2010 CANADA VS. USA

‘CROSBY’S GOLDEN GOAL’

2019-10-18 - WITH RYAN KENNEDY

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In Sochi at the 2014 RICK NASH: (Team Canada left

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Everyone was super-connfiodtenbte,atthinergethweams .nSootmhoeupgehotpolef

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Martin Brodeur: Canada goalie)

round of the tournament, we lost that game. We were conwmfidheeonnthtuabmdecbaaeruaestaienllwyg egthogeoadRinuteesdasimman,os-, ftagehnolaodttdpwt.rhGeeetoktoiyinnllgeeoditonetdtaho,mebtmhuthetpawfritenebtatkelynawteew us was the U.S., and we had to cpalaryeftuhleamboiuntthoewfinoaplt. iWmeiswtiecre owuerwheorme.eWtoewfnelatnwdetwhaetriet in would be a big advantage playing in Vancouver. tInhetyh’erefibrsetamtaebeleti.nWg,eweestlaeba-rned RYAN KESLER: (Team USA center) lpisehoepdleohuardseglivveesn, aunsdancohtamncaeny ayot uthnegOalnydmwpeicrse.nW’tethwoeurgehatltlo ba eloat toofpspcoenedte, nadnedr.wBeusttwepepheadd up to the challenge. We were

loose, we were having fun, and wgaemwee, wreeyaolul nkgn.eIwt witaasnadb, tigo be hgotnseosmt, we geraelaltstpeeprpfoerdmuapn.cWese.

It was exciting. It was CHRIS PRONGER: (Team Canada

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icnomItainlyg, tooffsaytotuhgehleOalsytm. Tphices round-robin, except it was put in baebelnenredpelra. cNeodtboentlwyeheandthBeropdipeeusr hbaypRpoenbeedrtotoLuboengthoe –Vawnhcooujvuesrt Canucks’ star goalie at the time – but all the forward lines had been changed as well as nearly all the defensive pairings.

The feeling was KEN HITCHCOCK: (Team Canada assistant coach) bwuetktnhaetwwweehhaaddtoa geotobdettetaemr. , A lot of it was chemistry. We had a certain way of looking at things on paper, and by the final, all four lines had pchaapnegrewda. sThneotcmheamnifsetsrtyinogn tigthosroeeldef,ogtnhaemthceehsa,icnwege.eBwsuwetretehrereeelaflfsleytctpilvaey.iWnge, alinkdedsihnocwe twhe Rwuesrseia game, we had been clicking on all cylinders. eAvsetrhyeoOtnnoeeus-rhtnauarnmtededrnetdtowpceoernmcteeonnt,. COREY PERRY: (Team Canada right winger) together more. All the lines were switched. You have a coach in Mike Babcock who has a really good feel for his teams and a feel for his playtehras,tarnedalilyn haeslhpoerdtutos.urnament

Pronger, the savvy veteran, ended up on a pairing with Doughty, who at 20 was the youngest and most precocious blueliner on the team.

It was his ability to move the puck and support the PRONGER: phfaalcastyoa. rHlowetihotahfspthaoeihspiegu.hHckpe,auatinseednschheis afeyeot,uhneguersepslahyiesrv, ihseiomn.igAhst have been a bit blind to the pressure of the situation, so he just went out and played. That tcheertbaliinnldyehreslpoend. him, having

It was pretty weird DREW DOUGHTY: (Team Canada

at first, to be honest. I was only defenseman)

1w9enotr i2n0aasttthheesteivmeen.tIhk‘iDn,’daonfd looking around it felt like maybBeutI tsheonulIdsnta’trbtedognethtientgemamor. e minutes and started playing mreoarlley, taonodkamllethine oanlddemr gaudyesme feel comfortable. The biggest thing was they made it fun.

When you play at tfiorusrtnthaimnegnmtsalnikageetmhaetn, tito’srtthhee

NASH:

ceogaocahtetshteadlkoaobr.oYuotu, ’crheeucskeydotuor playing 20 minutes a game in the NHL, but here you might have to take on a different role. Every successful international team I’ve been on has bought liinnteo wthiatht. JIownasthoan aTsoheuwtsdoanwdn pMriektetyRfiuchna. Trdhse, wPahriicshe wlinaes was having a great tournament for rwthoaeosmUs.pSoe.n,caitnahldetmIimr. eeminemthbeevritdheeore

But there is only so much preparation you can do and soon. It was time to play the game.

