| Team Canada has not always had the easiest time of | | | | the NHL. Canada will certainly experience problems |
| it in the Olympic games. You'd think a country rabidly | | | | with this world class goalie. |
| devoted to ice hockey would skate through the | | | | Russia brings Bryzgalov one of the NHL's best in the |
| Olympic games to a gold medal, but as their past has | | | | first quarter of the season. He has already defeated |
| shown the Canadian hockey team doesn't always | | | | Canada last year in the gold medal 2009 world |
| fare as expected. | | | | championship game. The Czechs have Vokoun from |
| Canada's big problem standing in the way of gold has | | | | Florida with experience and Pavelec who has been |
| always been the opposing team's goalie. The most | | | | brilliant with the Atlanta Thrashers. The United States |
| painful losses Canada has experienced in the Olympic | | | | goalie Ryan Miller from Buffalo has already smoked |
| games have always been due to Olympic caliber | | | | Canada in these Olympic games. Finland has a |
| goalies. In 1984 Sweden made four shootout stops | | | | reputation for strong goalies, but hasn't looked so hot |
| with goalie Tommy Salo to win the gold medal from | | | | this year with Kiprusoff. |
| Canada. In 1988 at the Nagano games the Canadian | | | | Canada had a surprising loss against the United States |
| Dream Team lost in a semifinal shootout against the | | | | with Ryan Miller goalie. The United States wore their |
| Czech's Hasek. Wayne Gretzky didn't even get a | | | | 1960 replica jerseys commemorating the US first gold |
| chance to shoot. In 2006 at Turin every goaltender | | | | medal in hockey. That was also the last year the US |
| seemed to give the Canadian team problems, but the | | | | had beat Canada at Olympic hockey, until now. Now |
| Swiss goalie Gerber was memorable because he | | | | with the stunning upset Canada has to face Germany |
| shutout Canada. | | | | next which will not be so bad, but the team after that |
| How will Canada do in the 2010 Olympics? Here are | | | | will be. If Canada beats Germany in the next Olympic |
| some goalies that will give Team Canada fits. Henrik | | | | game, then they will face Russia. Martin Brodeur the |
| Lundqvist is with Team Sweden again, the defending | | | | Canadian goalie will have to fix some problems before |
| gold medal winners from the 2006 Olympic games. A | | | | their next hockey game. He's continuing to have |
| fellow Sweden teammate on the Senators NHL team | | | | problems and he struggled in weeks coming up to the |
| claimed that Lundqvist was the best shootout goalie in | | | | Olympics. |