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2004 WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY

EUROPEAN POOL

Monday, August 30 2000 h in Tuesday, August 31 1900 h in 0 v. 4 2 v. 5

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. FINLAND, Jukka Hentunen 1 (Niko Kapanen) 6:33 GWG 1. SWEDEN, Tomas Holmstrom 1 (Markus Naslund, ) 16:44 PPG 2. GERMANY, 1 (unassisted) 17:57 SHG Penalties ― Elias C 2:03 Penalties ― Kopitz G 4:01, Holmstrom S 13:11, Astreiter G 16:18, Schubert G 17:00 SECOND PERIOD NO SCORING SECOND PERIOD 3. SWEDEN, 1 (unassisted) 1:59 Penalties ― Jagr C 1:30, Jokinen F 9:22, Rucinsky C 13:22, Vyborny C 18:15 4. SWEDEN, 1 (, ) 7:26 GWG 5. SWEDEN, Marcus Nilson 1 (Mats Sundin, Tomas Holmstrom) 11:51 THIRD PERIOD 6. GERMANY, Daniel Kreutzer 1 (Timo Boos) 13:00 PPG 2. FINLAND, 1 () 0:30 7. SWEDEN, Fredrik Modin 1 (Kim Jonsson) 16:25 3. FINLAND, Niko Kapanen 1 (, ) 4:56 PPG 4. FINLAND, Mikko Eloranta 1 (, ) 11:09 Penalties ― Schubert G 5:57, Schubert G 12:47, Holmstrom S 13:06, Leask G 19:50

Penalties ― Skoula C 4:09, Malik C 11:11, Elias C 16:15, Jokinen F 16:15 THIRD PERIOD NO SCORING Shots on by CZECH REPUBLIC 5 4 3 12 Penalties ― Alfredsson S (served by Zetterberg) 2:30, Hecht G 2:38 FINLAND 13 11 10 34 CZECH REPUBLIC, Tomas Vokoun; FINLAND, Shots on goal by GERMANY 3 10 6 19 Power play: CZE ― 0 for 1, FIN ― 1 for 6 SWEDEN 15 14 13 42 Coaches: CZECH REPUBLIC, Vladimir Ruzicka; FINLAND, , GERMANY, Olaf Kolzig; SWEDEN, 11 407 at in Helsinki, Finland Power play: GER ― 0 for 4, SWE ― 2 for 7  “It was important to get the right feeling,” said Finnish netminder Miikka Kiprusoff. “There was not much Coaches: GERMANY, Franz Reindl, Bernhard Englbrecht; SWEDEN, Hardy Nilsson work to do, but a few times they broke in to the goal from the corners creating danger.” 12 133 at Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden  G Miikka Kiprusoff FIN was playing his first competitive hockey since leading the Flames to the 2004 Stanley Cup Final…where they lost in seven games to the  “It’s always fun to score a goal, to show the new, young guys,” said 33-year old F Mats Sundin SWE  was scheduled to be head coach of Czech Republic team at this tournament. On 16  Looking forward to their next game v. Czech Republic, Sundin said, “We must play better…and we must get August 2004, the 54-year old Hlinka was killed in an automobile accident near Karlovy Vary in better if we’re going to get far in this tournament.” Czech Republic. Vladimir Ruzicka took the hockey team’s helm in his absence.

Wednesday, September 1 1900 h in Stockholm Thursday, September 2 1930 h in CZECH REPUBLIC 3 v. SWEDEN 4 FINLAND 3 v. GERMANY 0

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. SWEDEN, Fredrik Modin 2 (Mats Sundin) 11:49 1. FINLAND, Kimmo Timonen 1 (Jere Lehtinen, Teemu Selanne) 10:47 PPG GWG

Penalties ― Tjarnqvist S 16:52, Rucinsky C 18:38 Penalties ― Lewandowski G 4:22, Selanne F 5:24, Lewandowski G 9:25, Lehtinen F 15:53

SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 2. SWEDEN, Peter Forsberg 1 (Tomas Holmstrom, Markus Naslund) 2:58 PPG 2. FINLAND, Teemu Selanne 1 (Kimmo Timonen, Saku Koivu) 11:27 PPG 3. SWEDEN, Mattias Ohlund 1 (Daniel Alfredsson, Fredrik Modin) 4:28 PPG 4. SWEDEN, 1 (Kim Jonsson) 10:30 PPG GWG Penalties ― Goc G 9:33, Kreutzer G 11:05, Lydman F (double minor) Kreutzer G 13:18, Eloranta F 13:24

