Gold Medal GDT 1/5: Canada vs. Sweden • 7:30 PM ET

2009 WJC GOLD MEDAL GAME
JANUARY 3, 2009 - 7:30 PM ET
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Canada (http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=16188&metric=no)
7 Angelo Esposito - 19 John Tavares - 25 Chris DiDomenico
11 Zach Boychuk (A) - 18 Cody Hodgson (A) - 14 Jordan Eberle
15 Stefan Della Rovere - 28 Patrice Cormier - 29 Evander Kane
24 Jamie Benn - 12 Brett Sonne - 22 Tyler Ennis

4 Thomas Hickey (C) - 2 Colten Teubert
5 P.K. Subban - 17 Cody Goloubef
32 Keith Aulie - 3 Tyler Myers
10 Alex Pietrangelo - 8 Ryan Ellis

30 Dustin Tokarski
31 Chet Pickard

Sweden (http://www.eliteprospects.com/team.php?team=756&metric=no)
23 Nicklas Lasu - 22 Mikael Backlund - 9 Oscar Möller (C)
21 Magnus Svensson Pääjärvi - 18 Joakim Andersson (A) - 29 Simon Hjalmarsson
10 Mattias Tedenby - 24 David Ullström - 20 André Petersson
28 Carl Gustafsson - 17 Anton Persson - 11 Marcus Johansson
26 Jacob Josefson

3 Sebastian Erixon - 5 Erik Karlsson
4 Victor Hedman (A) - 7 David Rundblad
8 Viktor Ekbom - 6 Nichlas Torp
16 Tim Erixon

25 Jacob Markström
30 Mark Owuya

Officials
http://www.eliteprospects.com/layout/flags/9.gif Vladimir Bulanov
http://www.eliteprospects.com/layout/flags/10.gif Danny Kurmann
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Players of the Game
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In this GDT (and in parts 2, 3 etc), there will be a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to personal attacks, trolling/baiting and offensive posts. Anyone who won't play by the rules will get banned from the thread(s) immediately.

Alright...

GO SWEDEN!!!

Go Canada Go

Let the battle begin!

LET'S GO BOYS

Drive for Five babby!!! Go Canada go!!!

And so it begins... GO CANADA GO!

Here we go!
LETS GO CANADA!

Dumb penatly

You can't do that.

yeah were a dirty team?

Backlund deserved that one.

good crowd so far

Atta be Backlund, ya bum!

LETS go CANADA! DRIVE FOR FIVE IS ALIVE!!!!

What a bonehead play by Backlund!

That's ridiculous, Kurmann.

No way that Canada would get a penalty for that.

Good luck to the Canadians.

Im hoping for a close and entertaining game, and may the best team win.

Penalty on Sweden to begin the game, let's go boys! get one early!

Gooooaaaalllllllll.


Suuuuuuubbbbbbaaaaaannnnnnnn

Wrong game and wrong team to take a stupid penalty against.

Yes!!!!1

Rough stuff!
I love it!

wow.. 1-0 Canada already...

They Score!!!!!!!!!

Subidoo!!!!!!

Canada 1-0!

what a dive by Tavares...

Yeaahhhh!!!!!!1 Subban!!!!!!

Pk Subban

The fix is on already :sarcasm:

Goal!

Subban!

SUBBAN!!! Maybe Hodgson! Don't you feel smart Backlund?

Pk Subbbbbbbbban

Oleeeee Ole Ole Ole Oleeeeee Oleeeeeeee

Go Canada Go
Go Canada Go

Tavares dive?

F:madfire:

Pk Subban!!!!!!

1-0 Canada

WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo!

SUBBAN!!!!

Good start boys!!! Goodnight, this is Canada's home ICE. You can't beat us here!

Crap.

lol, keep taking dumb penalties please sweden

Sweden off to a brain dead start. Let's give that killer PP a shot!

so weak..

Subban from who?

lol that was fast

Subban!

Bonehead move by Backlund and Canada is up 1-0 barely a minute into the game.

Subbbbbbbbbbbby Doooooooooooooo Subban !

Subban!!!!
Good start

And the crowd goes nuts.

Sweden has played one of the worst opening 30 seconds I've ever seen.

WOOO right about one so far, go PK Subban !

Weird goal

Subban!!!!!!!!!

what a dive by Tavares...

Crosscheck to the face. You can't NOT call that.

what a dive by Tavares...

Kidding me?

