slam.canoe.ca - 1/5/2009
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A future Flame declared all the heat will be on the home team in tonight's gold medal game of the world junior championship at Scotiabank Place. And he wasn't the only Swede to say so. "The pressure is more on them," said forward Mikael Backlund, a first-round Calgary pick in 2007. "We have ...
nhl.com - 1/4/2009
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nhl.com —
Well, the 2009 World Junior Championship has come
to an end. For my first WJC, I'll have...
nothing but positive memories. The volunteers who helped put the event on were tremendous, even the one who told me the media bus was waiting when it had already ...
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Panthers' Markstrom tearing up the WJC
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Panthers' Markstrom tearing up the WJC
Tonight, the Gold Medal game of the World Junior Championships will be played between Canada and Sweden, and the standout goaltender of the series so far would be...?
"The key player for Sweden will be goalie ...
Puck Headlines: Swedish juniors predict 'sad day in Canada'
Puck Daddy —
... : "We have some pressure, too. We really want to win this game. I'm really looking forward to a win. But hockey is bigger here, and they're playing here in Canada. There's going to be a lot of pressure, with 20,000 fans screaming. ... If we win, they're going to be pretty quiet. It will be a sad day in Canada." [Sun Media] ...
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