Demitra Misses Open Net Can US Final

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Wow, Demitra misses 2 good chances late, have to see the replay again but that last one looked like he missed an open net@)

NBC and Olympic Viewers Dream, Canada vs USA Sunday, viewers numbers in north america should be interesting
 

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watchin it here...and i have no clue about hockey at all..but that was quite a last few mins there..very exciting
 

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Luongo got a piece of the glove on it. Wow what a crazy finish. The Slovaks played the right game against Canada by not trying to match weapons with us, but instead playing a very defensive game and waiting for Canada to make mistakes in the third period.
 

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Slovaks didn't get nearly enough love in this tournament as well even though they upset Sweden and Russia. Very solid team defensively with weapons on offense too.
 

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all canada breathes a sigh of relief

Just had the economy spike in Canada after the exhale, bars and restaurants, hookers, everyone benefits tonight!!:drink::shaking::party:

Canada really on their heals, I would think the US would be much more rested with the bye and a walk through today, but at this point not sure it makes that big of a difference, any opinions?
 

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Slovakia very underated, played a hell of a game and did what they had to do to slow the game down to a halt but in the end the right result. Lui soft on the first goal but comes up big when it matters. Bring on the US
 

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This entire tournament not one European team beat either North American team.
 

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Canada dominated this game until the middle of the 3rd period when all they did was dump the puck into the Slovak zone being up 3-0. Then they got caught with their pants down and Luongo did a good job of keeping the puck out of the net after the 2nd Slovak goal.
 

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Luongo got a piece of that last shot with his glove.... made up for that bad first goal he let in. Demitra's gonna have to hear about that one everyday in practice for the rest of the year...lol.. The way the Slovaks play keeps them in every game, tough to score on and they pounce when they get their chance.. We controlled that game nicely for about 55 minutes until all hell broke loose in that last few minutes... that was nuts!!
 

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not sure why Demitra didnt shoot the first good chance he had late in the 3rd, looked like he had a lot of net to shoot at and decided to get too fancy then the last chance was ridiculous, i guess off the glove then off the post/crossbar, Canadians fortunate to have survived that barrage at the end
 

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not sure why Demitra didnt shoot the first good chance he had late in the 3rd, looked like he had a lot of net to shoot at and decided to get too fancy then the last chance was ridiculous, i guess off the glove then off the post/crossbar, Canadians fortunate to have survived that barrage at the end

I'm guessing he though Luongo was in position to block it just as he was on the 2nd shot. Demitra had no choice the 2nd time since time was running out. He had to take a shot then.
 

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For those of us who had Slovakia ML, that would have been the new definition of Miracle on Ice.
 

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Canada dominated this game until the middle of the 3rd period...

Which was about the same time Eddie Olczyk said that it will be U.S. vs. Canada for the gold medal. He didn't even qualify that statement with "barring a miracle".
 

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I told you guys the +780 line on Slovakia was the linesmakers just asking to get their ashes hauled....they got damn lucky there.
 

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FYI - it would have been the tying goal...no guarantee it would have been the winner.
 

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