CANADA 4 - RUSSIA 5 (OT) Ilya Kovalchuk scored on the powerplay 2:42 into overtime as Russia claimed the gold medal with a 5-4 win over Canada. Brent Burns – with a pair of goals – Dany Heatley and Chris Kunitz scored for the Canadians, who saw their winning streak snapped at 17 games. » summary | photo gallery |
HEATLEY TAKES HOME IIHF HONOURS Dany Heatley record-breaking 12 goals and record-tying 20 points have earned the Canadian forward Top Forward and Most Valuable Player honours from the IIHF Directorate. The MVP of the 2004 IIHF World Championship, Heatley is the first player ever to win the award twice. » more FLIGHT ARRIVAL TIMES FOR MEMBERS OF TEAM CANADA » more |
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CANADA 5 - SWEDEN 4 Mike Green’s goal late in the second period stood up as the game winner as Canada advanced to the gold medal game with a 5-4 win. Canada is one win away from defending their world title and becoming the first host team since 1986 to win gold. » summary |
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NORWAY 2 - CANADA 8 Derek Roy had a hat trick and picked up an assist and linemate Jonathan Toews scored the game-winning goal and added two assists as Canada advanced to the semi-finals with an 8-2 victory. » summary |
CANADA 6 - FINLAND 3 Canada locked up first place in Group F and set up a quarterfinal match-up with Norway after Shane Doan and Dany Heatley scored two goals apiece in a 6-3 win over Finland on Monday afternoon. » summary |
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CANADA 10 - GERMANY 1 Eric Staal scored four times and added an assist, and Martin St-Louis had five helpers as Canada led 4-0 after one period and 9-0 after two on its way to a convincing 10-1 win over Germany. » summary |
CANADA 2 - NORWAY 1 Rick Nash scored the game-winning goal late in the third period and Mike Green added a goal and an assist as Canada survived a scare from Norway and stayed perfect at the world championship with a 2-1 win » summary |
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CANADA 5 - USA 4 Dany Heatley scored his second goal of the game – and sixth of the tournament – with just 47 seconds remaining on the clock as Canada clinched first place in Group B with a 5-4 win over the United States on Tuesday.. » summary |
CANADA 7 - LATVIA 0 Rick Nash scored twice and Pascal Leclaire made 30 saves for the shutout as Canada moved to 2-0 with a 7-0 drubbing of Latvia. » summary |
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CANADA 5 VS. SLOVENIA 1 Dany Heatley scored three times to become Canada’s all-time leading scorer at the IIHF World Championship as Canada opened defense of their gold medal with a 5-1 win over Slovenia. » summary |
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2008 IIHF WORLD YOUTH TOURNAMENT CROWNS FOUR CHAMPIONS » more INTERNATIONAL ICE HOCKEY FEDERATION SKILLS CHALLENGE Listen to Canada’s games live on the fan590 or by going to www.fan590.com |
DOWNLOAD TEAM CANADA Click here to download a PDF version of Team Canada's media guide for the 2008 IIHF World Championship. All player and staff profiles, including the likes of Dany Heatley and Rick Nash, can be found in the guide. » Download |
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May 02 | CAN 5 - SLO 1 | ||
May 04 | LAT 0 - CAN 7 | ||
May 06 | CAN 5 - USA 4 | ||
May 08 | CAN 2 - NOR 1 | ||
May 10 | CAN 10- GER 1 | ||
May 12 | CAN 6 - FIN 3 | ||
May 14 | NOR 2 - CAN 8 | ||
May 16 | CAN 5 - SWE 4 | ||
May 18 | CAN 4 - RUS 5 Gold Medal |
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