Canada wins first WJHC gold since 1997
TSN.ca Staff with CP files
1/4/2005
Team Canada ended the 2005 World Junior Hockey Championship the same way they started it - by totally dominating their opponent.
Jeff Carter, Patrice Bergeron, Anthony Stewart and Dion Phaneuf broke open a close game with second period goals as Canada hammered Russia 6-1 to capture their first gold medal since 1997.
With Canada leading 2-1 after 20 minutes, Carter started the second-period barrage at 3:33, taking Andrew Ladd's bank pass off the boards deep in the Russian zone and firing a shot from a bad angle that fooled Anton Khudobin. The puck hit his arm and trickled into the net, making it 3-1 Canada.
The goal was the 12th of Carter's world junior career, tying Eric Lindros' Canadian record.
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Khudobin was pulled right after and replaced by Andrei Kuznetsov, although the move changed little.
Bergeron made it 4-1 at 7:53, capping a brilliant three-way passing play which began when defenceman Phaneuf sent two Russians to the ice with a devastating hit in the Canadian zone.
Sidney Crosby then took a pass and broke in on Kuznetsov, who stopped his slapshot. The rebound went to Corey Perry, who sent a cross-ice pass to Bergeron for the easy tap in.
Just 1:01 later, Stewart tipped in Nigel Dawes' cross-ice pass for a 5-1 lead.
Phaneuf made it 6-1 on a power play with a blast from the point at 13:19.
After the puck went in, Dimitri Vorobiev cross-checked Dawes in the face and received a five-minute major and game misconduct.
Ryan Getzlaf and Danny Syvret scored in the first period for the Canadians, while Alexei Emelin scored for Russia.