Penalties ― Slegr C 1:35, Reichel C 3:10, Czech Republic bench (10-minute misconduct, served by M Havlat) THIRD PERIOD Sweden bench (served by Holmstrom) 6:35, Rucinsky C 8:37, Axelsson S 10:44, Nilson S 11:46, Havlat C 3. FINLAND, Jere Lehtinen 1 (Kimmo Timonen) 15:38 Rucinsky C Zetterberg S 16:28 Penalties ― Ruutu F 8:27, Ruutu F 10:46 THIRD PERIOD 5. CZECH REPUBLIC, Martin Rucinsky 1 (Martin Havlat) 3:12 Shots on goal by 6. CZECH REPUBLIC, Marek Zidlicky 1 (unassisted) 5:16 FINLAND 15 14 10 39 7. CZECH REPUBLIC, Patrik Elias 1 (Roman Hamrlik) 14:25 GERMANY 10 11 8 29 FINLAND, Miikka Kiprusoff; GERMANY, Olaf Kolzig Penalties ― Rucinsky C Holmstrom S 6:19, Pahlsson S 12:14, Johansson S 18:12 Power play: FIN ― 2 for 4, GER ― 0 for 6 Shots on goal by Coaches: FINLAND, Raimo Summanen, Jari Kurri; GERMANY, Franz Reindl, Bernhard Englbrecht CZECH REPUBLIC 11 11 18 40 12 975 at Kolnarena in Cologne, Germany SWEDEN 7 11 2 20 CZECH REPUBLIC, Tomas Vokoun; SWEDEN, Mikael Tellqvist  “I have to thank the team for defending well,” said Finnish netminder Miikka Kiprusoff. “The trickiest situations arose when Germany played with five against three (which they did once in the second and again in Power play: CZE ― 0 for 5, SWE ― 3 for 5 the third)…then there are always chances.” Coaches: CZECH REPUBLIC, Vladimir Ruzicka; SWEDEN, Hardy Nilsson  “The game was even when played five against five. Goaltending and our play in special situations were 13 850 at Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden deciding factors,” said Finnish coach Raimo Summanen  “We didn’t get a goal with the two-man advantage…Kiprusoff was great,” said Germany’s coach Franz Reindl.  “We slowed down in the third, they got two fast goals and suddenly they played great hockey,” said Sweden’s “Finland also played the neutral zone so well, and at their own blue line.” coach Hardy Nilsson. “It was close, but it’s great to know we have home advantage in the quarter-finals.”  In a change from previous Cups/World Cup, all eight teams in the tournament advance to quarter-final, knockout play

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2004 WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY

EUROPEAN POOL

Friday, September 3 1930 h in Saturday, September 4 2030 h in Helsinki GERMANY 2 v. CZECH REPUBLIC 7 SWEDEN 4 v. FINLAND 4

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING 1. FINLAND, Ville Peltonen 1 (, Ossi Vaananen) 1:39 2. FINLAND, Ossi Vaananen 1 (, Jukka Hentunen) 4:34 PPG Penalties ― Leask G 16:52 3. SWEDEN, Fredrik Modin 3 (unassisted) 12:27 PPG 4. FINLAND, Saku Koivu 2 (Jere Lehtinen, Teemu Selanne) 12:46 SECOND PERIOD 5. SWEDEN, Nicklas Lidstrom 1 (Daniel Alfredsson, Mats Sundin) 17:24 PPG 1. CZECH REPUBLIC, Marek Zidlicky 2 (, Vaclav Prospal) 2:56 PPG 6. SWEDEN, Fredrik Modin 4 (Kim Jonsson) 19:17 2. CZECH REPUBLIC, Jiri Slegr 1 (Jiri Dopita, Petr Sykora) 4:27 3. CZECH REPUBLIC, Jaromir Jagr 1 (Vaclav Prospal) 5:52 GWG Penalties ― Nilson S 2:38, Hagman F 10:40, Holmstrom S 12:58, Ruutu F 13:51, Zetterberg S 15:29, Hentunen F 4. CZECH REPUBLIC, 1 (Patrik Elias) 10:50 PPG 16:50, Salo F 17:13 5. CZECH REPUBLIC, Patrik Elias 2 (Martin Havlat) 15:48 SECOND PERIOD Penalties ― Goc G 2:02, Ehrhoff G 10:17, Sykora C 12:27, Hejduk C 16:36, Leask G 19:33 7. FINLAND, 1 (Tuomo Ruttu, Ville Peltonen) 0:38 GTG

THIRD PERIOD Penalties ― Lydman F 15:29, Kiprusoff F (served by Laaksonen) 16:59 6. GERMANY, Tino Boos 1 (Eduard Lewandowski) 3:55 7. CZECH REPUBLIC, Martin Havlat 1 (Tomas Vlasak, Roman Hamrlik) 10:59 THIRD PERIOD 8. GERMANY, 1 (Robert Leask) 17:19 8. SWEDEN, Tomas Holmstrom 2 (Peter Forsberg, Fredrik Modin) 19:15 PPG GTG 9. CZECH REPUBLIC, Vaclav Prospal 1 (Jaromir Jagr) 18:36 Penalties ― Jokinen F 3:45, Pahlsson S 6:44, Timonen F 19:07 Penalties ― Kathan G Elias C 13:12 FIVE-MINUTE PERIOD Shots on goal by NO SCORING GERMANY 10 8 12 30 CZECH REPUBLIC 18 17 21 56 Penalties ― Lidstrom S 3:32 GERMANY, Robert Muller, Oliver Jones (10:17 of third period); CZECH REPUBLIC, Tomas Vokoun Shots on goal by Power play: GER ― 0 for 4, CZE ― 2 for 5 SWEDEN 11 9 9 1 30 Coaches: GERMANY, Franz Reindl, Bernhard Englbrecht; CZECH REPUBLIC, Vladimir Ruzicka FINLAND 13 4 8 0 25 11 944 at Sazka Arena in Prague, Czech Republic SWEDEN, Mikael Tellqvist; FINLAND, Miikka Kiprusoff

