,” said forward Alex Newhook, who opened the scoring.
Connor McMichael, Cole Perfetti and Braden Schneider had the other goals.
“There’s a lot of pressure and a lot of emotion in this tournament, and you want to be in the last game,” said coach Andre Tourigny. “You want to be part of something special. The last game will be something special.”
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Too bad that none of the hundred cable channels could find the games to broadcast them.
With all of the COVID-related sports cancellations, one would have thought cable could find some room on the dozen sports channels, but replays of old baseball, football and roller games apparently get better viewership.
The games have all been on the NHL Network, including tonights gold and bronze games.
Too bad it isn’t exposed in the U.S. more so. I haven’t seen much of the event but that is due to lack of exposure as well as other reasons. The NHL should have offered it online as a free stream at the very least
Quebec province — along with Alberta and BC — opened for NHL hockey. Ontario and Manitoba have not.
The NHL is losing me in part due to catering to social issues especially homosexuality but the constant punishment of physical play and the obvious desire to rid the sport of fighting.
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