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Canada claims gold as Crosby ends slump
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Sidney Crosby scored on a breakaway in the second period as Canada retained its Olympic title, rolling over Sweden 3-0 to claim a record ninth gold and the first on European soil in 62 years.
Jonathan Toews and Chris Kunitz also scored and goaltender Carey Price posted the shutout for Canada which became the first country to win back-to-back Winter Olympic Games titles since the Soviet Union in 1988.
It was the second-straight gold medal game where Canadian captain Crosby rose to the occasion.
Crosby, who clinched gold for Canada with an overtime winner in Vancouver in 2010, had been contributing on defence but wasn’t being rewarded for his efforts on the scoresheet in the Sochi Games.
He had just two assists heading into the gold medal game.
Crosby scored on a backhand deke to give Canada a 2-0 lead with 4:17 left in the second period after stripping the puck off Sweden’s Jonathan Ericsson at the Canadian blueline.
He raced in alone on net and gave Swedish netminder Henrik Lundqvist a shoulder fake one way, then deked the other way and scored.
Finland took bronze by beating the United States 5-0 on Saturday.
Yesterday’s game, in front of a crowd of 11,076 at the Bolshoi Ice Palace, was a matchup of two undefeated teams and the last two Olympic winners as Canada was crowned champion four years ago and Sweden won gold in 2006.
Canada also became the first undefeated men’s tournament champ since the Sarajevo Olympics in 1984 when the Soviet Union won the title without dropping a game.
Toews drew first blood for Canada by scoring from the front of the net with just over seven minutes left in the first period as he deflected a Jeff Carter pass through the legs of Lundqvist. Chris Kunitz added the insurance goal halfway through the third period by firing over the right shoulder of Lundqvist. Carey Price made 23 stops for Canada.
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