Olympic Hockey Gold Medal Game Live

Date: 1 Mar 2010 Comments: 0

The gold medal game for the men’s ice hockey tournament at the 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver will be held on Sunday, February 28, 2010. Puck drop will be at 12:15 p.m. PST and the game will air live on NBC for United States viewers, and on all CTV stations in Canada including TSN, you can watch it streaming online at CTVOlympics.ca. Team USA will face Team Canada in the contest.

This page will provide live coverage of the Olympic hockey gold medal game including play-by-play coverage and analysis as it happens. Be sure to bookmark this page and refresh during the game for the latest happenings.

SCORING

1 – Canada, Toews (Richards), 12:50 of 1st Period, ES
2 – Canada, Perry (Getzlaf, Keith), 7:13 of 2nd Period, ES
3 – USA, Kesler (Kane), 12:44 of 2nd Period, ES
4 – USA, Parise (Langenbrunner, Kane), 19:35 of 3rd Period, ES
5 – Canada, Crosby (Iginla), 7:40 of Overtime

Overtime

12:20: SCORE!!!! CANADA WINS IT OVERTIME – Crosby gets it done
13:00: Great action here from both teams and both goalies playing great
15:00: Miller stepping it up here in OT, by the way it’s 4-on-4
16:00: iginla had a fantastic chance and Miller makes the save
17:00: Doughty and Nash had a couple of good chances there for Canada but an accurate shot could not be made.
18:00: Good effort by Dustin Brown of the Kings there to rag the puck and get a good chance
19:00: 1st minute in and both teams trying to re-gain their legs, and a long pass attempt just misses for USA
20:00: Underway here in OT
It’ll be a 20 minute overtime coming up. If neither team scores, then we go to a shootout. Shots on Goal through 60 minutes, 32-32. If Canada loses, do you think Sidney Crosby will regret missing that breakaway chance just a little bit?

Third Period

0:20: SCORE!!!!! USA has tied it up – Parise gets it – with Langenbrunner and Kane on assists at 19:35 to knot it up at 2-2
1:00: What a great game
1:17: Goal is empty at the other end as Suter cvan’t get it to go and Luongo holds on – TIMEOUT USA
2:00: Getting down it – USA needs to flood the zone
2:30: USA needs to get possession in the Canadian zone and keep it – not just one and out
3:20: Crosby denied on a breakaway
4:00: USA needs to crank it back up again here
4:26: Shot is stopped by Luongo on the outside of the goal.
5:00: Less than 5 minutes not to go, 6 shots apiece this period on goal, 31-29 in favor of Canada
5:05: Best chance for USA in the period as Rafalski had a chance at the faceoff circle and Luongo makes a big save
6:00: Getting down to nail-biting time – USA has had great chances and given Canada great chances too…
8:00: 1st bad call of the game by the officials
8:30: Parise tripped up, but there is no way that call is getting made right now – good no-call there
9:00: Best 3 chances for Team USA this period and Ryan Malone missed the net on a great turnaround chance in front
10:00: Halfway to go in 3rd period, and we’re still 2-1 Canada. Shots on Goals are 30-26 for Canada
11:00: USA talking about maybe changing some line changes
11:30: Suter with a blast and then gets blasted as Luongo makes the save
13:00: Pronger has struggled during the tournament, but has played well today for Canada – giving Luongo clear looks which Brodeur didn’t get last week
14:00: Great chance for Suter but didn’t see Kane cutting down the far slot and it goes wide
14:20: Canada doing a great job on draws, as expected today
14:30: USA will need to eventually start taking some chances as the time starts to creep closer to end of period
15:00: Five minutes into the 3rd period, it’s 2-1 Canada. Shots on goal are 26-24 Canada
15:45: Miller with a big time save after he badly mishandles a puck clearing chance
16:00: Canada buzzing right now…
17:00: Big chance for Canada there with the Sharks trio as Healtey’s shot goes wide
18:30: Icing against USA – big draw in their own zone
19:30: Great chance for Kesler but it was blocked by sliding Duncan Keith for Canada out of play Duncan Keith has been awesome the whole tournament for Canada, maybe their best player
Here we go…
Waiting for start of 3rd period – It’ll need to be a severely obvious penalty for a power play chance in this period. First five minutes will be critical for USA

