PLAYED AT: Bolshoy Ice Dome
Date: Feb 21, 2014
GAME NOTES: PRICE STARS, BENN SCORES, CANADA TO PLAY FOR OLYMPIC GOLD
SOCHI, Russia – Jamie Benn (Victoria, B.C./Dallas, NHL) scored the lone goal, Carey Price (Anahim Lake, B.C./Montreal, NHL) earned the shutout, and Canada’s Men’s Olympic Team advanced to Sunday’s gold medal game at the 2014 Olympic Winter Games with a 1-0 semifinal over the United States on Friday.
Price stopped all 31 American shots he faced for the first shutout by a Canadian goaltender in an Olympic elimination game since the men’s tournament went to a playoff format in 1992.
Canada will try to become the first country to win back-to-back men’s hockey Olympic gold medals since the Soviet Union in 1984 and 1988 when it faces Sweden on Sunday morning (7 a.m. ET/4 a.m. PT).
After the Canadians held a 16-11 advantage in shots on goal in a fast-paced first period, they broke through just 101 seconds into the second; Benn redirected a Jay Bouwmeester (Edmonton, Alta./St. Louis, NHL) shot past U.S. netminder Jonathan Quick for the all-important first goal.
“We were just trying to grind them out down low,” Benn said of his goal. “I got down in the middle, and I made a pass back to the D, Bouwmeester made a great shot-pass, and it found a way in.”
Canada buzzed for an insurance goal in the second period; Corey Perry (Peterborough, Ont./Anaheim, NHL), Chris Kunitz (Regina, Sask./Pittsburgh, NHL) and Benn were all turned away by Quick on point-blank scoring opportunities.
But Price made sure Benn’s goal would be enough, shutting down every U.S. scoring chance, keeping the tournament’s highest-scoring offence off the board and posting his fourth win in as many starts.
In his first Olympic appearance, Price has an unblemished 4-0 record, a 0.74 goals-against average and a .963 save percentage, ranking second in all three categories among goaltenders who have played at least 60 per cent of their team’s minutes.
The game was a goaltending performance for the ages from both sides; Price and Quick combined to stop 67 of the 68 shots they faced in a game that featured five power plays and almost constant end-to-end action.
Canada finished with a 37-31 advantage in shots on goal.
It’s the second consecutive Olympics that Canada has ended American gold medal hopes; the Canadians won gold in Vancouver four years ago with a 3-2 overtime victory over the U.S. in the final.
Twenty-four players from that game were on the ice Friday – 11 for Canada, 13 for the United States. |
Visiting Team: Canada
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Home Team: United States
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CANADA LINEUP
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Pos |
No. |
Name |
G | 1 | Luongo, Roberto | G | 31 | Price, Carey | G | 41 | Smith, Mike | | 2 | Keith, Duncan | | 5 | Hamhuis, Dan | | 6 | Weber, Shea | | 8 | Doughty, Drew | | 9 | Duchene, Matt | | 10 | Sharp, Patrick | | 12 | Marleau, Patrick | | 14 | Kunitz, Chris | | 15 | Getzlaf, Ryan | | 16 | Toews, Jonathan | | 19 | Bouwmeester, Jay | | 22 | Benn, Jamie | | 24 | Perry, Corey | | 26 | St-Louis, Martin | | 27 | Pietrangelo, Alex | | 37 | Bergeron, Patrice | | 44 | Vlasic, Marc-Edouard | | 61 | Nash, Rick | | 77 | Carter, Jeff | | 87 | Crosby, Sidney | | | | | | |
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CANADA PENALTIES
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Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
1st | 12 | 2:00 | (auto) Holding minor | 15:58 | 1 | | 15:58 | 6:02 | 2nd | 15 | 2:00 | (auto) High-Sticking minor | 3:16 | 1 | | 3:16 | 18:44 | 2nd | 14 | 2:00 | Slashing minor | 15:23 | 1 | | 15:23 | 6:37 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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UNITED STATES LINEUP
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Pos |
No. |
Name |
G | 32 | Quick, Jonathan | G | 35 | Howard, Jimmy | G | 39 | Miller, Ryan | | 3 | Fowler, Cam | | 4 | Carlson, John | | 7 | Martin, Paul | | 8 | Wick, Jeremy | | 9 | Parise, Zach | | 12 | Stepan, Derek | | 17 | Kesler, Ryan | | 20 | Suter, Ryan | | 21 | van Riemsdyk, James | | 22 | Shattenkirk, Kevin | | 23 | Brown, Dustin | | 24 | Callahan, Ryan | | 26 | Stastny, Paul | | 27 | McDonagh, Ryan | | 28 | Wheeler, Blake | | 42 | Backes, David | | 44 | Orpik, Brooks | | 67 | Pacioretty, Max | | 72 | Faulk, Justin | | 74 | Oshie, T.J. | | 81 | Kessel, Phil | | 88 | Kane, Patrick |
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UNITED STATES PENALTIES
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Per. |
No. |
Min |
Offence |
Off |
PP |
PS |
Start |
On |
1st | 20 | 2:00 | (auto) Holding the Stick minor | 10:53 | 1 | | 10:53 | 11:07 | 3rd | 81 | 2:00 | (auto) Hooking minor | 9:56 | 1 | | 9:56 | 12:04 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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