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Kerrzy’s Notebook: Five Unanswered?!

Wednesday, January 5th, 2011

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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Canada banged up after win versus Czechs

Wednesday, December 29th, 2010

Calvin de Haan (Wikimedia Commons)

The Canadian effort Tuesday was significantly strong against the Czech Republic.

Once again, the team continued to have a very balanced scoring attack as seven different players put the puck in the Czech net.

The final result was a convincing 7-2 Canada victory. Canada was led offensively by Brayden Schenn, who has played with the Los Angeles Kings this year (one goal and four assists) and captain Ryan Ellis (one goal and three assists).

Even though Canada is currently 2-0, they didn’t come out of Tuesday’s game unscathed.

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Canada wins opener against Russia

Sunday, December 26th, 2010

Brayden Schenn, Wikimedia Commons

It wasn’t pretty. At times a little lackadaisical. But the bottom line is simple– a win is a win is a win.

There were positives as well as a few negatives in Canada’s 6-3 win over Russia at the World Junior Hockey Championships in Buffalo today.

First, let’s take a look at the positives. The experts said for Canada to have a good tournament, they needed a balanced scoring attack. Well, they got goals from Marcus Foligno, Ryan Ellis, Erik Gudbranson, Ryan Johansen, Brayden Schenn and Oiler prospect Curtis Hamilton.

Canada was also disciplined. They only took three penalties. Solid, when considering it was a Finn and a Swede refereeing. European officials tend to call more infractions than North Americans.

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