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January 06, 2015
Canada defeats Russia 5-4 to claim first world junior hockey gold since 2009: You can breathe again, Canada.
Chances are you may still need to after what unfolded Monday at the world juniors, a gold-medal final that will be remembered as one of the most entertaining, crazy 60 minutes of hockey in a tournament filled with white knucklers over the years. Team Canada prevailed, but only barely, eking out a desperate 5-4 win after nearly blowing a four-goal lead in an ugly second period as Russia came storming back.
posted by tommytrump to hockey at 01:28 PM - 2 comments
posted by Ufez Jones at 02:03 PM on January 06, 2015
When the Russian player taunted the Canadian bench after making the score 2-1 early in the first period, I was hoping Canada would run it up to 10-1 (when they were ahead 5-1).
I like that one of the biggest cheers of the night went to the Slovakian goaltender, Denis Godla, for winning the top goaltender award.
posted by grum@work at 03:24 PM on January 06, 2015