Russia feasts on Swiss cheese

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Japers' Rink found this 5/15/2008 on www.iihf.com [flag]
QUEBEC CITY – Talk about scoring efficiency. Russia scored on three of its first four shots on goal in a 6-0 quarter-final rout of Switzerland, and two were Swiss own goals with a strong whiff of fromage. The Russians now meet Finland in Friday's first semi-final at the Colisée. It's a rematch of last year's semis, where the Finns ousted Russia with a 2-1 OT win, the first time the hosts had ... [link]

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Caps Winning, Scoring In Bushels At Worlds
Published 5/15/2008 by JP (noreply@blogger.com) at Japers' Rink
[image] Today's quarterfinal action at the Worlds was fast and furious, and for the Caps contingent, quite fruitful. Highlights from the four games include: * Sami Lepisto scored the overtime game-winning goal to bounce the Americans from the tourney. * Alex Ovechkin , Alex Semin and Sergei Fedorov each scored in Russia's 6-0 route of Switzerland . * Nicklas Backstrom had a helper in Sweden's win over the Czech Republic . * Mike Green had a pair of assists in Canada's romp over Norway . The Caps now have five of the tournament's top 25 scorers (PDF), and with Russia/Finland and Sweden/Canada set for the semis, all six of the Caps named above are still flying high. [image]

US done at World Championships
Published 5/15/2008 by Eric at 3rd Man In
Going into last night’s match with Finland, the United States had never beaten the Finns in an elimination game at the World Championships or Olympics. Never. The game changed nothing. Trailing 2-0 late in the 3rd period, the US rallied to tie it on goals by Phil Kessel and our boy Drew Stafford. It’s a really disappointing end for the US team, which seemed to struggle with goaltending throughout the ...