Bronze medal game 2010 winter olympics

At of the second, while on a rare 4-on-3 power play, Slovakia went up when Chicago Blackhawks forward Marian Hossa converted on a partially deflected rebound that had slid by Kiprusoff's left pad, leaving Hossa to shoot at a wide-open. With a little more than two minutes left in the middle period, Finland was sent on a four-minute power play as the result of a high stick cutting the face of Olli Jokinen. Approximately one minute after that, Slovakia upped their lead to as Vancouver Canucks forward Pavol Demitra converted on a beautiful pass by Hossa while on a 2-on-1 shorthanded breakaway.

Team Finland carried the remaining power play time into the start of the third period, however, were unable to capitalize, squandering their four-minute man advantage. Five minutes into the third, Finland found themselves on a 5-on-3 advantage but produced a tentative, disjointed effort while up two men.

However, just as the first penalty to Slovakia had expired, Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Kimmo Timonen wristed a shot on goal that deflected off Calgary Flames forward Niklas Hagman and past Halak, making the score At of the third, Jokinen tied the game at three apiece when he fired a wrist shot high to the stick side on an apparently unprepared Halak.

Infused with renewed energy, Finland returned to the power play when Hossa hauled down Niklas Hagman, who was attempting to bust out of his own zone with the puck. With just about one minute into the power play, Jokinen scored his second goal in as many minutes on a breakaway, slipping a backhanded shot between the pads of Halak. As they did against the Canadians, Slovakia mounted a spirited effort to tie the game at the late stages of the third.

With Halak pulled and on the power play, Slovakia had good pressure in the Finnish zone with left in the game.

Only 1, days left. There are so many other, and better, ways of viewing the results. Or medals per athlete ratio? Or how much money spent on the team per medal? If a country sends 25 athletes and they win say, 10 medals, they do far better than a country that sends athletes and wins 20 medals! You know they really like you when they blow your buildings up. But you do and it suits you well. Piss ant. And USA are third with nine golds, 14 silvers and 13 bronzes for 36 in all. Ironically, Canada top the medal table in every country which ranks golds won above total medals won - which theirs doesn't!

Canada have the hammer. In skiing, the year-old German prince who competed for Mexico is considering switching to curling for Sochi in Hubertus von Hohenlohe, an heir of Germany's Von Hohenlohe family who was born in Mexico City, admitted he had probably skied his last Olympics race after finishing 46th out of 48 - 26 secs adrift - in the men's slalom.

This could be it," he said. But he wants to skip his own curling team and said: "Haven't tried it, but I think I can do it. Curling looks very good. They come up with quite a good plan as it turns out, forcing Norway to take one and give Canada the hammer in end nine.

Canada Norway. They're not happy Canucks, despite leading by one with the hammer. It doesn't ultimately matter as he just comes up short with his last stone and Canada take one to double the lead. Norway have the hammer going into end five. Pilot Steve Holcomb and his crew in their "Night Train" sled, starts brilliantly and maintains his massive advantage to beat Andre Lange Germany 1 by 0.

Britain's John Jackson claws back a few places to finish 17th. Andre Lange leads and is guaranteed at least a silver. Four sleds to come. Lyndon Rush's Canada 1 are 0. By Ollie Williams in Vancouver. I want the heart and the spirit of Barcelona. And I think we can sensibly add the city engagement now that I've witnessed here," he said. I've written a blog about potential differences in atmosphere between Vancouver and London , should you be keen.

MattDaveDavies tweets: "Seeing as we can no longer win any more medals, I think we should change Britain's name on the medal table to 'Amy Williams'. He goes third for the time being, but may well be kicked off the podium by at least one of the remaining two skiers. Japan face Germany for gold. There is a manual start at the top and the Russian simply doesn't know when to go - so he goes early, the gate isn't open, and he crashes straight into it, knocking himself over.

It's an undignified way to miss out on the podium. Mathieu Bozzetto of France, by contrast, is away immediately and soars through the grisly mist to victory and bronze.

Go to your bathroom, turn all the hot taps on, close the door and wait for the mirror to mist up entirely. That's what it looks like. What a time to parachute down into the live text cooler. There is much afoot. First port of call, the closing stages of the men's snowboarding up at Cypress Mountain. Back later. Heart and guts out on the course. Kowalczyk dug deep into a place she never knew existed.

USA 1 still lead from Canada 1. It's very difficult to even see the racers on course. The remaining 16 riders race head-to-head over two runs, alternating between the two courses with the faster taking a head start into the second run.

You can follow all the latest on our parallel giant slalom live page. I'm sure the closing ceremony will be a wonderful finale to what has been, to me, an incredible Games. British snowboarder Adam Mcleish came 24th in the parallel giant slalom, missing out on the top finish required to progress to the quarter-finals. He said: "Racing in those weather conditions wasn't easy.

Visibility was pretty limited with the rain and fog, but the snow was pretty decent so the organisers did a good job preparing the hill. It was challenging today but I enjoyed it. I'm pleased I had two clean runs as it's pretty hit or miss in our sport. I think it's cool that so many people came out to support in this terrible weather. It's been fun. I knew I had to fight and go hard. I did some good skiing at the bottom and I can learn from my mistakes at the top.

Hopefully I can go clear and be faster on the second run. I'm just trying to concentrate on myself and go as fast as I can. I've just got to go for it now and make up some places. It's the Olympic Winter Games so you want to do as well as you possibly can.

It's been a massive experience and learning curve for me. How the devil are you? Tickety-boo, or not so pukka?

Going last of the racers in the slalom field, he crosses the line The man who is last, Albania's Erjon Tola, is 46 seconds behind. Britain's Andrew Noble and Dave Ryding are 32nd and 33rd respectively.

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