Coach Mike Babcock claimed that in order to beat the Russians, Ryan Getzlaf, Dan Boyle, Corey Perry, and Chris Pronger needed to be more productive.  Those players responded by contributing nine points in Canada’s 7-3 victory against Russia to advance to the semi-final round. Getzlaf opened the scoring just over two minutes into the first period [...] Continue Reading

Russia showed why its a favourite to win the gold this Olympics with a dominating 8-2 victory over Latvia on Tuesday night. The win was led by Alexander Ovechkin, who scored two goals, and Ilya Kovalchuk, who added a goal and assisted on one as well. Both of Ovechkin’s goals were scored in similar fashion with a one-timer from the [...] Continue Reading

The passion and pride Canada carries for its homegrown sport of hockey will be given a whole new light during the 2010 Winter Olympics. Canada’s men’s hockey team may be under immense pressure to bring back gold, but nobody will be more scrutinized then their general manager, Hall of Fame forward and two time Canadian Olympian [...] Continue Reading