Canada Romps all over the Americans in Win

Wow, what a game and what a scene! I'll never forget it: Canada playing in a U.S. rink against the supposedly host nation, and the mast majority of the fans in last night's semi-final game were CANADIAN! I don't thnk this has EVER happened in sports! It may never happen again, to be sure, and the Canadian juniors made the most of it: hitting the Americans aggressively and rolling to a 4-1 win behind good goaltending by Mark Visentin, who was supposed to be the backup behind Ollivier Roy. To give you a sense as to how Canada dominated the stands though, let me give you some numbers: the HSBC Arena holds approximately 19,000 seats. Canadians accounted for a stunning 12,000 of those! This reflects on the love that Canadians have gradually stoked for this tournament and the overall craze the nation has for hockey period. It also reflects poorly on American love and involvement for the game of hockey. Back to the game...Curtis Hamilton, Quinton Howden, Ryan Johansen and Zack Kassien scored the goals for Canada while Chris Brown scored the only goal for the U.S. Canada truly controlled the game from start to finish, repeatedly testing starting American goaltender Jack Campbell and totally outshooting the opposition. Canada outshot the Americans 41-22. As a result of their good performances, both goaltenders were named as the players of the game for their teams. One last note about this great game: Curtis Hamilton started the party in the 1st period with his goal. Now, Canada gets to play Russia in the gold medal game on Wednesday at 7 PM on TSN. This after Russia knocked off Finland in a come-from-behind victory in the quarter-finals and Sweden in their semi-finals. Of course, Sweden again showed no class after their loss to Russia, with the goaltender uttering a curse word in his fury. What had happened was this: the puck was shot down the ice by Russia, and it went all the way down to the other end of the rink. The Swedish goalie Robin Lehner supposed it to be icing and when it was later waved off, the Russians took advantage and scored a key goal. So, while Lehner was right to be angry about the non-call, his manner of reaction was uncalled for. As a result, Sweden and the U.S. will play for bronze on Wednesday afternoon, and the Canadians and Russians will go for gold later that night. So, tune in to the Canada-Russia game and cheer on our boys. Here's the recap for the game vs America: Goodbye, U.S.; Hello, Russia! Here also is the recap for the Sweden-Russia semi-final game: Russia Defeats Sweden in Shootout See you later, everybody!