Second Period

STAT PAK: For Team USA: SOG leaders: Patrick Kane has 4, then Zach parise and Ryan Malone have 3 each. Ice time leaders: Ryan Suter has 15:41 on 19 shifts, followed by Brian Rafalski has 15:12 ice time on 17 shifts, and Jack Johnson at 14:33
STAT PAK: For Team Canada: Eric Staal with 4 shots, 3 for Rick Nash, a bunch with 2. Wouldn’t be great if they had put Sidney Crosby together with Staal and Nash on a line together? Crosby Staal and Nash, get it? TOI: Scott Niedermayer playing like a 29-year old, not a 39-year old, leading Canada with 13:40 ice time, followed by DUncan Keith at 13:21, and Chris Pronger with 13:06.
0:00: END OF SECOND – After 40, it’s 2-1 Canada. Shots on Goal are 25-23 for Canada.
1:00: Last minute of play coming up… great chances again for USA but they can’t find the back of the net
2:00: Rick Nash had a terrific chance feeding it in front for Richards but denied in front – USA 6 of 7 on offensive zone draws this period
3:00: USA generated some great chances in the zone but Luongo was solid and then a little lucky – and then Canada had great chance with bouncing puck taken in front
4:00: Suter just missed a chance on Luongo there – Team USA wants to get into 3rd period down one or even, can’t get too careful but can’t get too aggressive either
5:00: 2-1 now in favor of Canada – shots on goal are 19-19, setting up a great 3rd period
6:00: Great chance by Canada 3-on-2 but Kane did a great job on the backcheck to break up a chance for Crosby down the slot
7:00: SCORE! USA is on the board and now trails 2-1 as Kesler tipped it home, great feed by Kane at 12:44
7:30: Team USA needs to re-establish the forechecking that has made them hard to defend throughout the tournament
8:30: SOG are 16-15 for Team Canada at this point.Canada has been the better team – fewer mistakes, better pressure, better on draws.
10:40: Good chance there but Luongo makes the save and hold on for dear life
11:35: Penalty coming on Toews for tripping at 8:25. This is a must score opportunity on the power play for Team USA
12:47: SCORE! Canada takes a 2-0 lead as Corey Perry gets his 4th of the tournament at 7:13 from Getzlaf and Keith
13:00: Great chance by Canada there as Perry had a big chance
14:00: Good kill by Canada, doing a great job of standing up at the blue line
15:00: Five minutes into 2nd period, still 1-0 Canada, Shoits on Goal are 13-10 in favor of Canada
15:15: Penalty to Staal of Canada for Interference gives USA first power play chance
15:45: Chris Drury has made about 3 blocks himself on this kill in front of Miller
16:45: Couple of chances for Canada on the man-advantage but Miller equal to the task
17:27: Penalty coming against Team USA – Ryan Malone will go off for high stick at 2:33
18:45: Great chance by Iginla, and at other end after Miller’s save, they need a better pressure sense in front of the goal
19:00: Shift changes are generally 30-40 seconds; this game it seems more like 20-25 seconds
Here we go
Awaiting start of the second period in Vancouver with Canada leading 1-0

First Period

Shots on Goal were 10-8 in favor of Canada – Eric Staal has 3 SOG for Canada, and Rick Nash has 2. Duncan Keith leads Canada in ice time with 8:00, followed by Niedermayer with 7:21. USA led by Ryan Malone and Joe Pavelski with 2 each. Brian Rafalski has 8:04 ice time to lead all players; Ryan Suter has played 7:23 for the Americans
0:00: Great chance at the end of the period there as a pass in front could not be cashed in by Pavelski
0:30: Team USA needs to make more effort to find room down the middle – Canada forcing them wide and they can win battles there
1:30: Each team has attempted 15 shots, but only 10 have found their way through for Canada, while just 5 for Team USA
2:00: Ryan Miller has made this game stay a one-goal defecit
3:00: Canada doing a great job in the neutral zone and turning the USA over at the blue line
4:00: Big kill there, and they just missed a chance by Ryan to take a head-man pass
5:00: Big play by Suter to clear the puck – his uncle was member of miracle team – SOG are 6-5 in favor of Canada
6:00: Penalty to Bobby Ryan for Tripping at 14:02 – huge penalty kill here for USA
7:10: SCORE! Canada takes a 1-0 lead as Jonathan Toews puts home a rebound from a Mike Richards shot to make it 1-0
7:30: Great action here – very frenetic
8:30: Another couple of great chances for Canada there but they couldn’t cash it in
9:00: Pavelski and Brown have been best USA forwards so far in terms of chances generated
10:05: Luongo looked shaky on that one
10:24: Approaching halfway point of 1st period, shots are even at 2-2
11:00: Backes tries to clear zone but stick snaps and Richards gets it to Nash with a wicked shot but Miller equal to the task – best chance for either team so far
12:00: Low number of shots but keep in mind a lot of shots were blocked – Mike Emrick and Ed Olczyk just made that comment as i waqs finishing typing it
13:00: Crosby has not scored a point since the elimination game on Tuesday
13:21: Canadian fans chanting Ryan Miller’s name – great chance by LA King Drew Dougthy but Miller made the save
14:00: Big battle there between Backes and Thornton – it’s been a little bit of ‘firewagon’ hockey so far
15:00: Five minutes in – no score – shots on goal are 2-1 in favor of USA, but both teams have blocked 2-3 shots in front of the goal mouth so far
16:00: Both teams doing a good job of blocking shots in front of goalies
17:00 Team USA needs to be careful of turnovers in the middle of the ice
18:00: Canada getting good pressure early by the USA trying on the forecheck here
19:10: Big shot by Duncan keith steered aside by Ryan Miller
20:00: Here we go – opening face-off goes to won by Canada
Getting ready for the big game – Al Michaels talking with Mike Milbury and Jeremy Roenick – great guest appearance by Hockey Night in Canada analyst Don Cherry

2010 Vancouver Olympics

The men’s ice hockey tournament at the 2010 Olympics began on February 16, 2010, with a total of 12 teams. After each team completed the preliminary round, teams were seeded based on their win-loss record. In one of the more notable games, the United States defeated Canada on Sunday, February 21 with a score of 5-3.http://www.vancouver2010.com/olympic-hockey/schedule-and-results/mens-preliminary-round—group-a-game-17_ihm400a06sO.html¹
The top four teams after the preliminary round, United States, Sweden, Russia and Finland, received automatic bids to the tournament bracket. The remaining eight teams competed in an elimination round, with the four winners moving on to the tournament bracket.