I remember the game esoafwteernhoadont,hVeawnchoulewvearstinmteh,

PERRY:

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NASH:

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WHITNEY:

iCtuwpaosnina Clarngaedrascfoarleabteocuarunsaement that only happens every four years. The buzz when we stepped onto the ice was like nothing I’ve ever felt before. what’s at staEkve.rYyobuo’drey lkenaovwinsg

PRONGER:

the next day, and you either have bragging rights or not.

The first period was fairly even in terms of shots and only one penalty was called – a tripping minor to Team USA’s Bobby Ryan. Toews, one of Canada’s young stars, got his team on the scoresheet first at 12:50: Team USA’s Erik Johnson made a quick pass in front of his own net to de

fense partner Rafalski, who was promptly stripped by Canada’s Richards. His initial shot was saved by Miller, but Toews was there to pop in the sharp-angle rebound, sending the Vancouver crowd into hysterics.

You always want to get ftohoetganmdethstearretewdaosnatlhoet orifght NASH: trheleiegfaimn eg.etting the first goal of

Toews could dagoamininsta,taenadnyitbgoadvyehues paltaeyrerdific

HITCHCOCK:

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I remember Toews had

SIDNEY CROSBY: (Team Canada

a pretty good game. And Niedermayer,

center) too. He just controls twhheepthlaeyrwheh’esncahrer’syionugtttheerpeu,ck or defending.

In the second period, the teams traded penalties, but neither scored on the man advantage. What became apparent, however, is the speed of the game went through the roof.

The pace was incredible. Sochi didn’t even get to

NASH: tbhigagt epraiccee,,baencdauosbeviot uwsalys oVnant-he icnouthverSwtaansleoynCNuHpLfiincael. (Iwpiltahyed tahnedNitewaYsonr’tkaRt athnagterpsaicne.2014), URuSAssina itnhethfienqaul waratesrpfirnoabla, bthlyen the highest pace I’ve ever seen. aAlnl.dIty’sounohtaavechoensesgmaamtceht.o do it since 2002, soIIhkandebweethnatthere

HITCHCOCK:

shift by shift, the intensity and dtheespOelyramtipoincsoifstshoe hpilgahy.eTrsheat minotrheatcoamtmforstpahbelerey,othuecabnetbter. We knew we would set a competitive level that most teams couldn’t keep up with.

They controlled tinhcerpeadcibel,ebsuatvMesil.lAert manaydpeart of

WHITNEY:

the roster, they were better on paper, but we worked hard and had great goaltending. emblematicTohfehsotwylefawr tahse PRONGER:

team had come. That’s a big cpoamrteotfotgeeatmhebroansdainggr,ohuopwaynodu how you face adversity. Back iSnw2e0d0e2n, iwn ethgeotrosumnadc-kreodbibnyand titnhe2fU0a1.cS0e. ,Iwtbweutgaiostt’assbmietatotcekfreafdsolbraytphiant tohahnapinptehneinmtehdearl orouunndd-r.obin

Midway through the second period, an incredible diving stretch pass from Duncan Keith led to a Canadian rush. Getzlaf drove the puck in, taking a shot that hit the back of Whitney’s skate. Getzlaf’s partner in crime

IT WAS PROBABLY THE HIGHEST PACE I’VE EVER SEEN.

YOU HAVE ONE GAME. IT’S NOT A CHESS MATCH – Rick Nash, Team Canada

from Anaheim, Perry, was there to bury the loose puck.

I was coming straight umpetahnedmMidildleler., Iatnodoikt awnaosfjfu-sitde

PERRY:

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NASH:

Bituwtaysoaullkpnoeswittivheatm, doomwent2u-m0,. they were going to start taking chances.

Nothing really changed for us. Guys realized

WHITNEY:

tbehreayctahyuiosneug2gc-ea0tnwicshanraomntgaaensqdaufeeicvlk-elayd, . We continued to play hard.

The one thing with that team is we always believed.

KESLER:

tsWhceoatrcewa.maWyee, bbwuaect krwe, eaknhindadwocefocnoafui-vlde dence, we knew we could do it.

