Marco Scandella and Team Canada beat the Swiss 6-1 to make it to Tuesday night's gold medal game against USA. If Canada wins, it would be a record-setting 6th in a row.
Scandella got two points, including the game-winner (short-handed!), which earned him the player of the game. Scandella was great, shutting down Nino Niederreiter and making smart, simple passes. He might have some added pressure now as his partner, Travis Hamonic, was injured late in the game by a nasty hit from behind. Scandella and Hamonic have been Canada's shut-down pairing.
Scandella currently sits with 1 goal, 2 assist, for 3 points total in 5 games. He is also +6 for the tournament.
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Nino Niederreiter was fairly quiet, although he did find himself picking up a secondary assist on the Swiss' only goal. It is hard to judge his talent since he doesn't have a supporting cast but he did look slow against the Canadians. With that said, he has had a very good tournament for a 17 year old and definitely increased his stock for the 2010 draft.
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The USA beat Sweden 4-2. Sweden controlled the play most of the game but Allen outplayed Markstrom.
Hopefully, the same USA team that played the first 40 minutes against Canada on New Years Eve shows up for a full 60 minutes on Tuesday. Either way, it will be an exciting game.
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