2009 IIHF World Championships - United States

[Pink Mist]

Quote: Originally Posted by shinderhizzle84

let's hope we don't lose to lithuaina, like we did in the 04 olympics, LOL. and yeah, that was a key win vs the slovaks.

Belarus and 2002 Olympics, is what I think you meant.

[thrashman]

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RECAP

4TH GAME SCORES
Sweden 2 United States 3
Slovakia 2 Canada 3
Czech Republic 2 Russia 1 OT
Germany 1 Finland 3

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INJURY UPDATE


Dwayne Roloson (Canada) - Out 67 days with a hip pointer

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CANADA @ UNITED STATES
PostFinance Arena - Berne, Switzerland

CANADA LINEUP
Dany Heatley - Jason Spezza - Martin St. Louis
Shane Doan - Shawn Horcoff - Colby Armstrong
Steven Stamkos - Mike Fisher - Scottie Upshall
Travis Zajac - Derek Roy - Matthew Lombardi

Chris Phillips - Shea Weber
Braydon Coburn - Luke Schenn
Marc-Edouard Vlasic - Drew Doughty

Chris Mason


UNITED STATES LINEUP
Dustin Brown - Patrick O'Sullivan - Jason Blake
Kyle Okposo - Chris Higgins - Nick Foligno
David Backes - T.J. Oshie - Colin Stuart
Drew Stafford - Ryan Shannon - Lee Stempniak

Jack Johnson - Keith Ballard
Ryan Suter - John-Michael Liles
Matt Niskanen - Ron Hainsey

Al Montoya

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GAME SUMMARY


1st Period
CAN D.Heatley(M.St. Louis,J.Spezza) 0:50
USA T.Oshie(D.Backes) 1:46
CAN L.Schenn(S.Doan,S.Horcoff) 8:56
USA J.Blake(D.Backes,R.Hainsey) 17:59
2nd Period
USA J.Blake(K.Ballard) 1:21
CAN D.Doughty PP(S.Doan,S.Stamkos) 1:55
3rd Period
No Scoring
Overtime
CAN J.Spezza PP(D.Heatley,S.Weber) 0:16

Shots - CAN 36 USA 36

FINAL SCORE - CANADA 4 USA 3 OT

3 STARS


1. Jason Blake (USA) - 2 goals


2. Jason Spezza (CAN) - 1 goal, 1 assist


3. David Backes (USA) - 2 assists

USA RECORD: 2-2-1

[derrickthomas58]

HUGE win over Sweden! Good job. Back to 2-2.

[thrashman]

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RECAP

5TH GAME SCORES
Canada 4 United States 3 OT
Slovakia 3 Sweden 2
Russia 3 Finland 2
Germany 2 Czech Republic 1

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UNITED STATES @ SLOVAKIA
PostFinance Arena - Berne, Switzerland

UNITED STATES LINEUP
Dustin Brown - Patrick O'Sullivan - Jason Blake
Kyle Okposo - Chris Higgins - Nick Foligno
David Backes - T.J. Oshie - Colin Stuart
Drew Stafford - Ryan Shannon - Lee Stempniak

Jack Johnson - Keith Ballard
Ryan Suter - John-Michael Liles
Matt Niskanen - Ron Hainsey

Al Montoya


SLOVAKIA LINEUP
Ladislav Nagy - Marcel Hossa - Lubos Bartecko
Tomas Surovy - Peter Olvecky - Michal Handzus
Juraj Stefanka - Milan Bartovic - Branko Radivojevic
Ivan Baranka - Jiri Bicek - Stefan Ruzicka

Andrej Sekera - Boris Valabik
Peter Smrek - Rene Vydareny
Dominik Granak - Jaroslav Obsut

Rastislav Stana

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GAME SUMMARY


1st Period
USA N.Foligno(C.Higgins,J.Johnson) 16:26
USA J.Blake PP(J.Johnson,K.Ballard) 19:57
2nd Period
USA C.Higgins(J.Blake,J.Johnson) 3:36
USA C.Stuart(R.Hainsey,M.Niskanen) 4:40
3rd Period
No Scoring

Shots - USA 25 SVK 27

FINAL SCORE - USA 4 SLOVAKIA 0

3 STARS


1. Al Montoya (USA) - 27 saves


2. Jack Johnson (USA) - 3 assists


3. Chris Higgins (USA) - 1 goal, 1 assist

USA RECORD: 3-2-1

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WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS RECAP

6TH GAME SCORES
United States 4 Slovakia 0
Canada 1 Sweden 2
Russia 4 Germany 5 OT
Czech Republic 4 Finland 1