No Surprises - Canada Wins Exhibition over Finland 3-2
by Bob Wage on Apr 27, 2008 9:36 PM EDT
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PrintMartin St. Louis scored 2 goals and Jason Chimera scored one as Team Canada defeated Team Finland by a score of 3-2 in a WHC pre-tournament game in Quebec City on Sunday. Cam Ward played 30 minutes and allowed just one goal.
Tuomo Ruutu and Ville Peltonen had the goals for Finland. For more info check this link.
Carolina forward Ray Whitney had to withdraw from the tournament because of a recurring ankle problem. Obviously, this is the same ankle that forced "The Wizard" to miss the last month of the season for the Hurricanes, (except for the last couple of games in which he probably shouldn't have played.)
I was a bit surprised when I heard that Whitney was going to be in the tournament. He certainly didn't look like he was playing at 100% when he came back to play for the Canes at the end of the season. This ankle injury has really been hanging on for a long time.
Nice to see that Ruutu hit the back of the net.
Team USA is playing Team Sweden tonight. More about that game later.
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I was at the game, it was a lot of fun to see so many Canes in a different context. Ward got clocked with a slapshot that knocked his mask right off. Leclaire was extremely impressive in net, and stopped an Olli Jokinen penalty shot in the last 1:30 to keep the game at 3-1 before Finland scored by hitting Jovocop in the head with a shot that dropped him and the puck into the crease.
I’m going to see Canada / Russia tomorrow night.
by repenttokyo on Apr 27, 2008 9:55 PM EDT reply actions
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Sweet! Thanks for the update. Hopefully no one was hurt. Please tell us more about tomorrow’s game as well.
by Bubba on Apr 28, 2008 12:50 AM EDT reply actions
Team Russia looked really good – more of a cohesive unit. Fedor Fedorov and Artyukhin were standouts, as was the goalie Yeremenko. Canada had almost their entire NHL roster, but they were out hustiled by the Russians and seemed unable to maintain a consistent effort over the entire course of the game. This is even with Russia minus Ovechkin, Radulov, and Sergei Fedorov.
I think Canada can definitely make a better effort. They are off to Halifax now for the round robin round.
by repenttokyo on Apr 29, 2008 6:50 PM EDT reply actions
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