Canada Win Fifth Straight World Junior Hockey Championship

by altrugon | January 6, 2009 at 09:31 am

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Canada always has been well known for their hockey players, and yesterday they demonstrated one more time when the Hockey Junior team beat Sweden in a 5-1 match winning the WJHC gold.

Congratulations Canada!!!

Canadian netminder Dustin Tokarski saved his best performance of the championship for the final, turning aside 39 shots in the win. While he was shaky at times during the tournament, the native of Watson, SK was sharp against Sweden.

..."I knew I had to come out better tonight and I think I did that," Tokarski told TSN after making the game.

...The attendance for the game was announced at 20,380, a single game record for the WJHC and the five straight gold medals equals a Canadian record for the tournament (1993-97). "There's nothing like this," John Tavares told TSN before the medal presentation. "There's nothing like it at all. Listen to these fans. That's five, Canada."

Tavares was named most valuable player and top forward for the tournament and made a strong case to be the top pick in the 2009 NHL Entry draft with his performance in Ottawa.