 “Team Czech played an outstanding second period. We had nothing to put against them,” said German coach Power play: SWE ― 3 for 8, FIN ― 1 for 5 Franz Reindl Coaches: SWEDEN, Hardy Nilsson; FINLAND, Raimo Summanen, Jari Kurri  Germany rested number one netminder Olaf Kolzig before their upcoming quarter-final game (v. 12 948 at Globen in Stockholm, Sweden Finland)  “Our start was strong, but Sweden is a world-class team with a truckload of skill and they started to score on the power play, so the game was soon a new one,” said Finland’s Saku Koivu. “But we gritted ourselves to the end.”  Fredrik Modin’s goal in the middle of the first period was the first goal that G Miikka Kiprusoff FIN had surrendered in the tournament  Finland and Sweden finished first in the European Pool, but Finland was awarded first place based on goal differential  Sweden scored on eight of their 20 power-play chances in the round-robin portion of the tournament

2004 WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY ROUND-ROBIN STANDINGS

EUROPEAN POOL

GP W L T GF GA PTS

Finland 3 2 0 1 11 4 5 Sweden 3 2 0 1 13 9 5 Czech Republic 3 1 2 0 10 10 2 Germany 3 0 3 0 4 15 0

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NORTH AMERICAN POOL

Tuesday, August 31 1930 h et Wednesday, September 1 1930 h et 1 v. CANADA 2 CANADA 5 v. 1

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. CANADA, Martin St. Louis 1 (Joe Thornton, Scott Niedermayer) 16:01 PPG 1. CANADA, Joe Thornton 1 (unassisted) 3:02 2. CANADA, Ryan Smyth 1 (Adam Foote, Vincent Lecavalier) 4:43 GWG Penalties ― Weight U 3:37, Miller U 8:07, Sakic C 9:43, Guerin U 14:32, Regehr C 19:47 Penalties ― Chara S 4:50, Visnovsky S 9:11 SECOND PERIOD 2. CANADA, Joe Sakic 1 (Wade Redden, Martin St. Louis) 3:05 PPG GWG SECOND PERIOD 3. UNITED STATES, 1 () 10:40 3. CANADA, Simon Gagne 1 (Martin St. Louis) 4:07

Penalties ― Halpern U (served by Weinrich) 2:33, Guerin U Chelios U Morrow C (double minor) 6:37, Regehr C Penalties ― Brewer C 5:41, Gaborik S 6:12, Orszagh S 9:56, Lecavalier C 14:45, Hlinka S 19:48 7:22, Niedermayer C 13:03, Halpern U Niedermayer C (majors) Konowalchuk U M. Lemieux C 18:37 THIRD PERIOD THIRD PERIOD 4. CANADA, Martin St. Louis 2 (Brad Richards, Adam Foote) 0:58 NO SCORING 5. SLOVAKIA, Martin Cibak 1 (Lubos Bartecko, Branko Radivojevic) 4:53 6. CANADA, Ryan Smyth 2 (Vincent Lecavalier, Dany Heatley) 7:11 Penalties ― None Penalties ― Niedermayer C Chara S (served by Zednik) 0:34, Hannan C 19:02 Shots on goal by UNITED STATES 6 12 6 24 Shots on goal by CANADA 19 6 7 32 CANADA 8 13 14 35 UNITED STATES, ; CANADA, Martin Brodeur SLOVAKIA 8 9 8 25 CANADA, Martin Brodeur; SLOVAKIA, Rastislav Stana Power play: USA ― 0 for 4, CAN ― 2 for 5 Coaches: USA, Ron Wilson, Tim Army, Keith Allain; CANADA, , Ken Hitchcock, Jacques Martin, Wayne Fleming Power play: CAN ― 0 for 5, SVK ― 0 for 3 21 273 at Molson in , Coaches: CANADA, Pat Quinn, Ken Hitchcock, Jacques Martin, Wayne Fleming; SLOVAKIA, Jan Filc, Frantisek Hossa 21 273 at Molson Centre in Montreal, Quebec  Canada lost D Ed Jovanovski CAN when he tried to beat D USA to the outside and their legs got tangled. He left the game with a rib injury and knee strain.  Captain Mario Lemieux CAN was asked if the play of teammate Martin St. Louis has been a surprise  Due to a back injury, C Mario Lemieux CAN played just ten games for the in to him. “Am I surprised? He won the scoring title and he’s one of the best in the world and he has a great 2003-04 and tonight’s was his first meaningful game in almost a year. “I’m fine physically,” said Lemieux. heart. I’m not surprised to see anything he does.” St. Louis has 2g, 2a over Canada’s opening two games. “I didn’t have any problems. At times I was just trying to feel my way in, but it was great to be out there and  Head coach Pat Quinn CAN also had a comment on St. Louis and his Tampa Bay Lightning teammates be a part of it.” Vincent Lecavalier and Brad Richards. “It’s a bit of a surprise to me. I know we see them and we play against  D is serving as Team USA captain them, but I have a better appreciation for their skills watching them on a more regular basis. (Lecavalier) has shown me that he must have learned a lot during that playoff run (Lightning in 2004) because he has been great in (the defensive) area. He has been responsible and not as risky a player as I thought.”  is serving as Team Canada executive director/GM for this tournament  In the second period of this game, D Wade Redden CAN injured his shoulder and will be out of the Canadian line-up until at least the quarter-finals…D CAN is added to Team Canada – becoming the second-youngest player to ever suit up for Canada at a /World Cup ( was the youngest at )

