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[Erik C.]

Semifinals

January 3, 2013
4:00 AM Eastern
Ufa Arena, Ufa, Russia

Television:

Coach: Steve Spott

Team Roster

#	Player Name	Pos.	NHL Rights
31	Jordan Binnington	Goalie	St. Louis Blues
15	Anthony Camara	Forward	Boston Bruins
21	Phillip Danault	Forward	Chicago Blackhawks
27	Dougie Hamilton	Defense	Boston Bruins
6	Scott Harrington	Defense	Pittsburgh Penguins
11	Jonathan Huberdeau	Forward	Florida Panthers
22	Boone Jenner	Forward	Columbus Blue Jackets
17	J.C. Lipon	Forward	2013 Draft Eligible
23	Nathan MacKinnon	Forward	2013 Draft Eligible
24	Mark McNeill	Forward	Chicago Blackhawks
14	Ryan Murphy	Defense	Carolina Hurricanes
9	Ryan Nugent-Hopkins	Forward	Edmonton Oilers
16	Xavier Ouelett	Defense	Detroit Red Wings
1	Jake Paterson	Goalie	Detroit Red Wings
8	Ty Rattie	Forward	St. Louis Blues
28	Griffin Reinhart	Defense	New York Islanders
4	Morgan Rielly	Defense	Toronto Maple Leafs
20	Brett Ritchie	Forward	Dallas Stars
19	Mark Scheifele	Forward	Winnipeg Jets
30	Malcolm Subban	Goalie	Boston Bruins
18	Ryan Strome	Forward	New York Islanders
26	Tyler Wotherspoon	Defense	Calgary Flames

Coach: Phil Housley

Team Roster

#	Player Name	Pos.	NHL Rights
16	Riley Barber	Forward	Washington Capitals
18	Cole Bardreau	Forward	Free Agent
22	Tyler Biggs	Forward	Toronto Maple Leafs
15	Alex Galchenyuk	Forward	Montreal Canadiens
13	John Gaudreau	Forward	Calgary Flames
35	John Gibson	Goalie	Anaheim Ducks
30	Jon Gillies	Goalie	Calgary Flames
14	Shayne Gostisbehere	Defense	Philadelphia Flyers
23	Rocco Grimaldi	Forward	Florida Panthers
21	Ryan Hartman	Forward	2013 Draft Eligible
3	Seth Jones	Defense	2013 Draft Eligible
7	Sean Kuraly	Forward	San Jose Sharks
12	Mario Lucia	Forward	Minnesota Wild
19	Jake McCabe	Defense	Buffalo Sabres
10	J.T. Miller	Forward	New York Rangers
5	Connor Murphy	Defense	Phoenix Coyotes
20	Blake Pietila	Forward	New Jersey Devils
6	Mike Reilly	Defense	Columbus Blue Jackets
29	Garrett Sparks	Goalie	Toronto Maple Leafs
25	Vince Trocheck	Forward	Florida Panthers
8	Jacob Trouba	Defense	Winnipeg Jets
26	Jim Vesey	Forward	Nashville Predators

[Holliday]

But I'm sleepy! Even #dregerface can't entertain me for this long. Why won't the game start now?! I'm not sure I'm gonna make it...

[damned]

I thought I was going to make it, but the PVR is set.

Go Canada!!

[Holliday]

I thought I was going to make it, but the PVR is set.

Go Canada!!

If I can make it, you can make it! You're a time zone behind me! Sheesh!

[Holliday]

I'm watching on a slight delay, but BALLS! That's not how things are supposed to go!

[Xcal97]

'Merica making Canada look silly early.

[Xcal97]

3-0 are you kidding me??

[Xcal97]

4-0 and a goaltending change...

Stunning.

[Xcal97]

Talk about unexpected... USA breezes into the final, 5-1.

The Americans really outplayed Canada in the first two periods especially in their own zone and Gibson was good when he needed to be. Disaster for Canada for third straight year. Stunning that they're not going to be in the gold medal game with all the NHL players and first round picks on their team.