Up 1-0 already on those powerful Swedes. WOOO

***** move by backlund

wooo yea. GO PK!!!

i love pk subban

Oh Sweden's not gonna like the lack of a whistle there (based on how often NHL refs lose sight and blow a play dead). But I don't care cause PK scored and he's a future Hab so why not!? Canada is tailor-made for these tournaments nowadays. The real story shouldn't be "5 in a row possible?" it should be "Losing out on gold anytime soon possible?"

Subbannnnnn

What a dumb penalty to take.

Pk! Pk! :)

It was a two hand hit to the head, when JT was standing up straight, quit your whining clear penalty.

Loving the PK chant.

Subban has been amazing.

Haha, nice call there ref. Impossible for that to be roughing without Tavares "falling" down.

Backlund is gonna fit in nicely with the Flames. xD

That's ridiculous, Kurmann.


I told you he's crap.

what a dive by Tavares...

Tavares dive?

F:madfire:

If you look at the reply there was a stick between his legs, i noticed it because i thought he was tripped and looked for it on the replay.

Dive? Haha sure buddy.

Tavares biggest strength.

Diving.

Just wanted to thank Backlund for the early lead


whahooo

what a dive by Tavares...

Are you kidding me?:shakehead

Thats a penalty everyway to look at it.

No quick whistles.

wow 7 shots in 2 minutes for canada!

If you think its a bad call, you need to try and understand that its the first minute and there is a scrum the ref is trying to keep the game under control.

No quick whistles.

Yeah those damn biased Swiss and Slovak refs.

In no way am I trying to offend anyone but you can't seriously be complaining about that call?

He hit his face, it's a penalty whether he fell or not.

4-2 Swede's

I can't believe some of you are beaking about that penalty. :biglaugh: Backlund drilled him.

this is a rough game, kinda what you'd expect from canada vs usa

Meh, I wish the refs would have notcied that Canada had 6 players on the ice, we could have used that.

Really fast paced start to this game... it's awesome!

There should have just been a boarding call on Myers, thats one.

Sweden's dominating ATM

Meh, I wish the refs would have notcied that Canada had 6 players on the ice, we could have used that.

The sixth one with all the pads is the goalie.

Hickey has not looked good.

what a dive by Tavares...

bloody canadian refs...oh way a minute!!!:laugh:

Meh, I wish the refs would have notcied that Canada had 6 players on the ice, we could have used that.

I wish the refs would've noticed the swedish goalie stick his stick out to trip the Canadian forechecker. Isn't it funny how that works?...

Wow, backchecking from Canada! I guess they got an instructional in what they did wrong to have two close win prior to this. If Canada can win goal with Tokarski, they could probably do it with a trash can one day too! Hopefully they got a reminder to stay disciplined, Della Rovere especially.

The sixth one with all the pads is the goalie.

:laugh:

It was 100% a penalty. But Tavares made sure to sell it. But who cares, it would have been a penalty even without that.

Sweden's dominating ATM

Not on the scoreboard.

lol@karlsson stache

thats awesome

Sweden all over Canada

Only thing ref. has really done "wrong" is he missed a 2min. But that happens. Still not holding my breath though.

Other than that, sweden has definatly played the best so far in my eyes. :handclap:

With that said, were still down 1 - 0, and our defence should have gotten that puck. :rant: So still loosing, but a long game left. If we keep going I think we kan take this.

EDIT: Actually yeah, the ref. also missed Markstroms 2min, so really nothing to complain about yet in this game.

Now THAT was a dive by Markstrom.

Now thats a great dive

Someone needs to tell Markstrom to chill

give canada a penalty, sweden's own player knocked the goalie.!!!!!!

There's a dive for you Sweden!

Markstrom is spazzing a bit. Flustered, I think.

Markstrom with the huge flop lol.

Hickey has not looked good.

Yeah all tournament.

Hahahahaha...now that, was a dive.

Hit by his own player.

LMFAO and the Swedish posters wanna talk about dives?

nice flop....

lol at swed goalie

Ok Swedes, you wanna talk about diving. What a pathetic dive by Markstrom. LOL!

LOL. Markstrom bumped by his own player and he flops like a fish.

Nice flop there

Now thats a dive by Markstrom

Markstrom DIVE!!!! Best part it was a yellow jersey.

If Tavares dove....what did Markstrom just do? Super dive?

Now THAT was a dive!!:laugh:

Swedish goalie is going for the Oscar!

Now there's a dive.

markstrom's hair is sexy

what a dive by markstrom

LMAO!!!

Nice Markstrom, 9.7 for the dive. Best of the tourny!

How embarassing.

Markstrom with the epic dive. LOL.

Go Canada!