Thursday, September 2 1830 h ct Friday, September 3 1800 h ct 3 v. UNITED STATES 1 SLOVAKIA 1 v. UNITED STATES 3

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING 1. UNITED STATES, 1 (, ) 3:09 PPG 2. SLOVAKIA, 1 (, Zdeno Chara) 11:14 PPG Penalties ― Miller U 6:59, Gonchar R 9:20, Hull U 13:13 3. UNITED STATES, 1 (Chris Chelios, Scott Gomez) 13:27 GWG

SECOND PERIOD Penalties ― Orszagh S 3:00, Strbak S Visnovsky S Langenbrunner U 3:57, Tkachuk U 4:23, Tkachuk U 9:49, 1. RUSSIA, 1 (, ) 12:20 Bartecko S 13:54, Langenbrunner U 19:26 2. UNITED STATES, 1 (, ) 13:44 PPG SECOND PERIOD Penalties ― Kovalev R 0:14, Kovalenko R 13:32, Bryzgalov R (served by Gonchar) 17:43 NO SCORING

THIRD PERIOD Penalties ― Chara S Tkachuk U 20:00 3. RUSSIA, 1 (Alex Zhamnov) 5:05 GWG 4. RUSSIA, Viktor Kozlov 1 (Sergen Samsonov) 18:02 THIRD PERIOD 4. UNITED STATES, Bill Guerin 2 (Mike Modano) 16:17 Penalties ― Yashin R 5:36, Frolov R (minor, major) Guerin U 7:19, Tkachuk U 15:14, Kovalchuk R Chelios U 16:17, Zubrus R Guerin U Tkachuk U (major, game misconduct) 18:59, Kasparaitis R 19:52 Penalties ― Weight U Chara S 8:46

Shots on goal by Shots on goal by RUSSIA 16 13 16 45 SLOVAKIA 9 6 2 17 UNITED STATES 4 10 7 21 UNITED STATES 13 15 11 39 RUSSIA, ; UNITED STATES, Robert Esche SLOVAKIA, Jan Lasak; UNITED STATES, Rick DiPietro

Power play: RUS ― 0 for 4, USA ― 1 for 6 Power play: SVK ― 1 for 3, USA ― 1 for 3 Coaches: RUSSIA, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, Vladimir Yurzinov; USA, Ron Wilson, Tim Army, Keith Allain Coaches: SLOVAKIA, Jan Filc, Frantisek Hossa; USA, Ron Wilson, Tim Army, Keith Allain 18 064 at in St. Paul, Minnesota 17 104 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota

 “We’re really embarrassed the way we came out and played this hockey game,” said American goal scorer  The NHL’s third all-time leading scorer, 40-yr old F USA was made a healthy scratch by USA’s Keith Tkachuk. “We’ve got to turn this thing around or we’ll be travelling for the quarter-finals. They just head coach Ron Wilson. “It was probably the difficult decision I’ve made as a coach at any level,” said totally embarrassed us. That’s two games in a row we weren’t ready. We’re coming out flat and teams are Wilson. “He took it like a professional. He said, ‘Not a problem.’” dominating us.”  “I think we were embarrassed by Russia the other night and realized we had to get some momentum and  Yesterday, the Beslan school siege began in SW Russia. It lasted three days and claimed over 385 lives. confidence going into the quarter-finals,” said American netminder Rick DiPietro. “We weren’t going to be The Russian players’ attention was divided between this tournament and the news from home. “A lot of the denied tonight.” guys are concerned,” said D RUS. “Even my wife, who is Swedish, is concerned about it.  “That’s what we needed,” said USA captain Chris Chelios. “For whatever reason, we were flat against the It’s just sad seeing innocent people dying, especially kids. That’s very, very sad.” . I don’t think it was a case where they were so good, it’s just that we were so bad. We know what  F Alexei Yashin RUS also weighed in on Beslan. “It’s kind of like the thing that happened in New York we’re capable of and we’re going to be fresh for the next game.” three years ago (referring to the 9/11 attacks in 2001). It’s very difficult to see what’s going on. Lots of political stuff – not only in Russia but everywhere in the world. It’s changed. It’s not 100 per cent safe, no matter where you are.”  “We’ve got to shake up the chemistry of our room,” said American head coach Ron Wilson. “We have to take the emotion out of any decision-making. Some people haven’t performed and our team doesn’t have time to wait for people to kick it into gear and get going.”

