Russians celebrate (Rick Stewart, Getty Images)
Pierre McGuire of TSN reported last night it was the most devastating collapse by one country in the history of final games at the World Junior Hockey Championship.
Canada was once up 3-0 in the third period, only to see a Russian onslaught.
Russia scored five times in the final twenty minutes en route to a 5-3 win.
What went wrong? Why did Russia win? Here are some reasons why.
Wow, I didn’t see that coming…
After the first two periods of Wednesday’s World Junior Hockey Championship gold medal game it looked like it was going to be Canada’s night, but as Ryan Ellis and company found out…looks can be deceiving!
A fired up Russian squad scored three times in five minutes to tie the game near the start of the third period, including two goals that came just eleven seconds apart. They put the game away with two more in the closing five, virtually stealing the title out of the hands of the waiting Canadians and stunning the thousands of fans in attendance.
Who would have thought that Canada, coming off a huge win over the United States and playing in a tenth straight final, would fall to pieces like that?
As I write this, hours after the final whistle, I’m still shocked by what I saw! Canada seemed to have it in the bag after two relatively dominant periods and then just fell flat. So what happened out there? (more…)
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