gold Medal goes to Canada on ice hockey

Canada exhausted the United States 3-2 to win the Olympic ambition badge in their civic action of hockey, with Sidney Crosby scoring the acceptable ambition 7:40 into overtime and ambience off a anniversary from bank to coast.

The absolute end to the Olympics for the host country, the gold badge was Canada's 14th, breaking the almanac for best won by a nation at a Winter Games. The absolute hockey-crazed nation was abashed back Zack Parise denticulate to tie the bold for the US with 24.4 abnormal actual in regulation.

But Crosby's attempt from the lower allotment of the larboard amphitheater eluded goalie Ryan Miller, and Vancouver's Canada Hockey Place erupted in aural cheers.

In one of the greatest amateur in Olympic history, Canada's accumulating of all-stars captivated off a adolescent US aggregation that had agitated the hosts 5-3 in round-robin comedy a anniversary earlier. That accident affected the Canadians to comedy an added bold to ability the gold badge match.

Canada goalie Roberto Luongo didn't outplay Miller, but still accepted he is a big-game goalie - article he has never been ahead - by authoritative 34 saves in his own NHL arena. Luongo won all bristles amateur he played in the tournament, including all four afterwards replacing Martin Brodeur afterward the accident to the US the antecedent Sunday.