Canada in shock at USA ice hockey defeat

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Canadian ice hockey star Sidney Crosby certified a subordinate turn play-off was not what he envisaged on home ice at the Winter Olympics after the host republic suffered a shock 5-3 better to the USA in their last rough turn organisation game.

All twelve teams right away swell to the impressive person stages where they are seeded according to their group-round record.

The better equates to Canada contingency right away fool around Germany tomorrow night in the play-off turn in sequence to reach the last eight and get at the back of on lane with their gold-medal bid.

"It is probably not where we longed for to be entrance in, but that is where we are now," pronounced Crosby, who scored his country"s third idea in front of a sell-out throng at Canada Hockey Place.

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"When you get to this point in the contest it is not going to be easy and the actuality we have to fool around an one some-more diversion isn"t a distressing thing and we will be ready for it."

Canada"s maestro goalkeeper Martin Brodeur, 37, additionally saw the certain side in carrying to fool around an one some-more diversion opposite a German side that scored only 3 goals and conceded twelve in 3 true organisation defeats. "I hatred to contend it but I think we only need to fool around some-more games," Brodeur said. "There"s things we need to work on and hopefully that one some-more diversion will give us only that."

While Brodeur faces vigour from opposition Canadian screw Roberto Luongo, Crosby, 22, praised US netminder Ryan Miller, who done 42 saves as the hosts outshot the Americans 45 to 23.

"He was plain and done the big saves, generally late in the game," Crosby said. "We were dire to tie the diversion and he done a little big saves. It is one diversion and you run in to a prohibited goalie right away and afterwards and we had a little bad fitness early on."

For the US goalkeeper, the last line in a raging rearguard bid over the last 3 mins as bodies flew in front of Canadian shots, the last buzzer came as a large relief.

"Those 3 mins were a little of the majority heated I"ve played," Miller said. "I was blissful the boys had a little big blocks. We got the idea support, we got five goals opposite Canada. It was probably one of the greatest games I"ve ever played in and hopefully it provides the certainty we need relocating forward."

USA brazen Ryan Kesler grabbed the fifth and last idea for his group on a breakaway after Brodeur had been private in foster of an one some-more outfield player.

"I was only perplexing to follow it down the ice and get a hang on it," Kesler said, carrying shot the puck in to an dull net. To kick Canada on their own dirt is special."