Posted 27 February 2010 by Igor Henriques
Team Canada’s gold medal dream got one step closer to fruition after a 3-2 semi-final win over Slovakia on Friday at the 2010 Olympic Winter Games.
Ryan Getzlaf scored the game-winning goal and Robert Luongo came up with a spectacular glove save in the final seconds to preserve the win for Canada.
Getzlaf scored a power-play goal [...] Continue Reading
Posted 26 February 2010 by Chris G. Ballard
Canadian hockey fans found themselves cheering for the Americans today in hopes that they would emerge victorious to set up a possible Canada vs. U.S. gold medal grudge match.
But not a single Canadian wanted to see them play this well.
The American offense was on fire as they scored all of their six goals in the [...] Continue Reading
Posted 25 February 2010 by Rod Perry
Team Norway skip Thomas Ulsrud survived a close match to defeat team Switzerland skip Ralph Stockli 7-5 in semifinal action on Thursday at the Vancouver Olympic Centre.
With the win, Norway will go on to face Canada in the finals on Friday, while Switzerland will face team Sweden.
The Norwegians had the hammer in the second end, [...] Continue Reading
Posted 25 February 2010 by Rod Perry
Not even a head cold could stop team Canada skip Cheryl Bernard.
The 43-year-old’s rink came through in the clutch in another nail-biter to defeat Switzerland skip Mirjam Ott 6-5 in semifinal action of women’s curling at the Vancouver Olympic Centre on Thursday.
The win assures the home nation of a medal, as they will face Anette [...] Continue Reading
Posted 22 February 2010 by Chris G. Ballard
Kevin Martin and company have clinched top spot in the round robin and have yet to tarnish their perfect record as they rolled over John Shuster’s American rink 7-2 at the Vancouver Olympic Centre Monday morning.
Canada, now at 8-0, didn’t start the game well and gave up a steal of one in the first end [...] Continue Reading