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2004 WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY

NORTH AMERICAN POOL

Saturday, September 4 1930 h et Sunday, September 5 1930 h et RUSSIA 1 v. CANADA 3 SLOVAKIA 2 v. RUSSIA 5

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING 1. RUSSIA, 1 (Andrei Markov, ) 8:10 2. SLOVAKIA, Marian Hossa 1 (Pavol Demitra, Zdeno Chara) 10:27 Penalties ― Yashin R 19:00, Iginla C 19:02 Penalties ― Radivojevic S 6:09, Lintner S Afinogenov R 9:19, Stumpel S 13:07 SECOND PERIOD 1. CANADA, Brad Richards 1 (Simon Gagne, Scott Hannan) 3:40 SHG SECOND PERIOD 2. CANADA, Kris Draper 1 (Shane Doan, Vincent Lecavalier) 5:17 GWG 3. RUSSIA, Alexei Kovalev 2 (unassisted) 12:01 4. RUSSIA, 1 (Dainius Zubrus, ) 15:47 GWG Penalties ― Lecavalier C 3:03, Brewer C Kovalenko R 8:07, Khavanov R 10:32, Kovalev R Hannan C 18:09 Penalties ― Gonchar R 3:55, Kasparaitis R Orszagh S 7:49, Hossa S Markov R 17:53, Zubrus R 19:48 THIRD PERIOD 3. CANADA, Joe Sakic 2 (Mario Lemieux) 5:43 THIRD PERIOD 4. RUSSIA, Sergei Gonchar 1 () 12:46 5. RUSSIA, Alexei Yashin 1 (Alexander Frolov) 0:59 SHG 6. SLOVAKIA, Marian Gaborik 1 (unassisted) 5:47 Penalties ― Regehr C 0:44, Smyth C 6:29, Kovalchuk R 17:50, Kovalenko R 19:49 7. RUSSIA, 1 (Dmitry Afanasenkov) 7:10

Shots on goal by Penalties ― Satan S Gonchar R 7:51, Demitra S 15:16 RUSSIA 6 11 11 28 CANADA 9 11 8 28 Shots on goal by RUSSIA, Maxim Sokolov; CANADA, Martin Brodeur SLOVAKIA 6 9 12 27 RUSSIA 7 4 4 15 Power play: RUS ― 0 for 4, CAN ― 0 for 4 SLOVAKIA, Jan Lasak; RUSSIA, Ilya Bryzgalov Coaches: RUSSIA, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, Vladimir Yurzinov; CANADA, Pat Quinn, Ken Hitchcock, Jacques Martin, Wayne Fleming 19 226 at Air Canada Centre in , Power play: SVK ― 0 for 2, RUS ― 0 for 3 Coaches: SLOVAKIA, Jan Filc, Frantisek Hossa; RUSSIA, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, Vladimir Yurzinov  Russia started 32-year old Maxim Sokolov in goal…he has never played in the NHL 18 115 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario  “He (Martin Brodeur) gives us an almost unfair advantage,” F Shane Doan CAN said. “He’s such a dominating goalie.”  This game was the first ever that F Alexander Ovechkin RUS ever played in  As he skated to the box in the final minute of the game, F RUS gave the  After this game, Slovakia was destined to play Canada in their quarter-final game. “We’ll have to have our middle finger to the Air Canada Centre crowd dream best game,” D Zdeno Chara SVK. “We have a couple of days to regroup and hopefully we can pull it  There was a moment of silence prior to the game for the victims of the Beslan school siege off (beating Canada), but it’s going to be a tough one.”  “We have nothing to lose in this game,” F Marian Gaborik SVK said of the upcoming SF Canada match-up. “All the pressure will be on them.”  Canada has the best team here, and they have so much talent, but the game will start 0-0,” said F Marian Hossa SVK. “We’re getting a chance here and we have to take it.”

