Two years ago Canada beat Patrick Kane and the USA in the gold medal game of the IIHF World Junior Championship in a dramatic shootout. The game winning save was made by Carey Price. Three years ago Steve Mason led Canada to the gold. In 1999 Roberto Luogno carried the Canadian team on his back (sign of things to come?) but fell just short of the gold. In 2002 Henrik Lundqvist carried a weak Swedish team. Was there a Luongo, Lundqvist, Price or Mason in this year’s tournament?
Dustin Tokarski and Jacob Markstrom, top two goalies of this year's tournament
The two choices to potentially appear on the distinguished alumni list one day appear to be Canadian Dustin Tovarski and Swede Jacob Markstrom. Tovarski won MVP in the finals and Markstrom won MVG for the tournament.
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January 5th, 2009
Categories: Uncategorized. Tags: al montoya, carey price, craig billington, dustin tovarski, henrik lundqvist, IIHF World Championship, ilya bryzgalov, jacob markstrom, jaroslav halak, jimmy waite, john tavares, jose theodore, justin pogge, kari lehtonen, marc-andre fleury, maxime ouellet, miikka kiprusoff, mike vernon, pascal leclaire, pat quinn, pelle lindbergh, rick dipietro, roberto luongo, sean burke, simeon varlamov, stephane fiset, steve mason, Team Canada, Team Sweden, trevor kidd, tuukka rask, vesa toskala, world championships, world junior championship. Author: Regan. Comments: 0 Comments
Notice anything new about Luongo’s mask? Like the “C” on his chin… only a few inches away from wear a captain would typically wear it on his jersey? Where there’s a will there’s a way to solve any problem (or break any rule).
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Wow! Today the Canucks announced that Roberto Luongo will serve as their team captain! I’ve always thought goalies were not allowed to be captain but it turns out they’re just not allowed to wear the “C” on their jersey. So the Canucks will have alternates who can talk to the referees on the ice but ‘Captain Canuck’ will now officially be Captain Canuck. The first role of captain is to lead a band of brothers for nine months out of the year and when you think of the great captains in hockey history can you really think of anyone on the Canucks better suited to this role? I’m not sure there’s any team in the NHL who relies more on one player than the Canucks do on Luongo. So congrats to Luongo for breaking new ice with this role and kudos to Canucks’ management for thinking outside the box in putting him there.
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Surprising absolutely no one in the hockey world, Ray Emery and Dan Cloutier were placed on waivers today by the Ottawa Senators and LA Kings, respectively. If the goalies are not picked up then each team can buyout the remainder of their contracts, making them unrestricted free agents.
Sens GM Bryan Murray was generous in disminssing Emery by saying that one day he will get his game turned around and be a good goalie for someone. Generous, but still a final slap to Emery after a very unsuccesful and turmoil-filled year for Emery, or as he put it himself ”the worst year I’ve had – on and off the ice – it just wasn’t enjoyable at all. I learned a lot of things but that’s about it – not too many positives.”
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