Kovalchuk's OT goal clinches world hockey title for Russia

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Kovalchuk's OT goal clinches world hockey title for Russia
The Hockey Herald found this 5/18/2008 on www.usatoday.com [flag]
Ilya Kovalchuk scored his second goal of the game in overtime, giving Russia its first world hockey title since 1993 with a 5-4 ... [link]

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Kovalchuk’s clinches world hockey title for Russia
Published 5/18/2008 by Fraser at The Hockey Herald
via USA Today: Ilya Kovalchuk scored his second goal of the game in overtime, giving Russia its first world hockey title since 1993 with a 5-4 win Sunday over Canada. Canada took a 4-2 lead into the third period, but couldn’t hold off the Russians. Alexei Tereshchenko and Kovalchuk scored to tie it, setting the stage for the overtime winner. “Right now we are the champions of the world and it feels so great,” Alex Ovechkin said. “It’s really special to win here because this is hockey and it’s a hockey-mad ...

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