Canadian choke-job? Or a masterful Russian rope-a-dope?
Maybe a little of both. After appearing very strong in the first two periods and building a 3-0 lead which could have easily been a few more goals yet, Canada surrendered five third period goals to Russia and lose the gold medal game for the second years in a row.
As much as it sucks as a Canadian fan, I found myself liking the Russian kids (though not to the point of rooting for them!) as the third period went on and especially when it was over. They were so genuinely excited and almost disbelieving of what they'd been able to accomplish....it wasn't fun to watch the faces of the Canadian kids as the game ended, but the Russian kids deserved this. They turned it on when they had to and they got the job done. Canada did not.
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