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Kovalchuk has scored for Russia!
The Battle of California found this 5/18/2008 on www.iihf.com [flag]
QUEBEC CITY – Ilya Kovalchuk's goal at 2:42 of overtime broke a 4-4 tie and gave Russia an historic gold medal today at the Colisée in one of the most anticipated finals games in many years. Kovalchuk also scored the tying goal with five minutes left in the third period. If this game isn't evidence enough to everyone in Canada of the calibre of play possible in the World Championship, nothing ... [link]

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Glovezilla Ravages Canada, Nabokov, Kovalchuck, Ovechkin and Semin lead Russia over Canada 5-4 in OT for gold
Published 5/18/2008 by PJ Swenson (noreply@blogger.com) at The Battle of California
... Glovezilla Evgeni Nabokov made 24 saves, Ilya Kovalchuck and Alexander Semin scored two goals apiece as Russia earned a gold medal in the 2008 World Championships with a 5-4 overtime win over the favored Team Canada. The defending champion Canadian squad wilted under sustained offensive pressure from the Capital Offense line of Ovechkin-Semenov-Federov, and Kovalchuck scored a power play goal 2:42 into extra time to ice the gold medal. ...

Russia wins World Championship Gold with 5-4 OT win over Canada, 2 late goals by Ilya Kovalchuk and 25 saves by Evgeni Nabokov seal the win
Published 5/18/2008 by PJ Swenson (noreply@blogger.com) at Sharkspage
... More on Russia's 5-4 OT win over Canada to win the 2008 IIHF World Championship will be posted soon. Video highlights are available from ...

Golden Day for Russia
Published 5/19/2008 by The OFB Team at On Frozen Blog
(c) OnFrozenBlog - http://www.onfrozenblog.com/ - Team Russia Celebrates (Photo: DAVID BOILY/Getty Images) With a single shot, Ilya Kovalchuk silenced the home crowd and brought an end to the Russian national team’s 15-year championship drought. Russia took the gold over Canada today in a wild 5-4 OT victory. The Washington Capitals’ Russian contingent were by far the most dominant scorers ...

It's a Russian takeover!!!
Published 5/19/2008 by noreply@blogger.com (Zanstorm) at Waiting For Stanley
... The joys of being married to a Russian wife. She threw a few verbal jabs at me when Kovalchuk scored the OT winner as the Russians beat the Canadians today. But you know, it didn't really bother me all that much. I am a big fan of most Russian players, especially those that play with heart. And boy, there was a lot of that in Russia's game on Sunday. ...

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