Holding on for the ride......

Canada, won their 3rd straight world junior championship. Once again they defeated the arch-nemisis Russians, in what turned out to be a nail-biter.

Canada once again, did enough to win, it wasn't the overwhelming performance of Grand Forks, or Vancouver, but they came in waves, and they found a way to win. Their first period was dominant, and the Jonathan Toews goal was picture perfect on the power-play. The game was more about taking control of the play in critical intervals, and being able to harness their chances. After they got their lead the Canadians held on for the ride, and were able to play very disciplined in their penalty killing. The game was summed up by the 6 on 4 in the last minute where Canada's physicality kept the Russian players and the puck to the perimeter and they were unable to get any quality chances.


As usual Pierre Maguire adopted one of the Canadian defencemen as his favourite throughout the tournament. Its like a holiday tradition, in which every year Pierre will go on about how great said defenceman is, like a father going on about their son being ready to play in the national hockey league. This year it was Mark Staal, who Pierre went on a continuous tangent about how great Mark is going to be in the NHL. 2 years ago it was Dion Phaneuf, now its Mark Staal, can Pierre please focus on being a colour commentator, I'm sure these young men pay their agents to be their public relations officers.