In the men's hockey gold medal game on Sunday, the U.S. were beaten by Canada 3-2 in overtime. Sidney Crosby scored the game winner seven minutes into the extra period.
Canada took an early lead off the stick of Jonathan Toews in the first period and extended it to through Corey Perry in the second. The U.S., who had beaten Canada in the earlier group stage of the tournament, showed great resiliance as Ryan Kesler took a point back later in the second to bring the game to a score of 2-1 and Zach Parise tied the score at two with 24 seconds left in the third period to send the matchup into extra time.
Unfortunately, the Cinderella story ended as tournament MVP and American goalie Ryan Miller was beaten by "Sid the Kid" to seal the gold medal for the Canadians. The Americans, however, had a spectacular two week jouney in Vancouver.
They were an afterthought before the games began. USA general manager Brian Burke fielded the youngest team, averaging 26 years old, and had only 3 players, Chris Drury, Jamie Langdenbrunner, and Brian Rafalski, on the roster with previous Olympic experience.
Team USA and coach Ron Wilson can hold their heads high with pride after winning the silver medal in 2010. They can also hang their hats on the great performances of Miller (Tournament MVP, Best Goaltender, Tournament All-Star), Rafalski (Best Defenseman, Tournament All-Star), and Parise (Tournament All-Star).
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