2004 WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY ROUND-ROBIN STANDINGS NORTH AMERICAN POOL

GP W L T GF GA PTS

Canada 3 3 0 0 10 3 6 Russia 3 2 1 0 9 6 4 United States 3 1 2 0 5 6 2 Slovakia 3 0 3 0 4 13 0

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2004 WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY

QUARTER – FINALS

Monday, September 6 2030 h in Helsinki Tuesday, September 7 1900 h in Stockholm FINLAND 2 v. GERMANY 1 CZECH REPUBLIC 6 v. SWEDEN 1

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING 1. CZECH REPUBLIC, Martin Straka 1 (Vaclav Prospal) 6:15 2. CZECH REPUBLIC, Martin Havlat 2 (Patrik Elias) 13:30 GWG Penalties ― Kopitz G 1:27, Boos G 16:14 Penalties ― A. Johansson S 8:43, Czech Republic bench 10:28 SECOND PERIOD 1. FINLAND, 1 (, Kimmo Timonen) 10:50 PPG SECOND PERIOD 3. CZECH REPUBLIC, Marek Zidlicky 3 (Martin Straka) 16:08 Penalties ― Renz G 8:57, Ruuttu F 13:20, Martinec G 19:28 Penalties ― Zidlicky C 8:57 THIRD PERIOD 2. GERMANY, Marco Sturm 2 (, Daniel Kreutzer) 13:58 THIRD PERIOD 3. FINLAND, Mikko Eloranta 2 (Olli Jokinen, Timmo Kimonen) 16:38 GWG 4. CZECH REPUBLIC, Radek Dvorak 1 (Petr Cajanek) 8:17 SHG 5. CZECH REPUBLIC, Milan Hejduk 2 (Marek Zidlicky) 14:37 Penalties ― M. Koivu F 9:19 6. SWEDEN, Tomas Holmstrom 3 (Markus Naslund, Peter Forsberg) 16:29 PPG 7. CZECH REPUBLIC, Milan Hejduk 3 (Petr Cajanek) 18:15 ENG Shots on goal by GERMANY 3 14 11 28 Penalties ― Pahlsson S 6:15, Elias C 7:39, Malik C 14:58 FINLAND 10 8 6 24 GERMANY, Olaf Kolzig; FINLAND, Miikka Kiprusoff Shots on goal by CZECH REPUBLIC 11 9 12 32 Power play: GER ― 0 for 2, FIN ― 1 for 4 SWEDEN 4 7 7 18 Coaches: GERMANY, Franz Reindl, Bernhard Englbrecht; FINLAND, Raimo Summanen, Jari Kurri CZECH REPUBLIC, Tomas Vokoun; SWEDEN, Mikael Tellqvist 8 650 at Hartwall Arena in Helsinki, Finland Power play: CZE ― 0 for 4, SWE ― 1 for 7  Germany finished the tournament without a victory, scoring only five goals and allowing 17 Coaches: CZECH REPUBLIC, Vladimir Ruzicka; SWEDEN, Hardy Nilsson  D Janne Niiminaa FIN left the squad one day before this game was played due to a dispute with 11 957 at Globe Arena in Stockholm, Sweden head coach Raimo Summanen  “It was an unbelievable game and I’m very glad our guys showed what they can do,” said Czech coach Vladimir Ruzicka, who replaced the late Ivan Hlinka as head coach about two weeks before this tournament began.  “They were better on everything,” grumbled F Mats Sundin SWE. “They had better legs, they were better mentally and they fully deserved the win.”

Tuesday, September 7 1800 h ct Wednesday, September 8 1900 h et UNITED STATES 5 v. RUSSIA 3 SLOVAKIA 0 v. CANADA 5

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD 1. UNITED STATES, Keith Tkachuk 2 (Mike Modano, Brian Rafalski) 11:20 NO SCORING

Penalties ― Chelios U 18:26 Penalties ― Visnovsky S (served by Zednik) 0:41, Heatley C 4:23

SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 2. UNITED STATES, Keith Tkachuk 3 (Bill Guerin, Mike Modano) 1:56 1. CANADA, Vincent Lecavalier 1 (Brad Richards, Eric Brewer) 2:28 PPG GWG 3. RUSSIA, Dmitry Afanasenkov 1 (Artem Chubarov, Sergei Gonchar) 7:14 2. CANADA, Jarome Iginla 1 (Joe Sakic, Eric Brewer) 5:26 3. CANADA, Ryan Smyth 3 (Vincent Lecavalier, Dany Heatley) 11:29 Penalties ― Kasparaitis R 3:39, Rafalski U 3:56, Khavanov R 11:57, Kasparaitis R 14:50, Leetch U 17:03 4. CANADA, Joe Sakic 3 (Jarome Iginla, Mario Lemieux) 11:48

THIRD PERIOD Penalties ― Satan S 0:52, Brodeur C (served by M. Lemieux) 14:05 4. RUSSIA, Dainius Zubrus 2 (Alexei Yashin, Darius Kasparaitis) 0:36 5. UNITED STATES, Scott Gomez 1 (Keith Tkachuk) 4:25 THIRD PERIOD 6. UNITED STATES, Keith Tkachuk 4 (Bill Guerin, Mike Modano) 4:47 5. CANADA, Jarome Iginla 2 (Mario Lemieux, Joe Sakic) 7:49 7. RUSSIA, 1 (Sergei Samsonov, Alexei Kovalev) 11:04 PPG 8. UNITED STATES, Keith Tkachuk 5 (Mike Modano, Brian Rafalski) 19:05 ENG Penalties ― Draper C 4:43, Pavlikovsky S Lecavalier C 13:35, Strbak S 14:54

