Team of Russia on hockey won Canada and passed into semi-final of Olympiad
The team of Russia won Canada and passed into the semi-final of the hockey tournament of Olympiad in Torino.
In the match of ? of the final between the fundamental opponents the outcome of the meeting solved the goal which was oppressed in the majority by Aleksandr Ovechkin from the passing of Victor Kozlov in the beginning of the third period.
For the recent minutes of duel the Canadians undertook desperate assault of the gates of the rival, but Yevgeny Nabokov was reliable and wrote down into his active membership the third "dry" match at the Olympiad.
Moreover, 23 seconds before the final siren Aleksey Kovalev goaled the second puck and established final score - 2:0.
The Russian team in the semi-final will play with the team from Finland which won the Americans.
Russia and Canada did not play within the framework of Olympic tournament before. With the representatives of the country of the maple leaf met the teams of the USSR and CIS for eight times. The only defeat of the representatives of our country to Canadians happened in 1960.
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