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[Erik C.]

Bronze Medal Game

January 5, 2013
4:00 AM Eastern
Ufa Arena, Ufa, Russia

Television:

Coach: Mikhail Varnakov

Team Roster

#	Player Name	Pos.	NHL Rights
27	Kirill Dyakov	Defense	2013 Draft Eligible
28	Yaroslav Dyblenko	Defense	2013 Draft Eligible
25	Mikhail Grigorenko	Forward	Buffalo Sabres
21	Kirill Kapustin	Forward	2013 Draft Eligible
19	Alexander Khokhlachev	Forward	Boston Bruins
29	Pavel Koledov	Defense	2013 Draft Eligible
18	Yaroslav Kosov	Forward	Florida Panthers
16	Nikita Kucherov	Forward	Tampa Bay Lightning
20	Andrei Makarov	Goalie	Buffalo Sabres
22	Andrei Mironov	Defense	2013 Draft Eligible
11	Yevgeni Mozer	Forward	2013 Draft Eligible
9	Nikita Nesterov	Defense	Tampa Bay Lightning
15	Valeri Nichushkin	Forward	2013 Draft Eligible
7	Artyom Sergeyev	Defense	Tampa Bay Lightning
8	Maxim Shalunov	Forward	Chicago Blackhawks
12	Andrei Sigaryov	Forward	2013 Draft Eligible
17	Anton Slepyshev	Forward	2013 Draft Eligible
14	Vladimir Tkachyov	Forward	2013 Draft Eligible
1	Igor Ustinski	Goalie	2013 Draft Eligible
30	Andrei Vasilevski	Goalie	Tampa Bay Lightning
10	Nail Yakupov	Forward	Edmonton Oilers
5	Albert Yarullin	Defense	2013 Draft Eligible
26	Danil Zharkov	Forward	Edmonton Oilers

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

[Craig Simpson]

Another tough loss, but at least they made a game of it. Feel really bad for Binnington. Unlike Subban in the last game, Binnington's play really did cost them the game with those two softies he let in. And in spite of Murphy's three points today, his defensive play was brutal. Good to see the two players of the game both Oilers players, though.

[Craig Simpson]

It was disappointing, though, to see a couple of the Russian players rub it in as they passed the Canadian bench after the game.

[Erik C.]

If it's Canada-Russia in a meaningful game, it has to be a 6-5 score. And it was today in what was as exciting and thrilling a bronze-medal game as you are ever likely to see.

Valeri Nichushkin poured down the right wing and cut hard in on goal during the 4-on-4 overtime. He cut around defenceman Morgan Reilly and then beat goalie Malcolm Subban to poke the puck in and give Russia the bronze medal.

"He had good speed and made a good play," Reilly said. "It just turned out to be a goal."

"When you beat Canada in a special game like this at home, for me it’s like my own gold," said Danil Zharkov. "I'm really happy."

Canada's streak of medals for 14 years in a row comes to an end with this fourth-place finish. The two top teams Canada beat in the preliminary round came back to eliminate them in the playoff round. Canada beat the U.S. 2-1 and the Russians 4-1 in the early going, but lost to the Americans 5-1 in the semi-finals and now today to the Russians.

"We gave everything today, and that’s why we won," said captain Nail Yakupov. It’s life. It’s hockey. We probably lost some energy against Switzerland and then Sweden, that was tough. Today in the third period everybody still felt a little tired, but we worked hard and we gave 100 percent."

From the IIHF site

[damned]

It was disappointing, though, to see a couple of the Russian players rub it in as they passed the Canadian bench after the game.

It comes with being the Canadians on some level, but it drove me nuts as well, it's a bronze medal for God's sake, show some class.