WC GOLD MEDAL GAME: MAY 9 GDT - CANADA vs. SWEDEN (5-3)

[Vincent Vega]

Great job Canada, well deserved!

 

[zecke26]

congratulations canada. they started very bad, but they played good hockey when it counted the most.

this is for you:

 

[Alfons]

Good play by canada. Heatley and Boumeester were very good.

 

[Preds666]

CONGRATULATIONS CANADA!
I think you deserved to win, a team can't win a final playing D like the Swedes did today. Heck, Henrik Lundqvist was selected best Swedish player of the game (by the broadcasting channel) allowing 5 goals, that kind of shows how the rest performed (with the exception of Jönsson and Höglund the first 2 periods).

 

[SwisshockeyAcademy]

There is some guts, terrific win. Danny Heatley is on track to be Canada's best player for a long time to come. Long removed from a 2-2 tie with Austria.

 

[sketchykg]

Congrats to Canada! Making us all proud!

 

[chicpea*]

Way to go Guys!! And what a game for Cooker.

 

[Le Golie]

Clearly the best team won the gold. Way to go Canada.

Dany Heatley is amazingly gifted. He'll be the best player in the world very soon.

 

[Skiblitz]

Congratulations to team Canada, and I would also like to thank the Swedish fans who posted with class in this thread, it has been refreshing !

 

[Alfons]

Clearly the best team won the gold. Way to go Canada.

Dany Heatley is amazingly gifted. He'll be the best player in the world very soon.

The best canadian anyway

 

[LuckyLUC20]

Congrats on the Gold, Canada!

 

[LaVal]

time for annoying happy animated smilies

 

[Schenn02]

Yay Canada wins! Congrats Team Canada! Back To Back!!

 

[Rabid Ranger]

Think canada and sweden are favorites for world cup this year. Hopefully sweden will beat canada in the final = revenge

I don't really think you can compare the two events. Both country's rosters will be pretty differant, and other countries, such as the U.S. and Russia will ice a much more potent line-up. Canada should be a favorite, but Sweden not so much so. My opinion though.

 

[Vincent Vega]

Awards....

MVP: Danny Heatley
Best Goalie: Ty Conklin
Best Defensemen: Dick Tarnstrom
Best Forward: Danny Heatley
Swedish Player of the game: Sami Pahlsson
Canadian Play of the game: Roberto Luongo

 

[Vic Rattlehead*]

Woo!

 

[Russian_fanatic]

Conklin Best goaltender !!! What is this guys future ?

 

[Jussi]

Whoever organized the medal and prize seremonies, needs a Hatcher elbow to the face. The throphy's usually given last, not first.

 

[s7ark]

Conklin Best goaltender !!! What is this guys future ?

Hopefully he'll play well for the Oilers this year

We are expecting big things from him

 

[Spitfire11]

Jeff Shantz was on the team?!?!?

 

[Bacchus]

Congrats Canada.

Your guys played a nice game.

 

[KungFuPenguin]

Congratulations Canada! The better team won this game for sure.

Swedes have a lot to learn from the North American teams and their 'never surrender' attitude. Swedes simply can't play with the lead. It seems as soon as they run into any kind of resistance, the very second they come under prolonged pressure by opposing forwards -- they buckle, they succumb, they simply vanish. These are Stanley Cup champions, Olympic gold medalists, the elite of the elite in the world, and yet at the slightest sign of increased effort from the opposition, they prostrate themselves like a bunch of 5-dollar hookers on pay day.

Disgraceful. They don't deserve a gold medal; Canada does.

 

[Riddarn]

3-5

I'm not at all surprised however I am surprised in how the way they lost the game. The word bad isn't nearly enough to describe how the defense was playing. It was pretty bad against the US too but thanks to the yanks inability they came out victorious anyway. This of course doesn't hold up against the canadians who actually had a real scorer on the team (Heatley). Well done Canada, you deserved the win.

 

[windowlicker]

MVP: Danny Heatley
Best Goalie: Ty Conklin
Best Defensemen: Dick Tarnstrom
Best Forward: Danny Heatley
Swedish Player of the game: Sami Pahlsson
Canadian Play of the game: Roberto Luongo

Nice going Conks. Hopefully he can up his consistency in the possible upcoming season. When this guy is on, he's really on.

 

[Kronblom]

Time for annoying angry smilies...



Good tournament overall though by Sweden, who would have thought this earlier this season? Oh well, they did crush Japan and Denmark anyway...

Hopefully some swedish players like Lundqvist learned a thing or two after this game. Can anyone name one swedish player that was ok today? The lack of strong d-men was evident in today's game, the d-men (Tärnström etc) that have been so successfull before looked like amateurs on the ice.