Five minutes later, Kesler did do just that, working a giveand-go with Kane that resulted in Kesler tipping the puck past Luongo to get Team USA back into the game – down 2-1.

For us, we started sitting back. It’s just something

NASH:

that happens.

perAioftderthaat swawideth-oepteenamsseccoomndbine for 30 shots, things settled slightly in the third period. Canada had its chances, but Miller, as he had been all game, was there to keep the U.S. within a goal.

backbone. Heewaassitnhseupcehrafect

WHITNEY:

groove that if there was any

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He was unreal. He was a huge part of our KESLER: tournament’s success, along with a lot of other guys. But that was the best I’ve ever seen him play. well in the thiWrdeppelraiyoedd, wsoe HITCHCOCK:

just couldn’t stretch the lead loiutttl.eAnnedrvtohuats,mbaekcaeus syeouyoau feel like you deserved more. But I’ve looked back at that game, tahnadt wp erpiolady. ed really well in With Miller pulled for an extra attacker, Team USA began circling the Canadian net with less tinhathne3c0osrenceornadnsdrmemadaeinainqgu. iJcoke Pavelski grabbed a loose puck pass to Kane, who spun around with a shot that hit Langenbrunner’s skate in front of the Canadian net. Parise, a beast all tournament for the Americans, was right next to Langenbrunner, and he popped the puck past a sprawling Luongo to tie the game 2-2.

I don’t remember much, other than going crazy

WHITNEY:

and almost blacking out.

We played our best when we played like we

HITCHCOCK:

were down a goal. We’d have a hrealvly dfoyrneacmheic.kB, uant dthweye hwaedre players who had bite, guys like Ptahameriarsjegoarwmihmeop. wTahcetereaynawdtetwrheehtaoavpdinotogf consider that. a mission. THheatwwasasasmomaneoonf

WHITNEY:

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DOUGHTY:

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The gold-medal was game headed to overtime. Would there be another Miracle on Ice for Team USA? Would Canada experience another gutting extratime loss, like in 1998? In the Canadian room, the most experienced players took over: Pronger and Niedermayer.

As we got into the bigger games, with a lot of the

PRONGER:

younger guys lacking experieSncoctetyatatnhdatI Ohalydmbpeiecnletvhelr,e in 2006, I had been there in

MIKE ASKED ME, ‘WHAT SHOULD WE TALK ABOUT WITH THEM?’ I SAID, ‘I DON’T THINK WE NEED TO’ – Ken Hitchcock, Team Canada

2002 and 1998, and we were Atongaehtheiemr .foWretheadStangloeoydCyuipn in Yaonud tyrayntgotboegegtehneuriinneA. Ynoauheim. gwehtactoymofuonrteaebdlet,oadnod. yTohuesfeirest week, the team is trying to find cinhethmeistetraym, amndolodnscteoygoeuthseert. tYloeu laorokunindtyhoeur,othoempalat ytherespnlaeyxetrtso tyo ud.oWite. (kLnueowngwoe) hwaads tghoengnuays swhaeusrteatghmoeiandtgoteotroroignfeuntstehjtuastntgdfoinwailse. hIting Hthee’sjonbo.tSbcoitsttye’sroaudse, beputthwihnekner. fhoeusrpSetaknsle, gyuCyusplsisatennd. aHCeohnand SI’myttahlke,inhge ahbaodutthneortewsuomrrey.ing caobmouetstihneamndscsoaryins,g“,GthetenyoSucrotty gboiwnlg, gtoetsacoftreertiht.e” Sgomale. one’s

We were pretty positsicvoeringthweitrhoo2m4.sWeciothndthselemft,

PERRY:

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It’s an emotional graowolalaelyrfocfroroaymsotuearrc.hcYoioeuuvn’irntergya,yamonuidnr ute

NASH:

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BRODEUR:

pressure on everybody. Usually rinartehefosre smoommeoentest, oitb’sep“rreathty eravherryabho.”dEyvweraysbfodcuyswedas. Ycoaulm, Wtehllewn eyowuehreavoenga meis-scioounld. breaking players like Sidney gCuroysbwyeahnadds,oymoue joufstthheaodththeer foeerlyinogu.someone would do it HanITdCtHheCOplCaKye: rT’sherocomacwh’sasroom lbteheaefdoseraermsoehvaebdretftiomarkee.ntThohevegeoarmldtheerand room in a good way, especially ma ceonu, pPlreoonfgtehreaonldeNrieddeefermnsaey-vefor.rcIeatvlwebareysfoarnecea.alTnmhdiendyguwirnienfrlgueetvhnecrey gMaimkee.(BAaftbecrotchke)tahsikrdedpmereio, d, “wWithatthsehmo?u”ldAwnde Itaslakida,b“oI udton’t think we need to say anything, it’s already being said.” Tguhyescwonafsiduennmciestfraokmabtlhe.oTsehey provided us with the focus and direction to follow.