Wow.

This point has been edited by Xcal97: 03 January 2013 - 06:41 AM

[Xcal97]

[Craig Simpson]

Well, technically the Canadians only have 1 NHL player on their roster. But boy was that not worth getting up at 3:00am for and screwing the rest of my day. Give credit to the US team - they were ready to play and took it to Canada and Canada simply had no answer. It was like the Canada-Russia game with Canada playing the role of Russia this time. Just couldn't get anything going. Congrats to the US team.

[Avsfreak18]

muwahahahahaha

[Holliday]

The entire country sucks because one team lost one game? That's peculiar logic. Congrats on the win, though! :) Team USA certainly deserved it.

Well, technically the Canadians only have 1 NHL player on their roster. But boy was that not worth getting up at 3:00am for and screwing the rest of my day. Give credit to the US team - they were ready to play and took it to Canada and Canada simply had no answer. It was like the Canada-Russia game with Canada playing the role of Russia this time. Just couldn't get anything going. Congrats to the US team.

I stopped watching after the 1st and finally went to bed. The players seemed sleepier than me, and I'm pretty sleepy! Thankfully, I don't have too much to do today. Coffee is my friend.

[Xcal97]

The entire country sucks because one team lost one game? That's peculiar logic. Congrats on the win, though! :) Team USA certainly deserved it.

That was a joke...

[Xcal97]

Well, technically the Canadians only have 1 NHL player on their roster. But boy was that not worth getting up at 3:00am for and screwing the rest of my day. Give credit to the US team - they were ready to play and took it to Canada and Canada simply had no answer. It was like the Canada-Russia game with Canada playing the role of Russia this time. Just couldn't get anything going. Congrats to the US team.

Technically, yes, only Nuge has played in the NHL, but if the season was underway Strome, Huberdeau, and Scheifele would all likely be NHLers, and possibly Hamilton too if he cracked Boston's roster.

[Holliday]

That was a joke...

Apparently my sense of humour does not function on 3 hours of sleep. My apologies! :)

[damned]

Well, technically the Canadians only have 1 NHL player on their roster. But boy was that not worth getting up at 3:00am for and screwing the rest of my day. Give credit to the US team - they were ready to play and took it to Canada and Canada simply had no answer. It was like the Canada-Russia game with Canada playing the role of Russia this time. Just couldn't get anything going. Congrats to the US team.

The Americans outplayed them the entire game. The better team won, agreed.

[Erik C.]

Does this mean I can do a double ? (One for the Americans, one for the Swedes.)

[Erik C.]

Captain Jake McCabe scored twice in the first period to lead the United States to a 5-1 win over Canada. The win takes the Americans to the gold-medal game for the first time since 2010.

John Gibson was excellent in goal for the U.S., stopping 33 of 34 shots. McCabe added an assist for a three-point game, and John Gaudreau also had two goals and an assist for the winners.

"The defence played really well, which makes my job a lot easier," Gibson said. "If it wasn't for them, we probably wouldn't be here."
The loss means a trip to the bronze-medal game for Canada.

"It seems like we didn’t have legs at the beginning, and they were all over us," offered Jonathan Huberdeau, who was a -4 in the game. "They played great. We’ve got to give them that, but we could have come out and played better."

"It feels awesome," McCabe started, "especially in such an emotional game against Canada. I'm so proud of our team. This was the best game of the tournament for us."

The dynasty hangover continues for Canada. After winning five gold in a row from 1993-97, the team went until 2005 before winning again. It then won five in a row, and has again failed to win since 2009.

"We’ve got to come home with a medal," said Canada's captain, Ryan Nugent-Hopkins. "It won’t be the one we wanted to come home with, but we’ve got to do it for our country."

From the IIHF site

[Mishey22]

USA! USA! USA!

And all that chanty stuff. It was worth staying up for. So worth it.