National Teams Men's World Championship Home/News ... 2004-05 National Men's Team Canada 3 USA 1 Preliminary Round
May 5, 2005
Innsbruck, AUT Canada will play Sweden, the Group C winner, in the qualification round on Saturday and then go up against Finland on Sunday. The way the tournament works is like this: Teams drop the points from their game against the last-place team in their group, so Canada goes into the qualification round at 2-0 while U.S. goes in at 1-1. Make no mistake about it. Nash is making a statement. He is part of the next wave of Canadian stars and the best part is he wants to be part of it. He was particularly sharp in the first period when the game was goalless and then in the third when the Americans buzzed the Canadian net. There are a number of reasons why Team Canada GM Steve Tambellini invited Brodeur to the Austrian Alps. One is obvious. Brodeur is the best at his business but the other element is not so obvious. Nash opened the scoring just 51 seconds into the second period and Mike Knuble tied it at 5:16. The teams were playing 4 aside when Dan Boyle sent Nash in on a partial breakaway and Nash roofed a shot in off the crossbar at 11:29. | |
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