Markstrom - the swedish diver

Markstrom looked like he got shot. :laugh:

lol adda boy Markstrom. Way to sell that one. Problem is it was your own player.

Lol at Markstroms dive.

Speaking of dives...

LOL there's your "dive" Sweden. G1 Markstrom.

Now THAT was a dive by Markstrom.

two can play that game

Sweden's dominating ATM

For a hole 15 seconds?

Oh look, Markstrom flopping like a fish :handclap:

Look at marksteom flopping!! His own player hit him! LOL

Shesh easy tender...

Omg he's been shot!

And Tavares is a diver?

Love the physical play so far from both sides.

A little crazy by the goalie. Got bumped by his own guy, ok the guy was pushed into him, but then he totally acted like someone assassinated him. Nice try with the Swedish Hasek move!

Nice dive by Markstrom there... how's it feel?

Nice dive lol

LOL@ markstorm

Man, even Hasek would be embarassed by that performance...

According to Swede fans crosschecks to the face are OK tonight.

Great.

That plays right into Canadas hands.

PS - Nice embellishment by Markstrom. Canada is is in the Swedes heads already (both fans and players).

So close!

wow what a chance

I'll give Markstrom a 9.5/10 for that one.

Somebody shot the goalie, it's the only explanation.

Markstrom really dived during that play.

Markstrom brings to mind the loving memory of Ron Hextall.

Boy, that goal was quick!

Call the police Markstrom has been shot! :sarcasm:

There was nearly two whole pages just to point out that Markstrom took a dive

Did someone dive?

wanna talk about a dive?

wow Markstrom.

Markstrom = Patrick Roy

I wish the refs would've noticed the swedish goalie stick his stick out to trip the Canadian forechecker. Isn't it funny how that works?...

I'm not saying the refs are biased, I'm just saying it would have been nice with a pp right after Canada's goal. ;)

Someone needs to tell Markstrom to chill

Honestly! Whats he going to do... drop the mits?

Whats with the Swedish gooning and diving? They haven't been doing this at all during the tournament, it was one of the reasons I respect them so much. What gives?

Keep Shooting in right at Markstrom

OMFG!!

Good chances...

lol our third and fourth lines are all over you and you say they're getting dominated?

So much for this thread remaining civil. Diving accusations abound!:nod:

What a dive by Markstrom!

This is a speedy Swedish team. Canada has to watch that they don't get caught deep in the offensive zone.

Markstrom's a hell of a goalie though.

Flopstrom.

LOL, that was a nice dive by Markstrom .

Anyone have a justin TV link ?

Thanks

Canada is all over the Swedes.....loving it

Total dive by Fishermans Friends.

Marktrom is the new Tokarski... Except Tokarski is not a diver....

I have a feelng Sweden will score soon

I can't believe some of you are beaking about that penalty. :biglaugh: Backlund drilled him.

The exactsame thing will happen 10 times during the game, infront of Canadas goal.

Not one of them will be called,

Divestrom went to the Marc Savard Diving School.

Swedish goalie looked pretty bad on that dive.

There was nearly two whole pages just to point out that Markstrom took a dive

Well it was pretty epic. I think Hasek would be astonished at how much skill the kid as when it comes to acting.

I'm a Panthers fan so naturally I'm rooting for Sweden, but diving really needs to be a double minor everywhere, goalies included (still penalize the other team if it's embellishment of a real penalty, though).

Anyone have a justin TV link ?

Thanks

First page, first post near the bottom of the post.

two can play that game

Tavares didn't dive though, there was a stick between his legs, what heppens when you are pushed back when there is a hockey stick between your legs?

Markstrom = Patrick Roy

I can live with that, after all, Roy is probably one of the best goalies that ever played, if not the best.

Sweden's goalie is a spaz. Quit cryin' Betty Sue

Whats with the Swedish gooning and diving? They haven't been doing this at all during the tournament, it was one of the reasons I respect them so much. What gives?

One cross-check and they're gooning? Della Rovere's been pulling crap like this all tournament, hell he alone ha outgooned most teams entire rosters. But if Sweden thinks getting all dirty will work, they got another thing coming- a torrent of Canada PPs.

Markstrom = Patrick Roy

LOL after that huge dive... i'd say Hasek...

Anyone have a justin TV link ?

Thanks

http://www.atdhe.net/live-tv-2036.html

Try this one... usually great quality.

Where was the tripping call?

did someone just fall into the swedes bench?

Tsn.ca will have a stream.

The exactsame thing will happen 10 times during the game, infront of Canadas goal.

Not one of them will be called,
lol sure bud. Backlund even knew he was getting a penalty.

