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Canadian Coach Daniele Sauvageau was still trying to decide yesterday which goaltender to start in the final. She broke her regular rotation by giving McGill’s Kim St.-Pierre the semifinal start against Finland over Winnipeg’s Sami Jo Small. St. Pierre made over 30 saves in Canada’s World Championship victory over the U.S. last April
...Dinner Roll was superb but the judges felt Moseley's main course was lacking. Instead, winner Janne Lahtela of Finland and silver medalist Travis Mayer, of the U.S. ripped through the moguls, nailed their more traditional jumps and trumped Moseley with their speed. "Jonny was a little bit of his own program today," noted Mayer, indicating that Moseley played to the crowd and for himself, neglecting some of the basics. That's the judges' loss, said Moseley, who threw himself into the crowd after the first serving. "I'm very satisfied with my Olympic games, I'm walking away from...
...player on the ice, but a flu bug that hit the team. The illness knocked U.S. defenseman Sue Merz out of Saturday’s game, and struck Ruggiero for a day, but she was back in time to provide the U.S. with two critical setups against Finland...
...Finland was far and away the toughest opponent defensively the Crimson had faced. The Finns limited the U.S. to just one goal in each of the second and third periods—the only third-period goal coming when Ruggiero set up Princeton’s Andrea Kilbourne in the crease for a lucky backhand...
...Finland didn’t have the offensive talent to give the Americans any serious test. Even on two five-on-threes—one in the first, one in the third—Finland struggled to attack to net. In the two-man advantage in the third, the Finns didn’t even muster a shot...