Crosby’s OT goal brings home the Gold
Team Canada beat the Americans yesterday to in overtime to win the 2010 Gold Medal for Mens Hockey. And probably even more ironic is the fact that Sid the Kid was there to seal to deal. And there is no doubt that this goal (although nothing too fancy about it) will be remembered to many Canadians as time goes on, much like the famous goal that Paul Henderson scored during the 72 Summit series.
The teams were so close that Team USA was able to tie the game with only 24 seconds remaining to force the gold medal game to go into the extra period. In fact this game was the only game that Team USA had lost in the tournament (they beat Team Canada during round robin play) thanks to key players like Ryan Miller, Zach Parise and Patrick Kane.
Canada’s gold medal win was not really thanks to Crosby alone, the team played solid together as a team with many players chipping in and no real MVP player that stands out among the rest. Crosby did score the OT winning goal but he certainly wasn’t the best player on the team. Several players such as Rick Nash, Jonathan Toews, Jerome Iginla, Scott Niedermayer, and Roberto Luongo played just as amazing hockey as Crosby did. Yet Crosby managed to shine through when needed much like he always seems to be able to do.
Regardless of what some critics might say about Crosby’s opympic play adding an Olympic Gold Medal to an already impressive Hockey resume only makes it that much sweeter for the young super star of Nova Scotia in the minds of Canadian hockey fans everywhere.
[photo source: Toronto Star - thestar.com]
Category: Olympics
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To SYDNEY CROSBY AND MARIO LEMEIUX
YEARS AGO I READ SOME CLASSY COMMENTS BY MARIO LEMIUX. I WAS ALREADY A FAN OF HIS, BUT EVEN MORE SO THEN! HE HAS AREADY INSTILLED HIS TYPE OF SPORTSMANSHIP IN CROSBY.
WHILE IT IS TRUE THAT A PLAYER DOES not HAVE to play for “TEAM CANADA”, MARIO CHASTIZED THE CANADIANS WHO DIDN’T WANT TO DO IT! I MEAN, WE GLADLY INVOVE THE U.S.A. IN OUR TRAINING AND JUNIOR PROGRMS. AS A RESULT, MANY CANADIAN PLAYERS (AND ALSO AMERICANS) ARE ABLE TO PLAY THE GAME THEY LOVE AND THEN EARN MANY, MANY MILLIONS OF DOLLARS DOING WHAT THEY HAVE A PASSION FOR. I READ A COMMENT ON THE INTERNET BY (PRESUMABLY AN AMERICAN) FAN THAT HE’D RATHER “BURN” CROSBYS’ SHIRT TURN IT IN FOR A REWARD. THANK GOODNESS HE DOES NOT SPEAK FOR MEMBERS OF THE GREAT AND UNDERRATED U.S. TEAM!
I KNOW THE SEVERE FRUSTRATION THAT MUST EXIST IN THE MINDS OD U.S. FANS! CANADIAN FANS KNOW JUST HOW GREAT YOUR U.S. TEAM WAS! I THINK THEY WERE A BETTER SQUAD THAN THE 1980 TEAM THAT BEAT THE RUSSIANS! FOR MANY DECADES WE HAVE CHEERED FOR U.S.A. TEAMS HOISTING THE STANLEY CUP THANKS TO HAVING OUR BEST CANADIANS ON THEIR ROSTERS! TO WIT: BOBBY ORR, MIKE BOSSY, BRYAN TROTTIER AND SO ON. IT WAS MEANT LIKEYLY TO BE PART-SATIRE, BUT THE COMMENT REMAINS ONE OF “SOUR GRAPES” AND IS MORE A CHEAP SHOT IF NOTHING ELSE! TOO BAD SUCH A WELL-COACHED A PREPARED TEAM U.S.A LOST! I CHEER FOR CANADA, BUT KNOW AWESOME HOCKEY WHEN I SEE IT PLAYED! K YOU GAINED A LOT OF EXTRA RESPECT UP HE IN THE “GREAT WHITE NORTH!” GO, GO, PENGUINS GO!! SINCERELY, LYNN STEVENS !