2008 IIHF World Championship: Canada beats US 5-4 and More

Dany Heatley scored his second goal of the daywith 46.3 seconds left in the third period to break a 4-4 tie as Canada beat the US. Heatley's first goal came when he put the Canadians up 2-0 with eleven seconds in the first.

The US found themselves in a 3-0 hole less than a minute into the second period before responding with goals by Zach Parise and Patrick O'Sullivan . Derek Roy's goal three minutes into the third gave the Canadians a short lived 4-2 lead before back-t0-back power play goals from Dustin Brown and Jason Pominville allowed the Americans to equalize the game.

Heatley's goal was assisted by line-mates Ryan Getzlaf and Rick Nash giving the trio 22 points in three games. Healey leads all scorers with 6 goals and 4 assists.



Canada took the ice in throw-back jerseys honoring the 1977 Summit Series.






The USA lost captain Jeff Halpern for the remainder of the tournament after he tore his ACL. The New York Rangers rookie Brandon Dubinsky will replace Halpern.


Czech Republic 7
Italy 2


More throwback jerseys. Italy actually led 2-1 in the first period. Alas, Strazzabosco was a minus-5 for Italia.



Latvia 3
Slovenia 0

Anze Kopitar is held off the board for the first time. Edgar Marsalksis had 37 saves in goal for Latvia.






Russia 4 Denmark 1

Goal of the Day - Evgeni Malkin 2006 World Championships

At the 2006 World Championship, Malkin shows his anticipation and incredible reach scoring this superman goal against Kazakhstan.

Conn Smythe anyone?

New Threads for the World Championships

Here's a look at some of the new jerseys from the IIHF World Championships:

IIHF World Championships Began in Halifax and Quebec City.

Canada 5
Slovenia 1
Ottawa's Dany Heately's two goals put him past Marcel Dionne for the leading Canadian goal-scorer in international competition. Slovenia's goal came off the stick of LA King's star Anze Kopitar. Surprise.

USA 4
Latvia 0
Chicago's Calder finalist wunderkind Pat Kane had a goal and two assists as the US blanked Latvia. The Stars and Stripes also got goals from youngsters Zach Parise of the New Jersey Devils and the Kings' Dustin Brown and Patrick O'Sullivan.

Other results: Russia crushed Italy 5-1, the Czech Repulblic downed Denmark 5-2.
Games today: Sweden vs. Belarus, Finland vs. Germany, Switzerland vs. France, and Slovakia vs. Norway.