Over in the U.S. dressing room, opportunity was knocking.

You really start twhein’rkeingogitnhgistoisgoeutrthtims deoanned.

WHITNEY:

And getting it done in Canada was on your mind. It would be sgorecaotoelstoupsuelltsofefvoenr.e of the

When you have two teams going head to head like

KESLER:

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Though Canada outshot the U.S. in overtime, Luongo still had to make some key stops, most notably an early chance that saw defenseman Jack Johnson thread a clever pass to the dangerous

Phil Kessel, who tested Luongo with a sharp-angle shot.

Luongo played a espoxlapliydectghtaemdseteog. Iawtm’sinetsoaulalgnthdhewyothiume’nree,you

BRODEUR:

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HITCHCOCK:

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At 12:37 of extra time, Team USA got another golden opportunity when Niedermayer uncharacteristically coughed up the puck to Pavelski in the defensive zone. Pavelski unleashed a quick shot that Luongo snagged, but did not freeze. Instead, he gave the puck back to Niedermayer, who passed it out of the zone to Crosby. The young Penguins superstar picked up speed through the neutral zone but lost control of the puck when he ran into a phalanx of Americans just inside the blueline. The rest is history.

I carried it in, and tmhe apruocuknwdatshepotokpedofawthaeycfiroclme.

CROSBY:

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It was unfortunate we rgiogthat tboadthbeoirupnlcaeyaenr.dIti’ts woneent

KESLER:

wmaisytaitkies,.one bounce. That’s the

I was going backsicdrea.mTbhleroenwtahseabloitatrldesb,iatnodf aI

DOUGHTY:

wthainskgoIgininglaofgfobtaictkt-osiSdied raenaddIy iwnacya, sbeuat irtewboeunnt dinc, asmo Iewmays one of the first ones to get to Sid. I had a great view of the wnehvoelreftohrignegt..Something you’ll crowd a secIot nedvetno tkonookwthite

WHITNEY:

went in. It was kind of like Pgoaatrliicnk2K0a1n0e.’sWCeuipn-twerinvineiwnged Sid on Spittin’ Chiclets (Whitnheyw’sapsosdaycainsgt)tahbaot uhteiut,saenddto practise that off-angle shot. couldn’t reaWllyhseere hI’im.sHitteinwga, sI

BRODEUR:

ceovemrpybleotdelyygiont utpheoncothrneebrenacnhd, gsoinI gwoansn. N’tetxotothsuinrge ywohuaktnwoaws, the puck is in the net and we all jumped on the ice to celebrate.

I could tell it was in from Ryan Miller’s reaction. I

NASH:

bthoianrkdIswanads the first otovejurmthpe into the pile.

I just remember silence. Frustration and devastation.

WHITNEY: But it didn’t take long to think about the amazing rsutinll wqueitheatdh. eAasciclvoemr pmliesdhaml eisnt, teoveanchifieitv’es.not what you set out

Crosby’s goal secured gold for Canada, giving the hockey world an iconic celebration photo in the process. Though the Canadians had won gold before at the Olympics with NHL players, this one at home was extra-special and set off a wave of parties across the nation.

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NASH:

rwoaonmte, dwoenkenceowloCraonfamdaedoanll.yIt felt like a huge weight off our shoulders. We could see all the celebrations happening across Canada on TV in the dressing room. That’s our sport. It was tough the way things had finished in Italy, finishing sixth or seventh, so it was great to bring the gold back.

I couldn’t stop laughing. We played, we won,

HITCHCOCK:

we saw our families at Canada House, and then we went home. We’re all getting on planes and then you’re getting into a cab at 6 a.m. and everyone else in the sctoruantgrey, iesesrtiiellfpeaerlitnygin. g. It was a

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