Canada to go for Gold!
Posted Jan 4, 2011 05:42:40 AM.
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BUFFALO, N.Y. – Bring on the Russians. Canada has advanced to its 10th straight final at the world junior hockey championships with a 4-1 win over the rival United States on Monday.
Curtis Hamilton, Quinton Howden, Ryan Johansen and Zack Kassian scored for Canada.
Canada will face Russia for gold. Russia beat Sweden 4-3 in a shootout in the other semifinal.
Canada played a physical game to get revenge on the Americans, who beat the Canadians 6-5 in overtime in last year’s gold-medal game.
That ended a run of five straight titles for Canada.
Canada and Russia will square off tomorrow night at H-S-B-C Arena.
You can catch all the action of the Gold medal battle on 570 News – we’ll have the live broadcast for you on Wednesday night.