Penalties ― Leetch U (double minor) 9:54 Shots on goal by SLOVAKIA 8 9 6 23 Shots on goal by CANADA 10 10 6 26 UNITED STATES 5 9 7 21 SLOVAKIA, Jan Lasak, Rastislav Stana (11:48 of second period); CANADA, Martin Brodeur RUSSIA 7 6 8 21 UNITED STATES, Robert Esche; RUSSIA, Ilya Bryzgalov Power play: SVK ― 0 for 3, CAN ― 1 for 3 Coaches: SLOVAKIA, Jan Filc, Frantisek Hossa; CANADA, Pat Quinn, Ken Hitchcock, Jacques Martin, Wayne Fleming Power play: USA ― 0 for 3, RUS ― 1 for 5 18 786 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario Coaches: USA, Ron Wilson, Tim Army, Keith Allain; RUSSIA, Zinetula Bilyaletdinov, Vladimir Yurzinov 17 218 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota  Line of Mario Lemieux – Joe Sakic – Jarome Iginla CAN combined for eight points in game. “That was beautiful to watch for anyone that loves this game” said Canada’s coach Pat Quinn.  At 8:08 of second period, Jason Blake USA was stopped on a penalty- attempt by G Ilya  “We were the underdog and the only chance we had was to keep the game at 0-0 as long as we could and Bryzgalov RUS use their mistakes…but they didn’t make many,” said F Miroslav Satan SVK.  Line of Keith Tkachuk – Mike Modano – Bill Guerin had eleven points in game  Martin Brodeur CAN had an ice pack on his left (catching) wrist after the game, but  “I don’t know, I slept in (yesterday morning) and I’m usually the first guy at the rink,” F Keith Tkachuk USA was expected to play in the semi-final v. Czech Republic. He did not. said. “Was that the reason? Hey, you just have to go to the net and something will happen, and this was a  F Vincent Lecavalier CAN was only added to the team after F was unable to play in very special evening.” the tournament due to an eye injury. “It did give me more motivation but I kept it inside,” said  F Brett Hull USA was again a healthy scratch for this game. He caused a stir yesterday when told Lecavalier. “All I could do was play better to prove people wrong.” fans want to know how he’s doing (with the benching) by a reporter. “I don’t give a (deleted) about the fans anymore,” spit Hull. He later refused to apologize.

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2004 WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY

SEMI – FINALS

Friday, September 10 1800 h ct Saturday, September 11 1830 h et UNITED STATES 1 v. FINLAND 2 CZECH REPUBLIC 3 v. CANADA 4 OVERTIME

FIRST PERIOD FIRST PERIOD NO SCORING NO SCORING

Penalties ― Rafalski U 6:36, Peltonen F 8:15, United States bench (served by J. Blake) 18:19 Penalties ― None

SECOND PERIOD SECOND PERIOD 1. UNITED STATES, 1 (Scott Gomez, ) 12:57 PPG 1. CANADA, Eric Brewer 1 (Kris Draper, Joe Thornton) 11:15 2. CANADA, Mario Lemieux 1 (Vincent Lecavalier, Brad Richards) 14:25 PPG Penalties ― Blake U 8:14, Ruutu F 11:52, M. Koivu F Rafalski U 15:37 3. CZECH REPUBLIC, Petr Cajanek 1 (Milan Hejduk, Martin Rucinsky) 15:07