Divestrom went to the Marc Savard Diving School.

Should have gone to the Mike Ribeiro Diving School, then maybe he would have drawn the call. ;)

Nice chance!

I'll give Sweden credit, they aint backing down from the physical play.

I can live with that, after all, Roy is probably one of the best goalies that ever played, if not the best.

It's a good thing. ;)

swedes cant hit the net

The Ottawa crowd loves PK so much right now. They won't be so eager to cheer him when he's pulling out up ice rushes on the Sens in the tricolore, or manning the Hab PP... ok, well the part of the crowd that always shows up to cheer for them. Right now though, everyone's allowed to love the Subinator (I dunno, Subidoo seems a bit goofy for a nickname).

Come on, only 200 of the registred users viewing this topic has written about Markstrom now. Where are the rest? :sarcasm:

Really fast pace.

I cringe whenever an opposing player comes down the wing ready to shoot on Tokarski :( .

looks like canadians are really afraid of those hits swedes put on them...

Jeez, 5 pages about a dive :shakehead

Very physical game on Canada's part so far. Good to see.

We need to be much quicker on the transition game boys...

I'll give Sweden credit, they aint backing down from the physical play.

wait until later in the game which is when it will take its toll....

Shoot the ******* puck Dido

Canada's blocking every frigging shot and it always sets them up for a good rush. Then they make so many steals in the offensive zone making it impossible to clear the puck for Sweden.

Jeez, 5 pages about a dive :shakehead

Not just a dive....a super dive....

What a game so far.

I don't know about you guys, but I would kill to see Cybulski interview Mark Owuya at the intermission and get him to do a freestyle.

Mark in the Park!!!!

the tempo is insaaane

canada is owning this game

I cringe whenever an opposing player comes down the wing ready to shoot on Tokarski :( .

You and almost every Canadian hockey fan...

wow do i love canadian hockey. also this is the loudest crowd i've ever seen in ottawa

Canada's got the right idea to win.

Dam when will the Swedes show up? Canada is dominating..

:laugh: @ Pascal taking a jab at the Bruins in a WJC thread.

Jeez, 5 pages about a dive :shakehead

Would have been less if we didn't see posts about Tavares diving.

Come on, only 200 of the registred users viewing this topic has written about Markstrom now. Where are the rest? :sarcasm:


:laugh::laugh: They are still on the floor laughing:laugh::laugh:

Im in my University class, everyone has a laptop, about 75% have got the hockey game on. And thats only what I can see.

canada is owning this game

No...Sweden is owning.

So close!!!!!!!!

PP canada

Dam when will the Swedes show up? Canada is dominating..

Canada came back from a 3-0 game and tied it up against Russia in the final seconds... don't tell me you're getting cocky now.

powerplay :cry:

here comes the POWER PLAY!!!!!!!

holy Eberle

Canada PP. WHAT A FREAKING MOVE by EBERLE. He nearly scored!

So close Eberle ! Onto the PP Canada

Wow what a game NHL pay attention

Divestrom went to the Marc Savard Diving School.


coming from a montreal fan...thats a laugh:shakehead

pp !!

So close for Eberle

Canada PP!!!

w000t

PP Canada.

Sweden has nothing

Another BS penalty.

Elbow??

That was his shoulder..:help:

I'll need a better view of that hit to see the elbow.

Nice dirty ****ing elbow.

Eberle-Hodgson are on fiiirreee

No...Sweden is owning.

Can I suggest you open your eyes..... your missing a great game

PP Canada.

Start complaining Swedes.

k thx

Wow what a game NHL pay attention

Every single year it's always better then 99.9% of the NHL games.

Canada going back to another PP, let's make it 2-0 boys!

lol we are getting dominated, i just hope they are nervous and start playing soon :D

Elbow??

That was his shoulder..:help:

To the heed.

Finally HF works for me!

Lets go boys!!

OMG how did we miss that???

WHat a chance

almost a goal

zomgz so close

Elbow??

That was his shoulder..:help:

The player also hit his head so take your choice of one of the two.:yo:

Another BS penalty.

I was typing, but what about the hit long after the whistle? Not saying it was a penalty because I only heard it, but it sounded like more than just some shoving...

Another BS penalty.

Get real. That first penalty was legit, and this one was clearly an elbow.

No...Sweden is owning.


What? Canada has had the better chances for the past 5-7 minutes...if anything, it's been even so far.

Eberle-Hodgson are on fiiirreee

pyatt+white for eberle

if sweden gets a goal, they will get much momentum, so i say score the next goal Canada !