PLAYED AT: Bolshoy Ice Dome 
								Date: Feb 23, 2014 
								GAME NOTES: CANADA BLANKS SWEDEN, GOLDEN AGAIN AT OLYMPICS
DAVID BRIEN
SOCHI, Russia – Carey Price (Anahim Lake, B.C./Montreal, NHL) stopped all 24 shots he faced for his second consecutive shutout, leading Canada’s Men’s Olympic Team to a 3-0 win over Sweden in Sunday morning’s Olympic gold medal game.
The win gives Canada its second consecutive Olympic gold, the first time it has stood atop the podium at  back-to-back Games since 1948 and 1952.
The Canadians are also the first to successfully defend their gold medal since the Soviet Union in 1988.
Jonathan Toews (Winnipeg, Man./Chicago, NHL), Sidney Crosby (Cole Harbour, N.S./Pittsburgh, NHL) and Chris Kunitz (Regina, Sask./Pittsburgh, NHL) all scored their first goals of the tournament to provide the offence as Canada gained a measure of revenge for its gold medal game shootout loss to the Swedes in 1994.
But Price was the story, posting his second straight shutout in the medal round; he blanked the U.S. 1-0 in Friday’s semifinals. He finished with a tournament-leading 0.59 goals-against average and .972 save percentage, and was a deserving recipient of the Top Goaltender award from the tournament directorate.
Both teams came close to opening the scoring early, hitting a post apiece, but it was Toews who found the back of the net first, redirecting a Jeff Carter (London, Ont./Los Angeles, NHL) pass through Henrik Lundqvist at 12:55 of the opening frame.
It was the second straight Olympic gold medal game that Toews had opened the scoring; he broke the ice at 12:50 of the first period against the United States in 2010.
A pair of turnovers led to Canada’s second and third goals. Crosby grabbed a loose puck at the Canadian blue-line before outracing the Swedish defence and tucking a backhand around Lundqvist late in the second period, and Kunitz put the final nail in the coffin midway through the third, wiring a wrist shot just under the crossbar.
The Canadians went into full-on shutdown mode in the third period, allowing just four shots on goal in the final 20 minutes. Overall, Canada held a 36-24 advantage in shots.
Canada set a modern Olympic record for fewest goals allowed in an Olympic men’s hockey tournament; it gave up just three in six games. Price and Roberto Luongo (Montreal, Que./Vancouver, NHL) combined for three shutouts; Luongo blanked Austria in his lone start.
Drew Doughty (London, Ont./Los Angeles, NHL) was the lone Canadian to earn a spot on the media all-star team; he finished as Canada’s leading scorer, with four goals and two assists in six games.							 | 
							Visiting Team: Canada 
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							Home Team: Sweden 
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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 |  |   | 76  |  Subban, P.K. |  |   | 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 | 14  | 2:00 |  (auto) High-Sticking minor  | 19:48 | 1 |   | 19:48 | 2:12 |  | 3rd | 24  | 2:00 |  Tripping minor  | 10:12 | 1 |   | 10:12 | 11:48 |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  					 
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								SWEDEN LINEUP
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							| Pos | 
							No.  | 
							 Name | 
						 
						| G | 1  |  Enroth, Jhonas |  | G | 30  |  Lundqvist, Henrik |  | G | 50  |  Gustavsson, Jonas |  |   | 3  |  Ekman-Larsson, Oliver |  |   | 4  |  Hjalmarsson, Niklas |  |   | 7  |  Tallinder, Henrik |  |   | 11  |  Alfredsson, Daniel |  |   | 14  |  Berglund, Patrik |  |   | 16  |  Kruger, Marcus |  |   | 18  |  Silfverberg, Jakob |  |   | 19  |  Backstrom, Nicklas |  |   | 20  |  Steen, Alexander |  |   | 21  |  Eriksson, Loui |  |   | 22  |  Sedin, Daniel |  |   | 23  |  Edler, Alexander |  |   | 27  |  Oduya, Johnny |  |   | 40  |  Zetterberg, Henrik |  |   | 41  |  Nyquist, Gustav |  |   | 42  |  Ericsson, Jimmie |  |   | 52  |  Ericsson, Jonathan |  |   | 55  |  Kronwall, Niklas |  |   | 62  |  Hagelin, Carl |  |   | 65  |  Karlsson, Erik |  |   | 90  |  Johansson, Marcus |  |   | 92  |  Landeskog, Gabriel |  					 
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								SWEDEN PENALTIES
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							| Per. | 
							No.  | 
							Min | 
							 Offence | 
							Off | 
							PP | 
							PS | 
							Start | 
							On | 
						 
						| 1st | 52  | 2:00 |  (auto) Holding minor  | 14:55 | 1 |   | 14:55 | 7:05 |  | 2nd | 18  | 2:00 |  (auto) Delay of Game minor  | 5:46 | 1 |   | 5:46 | 16:14 |  | 2nd | 14  | 2:00 |  (auto) Boarding minor  | 17:20 | 1 |   | 17:20 | 4:40 |  		|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  		|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  		|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  		|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  		|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  		|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  		|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  		|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  		|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  		|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  		|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  		|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  		|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  		|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  		|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  		|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  		|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  		|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  		|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  		|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  		|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  		|   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |   |  					 
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