THIRD PERIOD Penalties ― Fischer Cz 12:29 2. FINLAND, Olli Jokinen 2 (Teppo Numinen) 5:04 3. FINLAND, Saku Koivu 3 (Ossi Vaananen, Teemu Selanne) 16:06 GWG THIRD PERIOD 4. CZECH REPUBLIC, Martin Havlat 3 (Tomas Kaberle, Milan Hejduk) 7:21 PPG Penalties ― Berg F 16:56 5. CANADA, Kris Draper 2 (Joe Thornton) 13:47 6. CZECH REPUBLIC, Patrik Elias 3 (Martin Havlat) 13:53 Shots on goal by UNITED STATES 3 7 7 17 Penalties ― Lecavalier C 6:40 FINLAND 4 3 5 12 UNITED STATES, Robert Esche; FINLAND, Miikka Kiprusoff FIRST OVERTIME PERIOD 7. CANADA, Vincent Lecavalier 2 (Ryan Smyth) 3:45 GWG Power play: USA ― 1 for 3, FIN ― 0 for 3 Coaches: USA, Ron Wilson, Tim Army, Keith Allain; FINLAND, Raimo Summanen, Jari Kurri Penalties ― None 18 064 at Xcel Energy Center in St. Paul, Minnesota Shots on goal by  Finland’s Saku Koivu was excited after the game. “We’ve had a reputation of never winning a big game CZECH REPUBLIC 10 14 11 5 40 – we fall behind two goals and never come back,” said Koivu. CANADA 7 9 7 1 24  “This is huge, the biggest win for Finland ever,” said F Teemu Selanne FIN. “I don’t think many people gave CZECH REPUBLIC, Tomas Vokoun; CANADA, Roberto Luongo us much of a chance to beat the U.S. here in St. Paul. But when you have 25 guys believing they can do it, this is what happens. We can beat anyone…When we play our system the way we played it tonight and the Power play: CZE ― 1 for 1, CAN ― 1 for 1 way we played it against Sweden, we can beat anyone.” Coaches: CZECH REPUBLIC, Vladimir Ruzicka; CANADA, Pat Quinn, Ken Hitchcock, Jacques Martin, Wayne Fleming  “Honestly, this game was a nothing-to-lose game for us,” said Finnish coach Raimo Summanen. “I can’t 19 273 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario even think about the final yet because this is such a big win. It’s so easy to go to the final because we’re the underdogs. For the Finnish people and team, it’s usually a good way to come into a game.”  “I think that our guys know that they didn’t play their best tonight and we got through when possibly we  “I’ve probably played my last international game,” said D Chris Chelios USA. “We have a lot of guys coming shouldn’t,” said Canada’s head coach Pat Quinn. “We were fortunate, let’s say that, to survive. Maybe it’s a up, so USA Hockey will be OK.” good lesson for us. I hope so because we have to play a different way if we expect to win on Tuesday night.”  G Martin Brodeur CAN sat out this game with his bruised left wrist. He is questionable for the final v. Finland on Tuesday.  G Roberto Luongo’s performance tonight reminded Canada’s GM of another netminder. “ used to let in a lot of kind of funny goals or weird goals,” said Gretzky. “but when it was 5-5 with a minute left in the game or overtime, you never scored on Grant Fuhr.”  This marked the third time Canada survived the semifinal of a Canada Cup/World Cup in overtime. Mike Bossy scored in overtime v. the Soviets in 1984. And Steve Yzerman scored in overtime in 1996 v. Sweden.

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CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

Tuesday, September 14 1900 h et 2004 WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY FINLAND 2 v. CANADA 3 SCORING LEADERS

FIRST PERIOD 1. CANADA, Joe Sakic 4 (Mario Lemieux, Eric Brewer) 0:52 2. FINLAND, 1 (Toni Lydman, ) 6:34 G A P

Penalties ― Selanne F (served by Vaananen) 16:38 Fredrik Modin SWE 4 4 8 SECOND PERIOD Joe Sakic CAN 4 3 7 3. CANADA, Scott Niedermayer 1 (Kris Draper, Joe Thornton) 3:15 4. FINLAND, Tuomo Ruutu 1 (Tony Lydman) 19:00 Vincent Lecavalier CAN 2 5 7 Keith Tkachuk USA 5 1 6 Penalties ― Doan C 12:05 Patrik Elias CZE 3 3 6 THIRD PERIOD Martin Havlat CZE 3 3 6 5. CANADA, Shane Doan 1 (Joe Thornton, Adam Foote) 0:34 GWG Joe Thornton CAN 1 5 6 Penalties ― None Kimmo Timonen FIN 1 5 6

Shots on goal by Mike Modano USA 0 6 6 FINLAND 7 12 10 29 Milan Hejduk CZE 3 2 5 CANADA 9 12 12 33 FINLAND, Miikka Kiprusoff; CANADA, Martin Brodeur Tomas Holmstrom SWE 3 2 5 Mario Lemieux CAN 1 4 5 Power play: FIN ― 0 for 1, CAN ― 0 for 1 Coaches: FINLAND, Raimo Summanen, Jari Kurri; CANADA, Pat Quinn, Ken Hitchcock, Jacques Martin, Wayne Fleming Saku Koivu FIN 3 1 4 19 370 at Air Canada Centre in Toronto, Ontario

 “Hockey is Canada and to score that goal here in Toronto, where hockey means so much…it gives me chills,” said F Shane Doan CAN. “It’s something I’m never, ever going to forget. To be part of this team, to be able TOURNAMENT ALL-STAR TEAM to play in the final game and to be able to contribute offensively. I mean, it was incredible. The whole experience has been incredible. It was like a dream, that goal.”  Handwritten on the blackboard in the Team Canada dressing room, after the game, it said: Goaltender Martin Brodeur CAN Practice cancelled tomorrow…No one else left to beat.” Defence Adam Foote CAN  After the game, Canada’s head coach alluded to the upcoming NHL work stoppage (that would end up cancelling the entire 2004-05 NHL ). “I think we all were thinking about our future as far as Defence Kimmo Timonen FIN the game is concerned and the NHL game,” said Quinn. “I think our guys worked hard not to have it be a Forward Vincent Lecavalier CAN distraction. I know it was something that was on a lot of their minds.” Forward Saku Koivu FIN Forward Fredrik Modin SWE

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2004 WORLD CUP OF HOCKEY

MOST VALUABLE PLAYER

6 GAMES 5 GOALS 2 A S S I S T S 7 P O I N T S

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