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Jan 3
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Canada: 4 W - 0 OTW - 0 OTL - 2 L, Fourth Place The third NHL lockout in two decades set lofty expectations for the 2013 Canadian World Junior team. Discount Air Max 95 Australia . In both of the previous tournaments held during an NHL work stoppages (1995 and 2005) Canada iced teams stacked with the very best prospects and some NHL-ready talent and ran the table. Those teams would win gold after unbeaten tournaments and fuel debate over which was the greatest Canadian squad of all-time. The third Dream Team would be captained by the Edmonton Oilers Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and would feature returning top-10 draft prospects like Mark Scheifele, Jonathan Huberdeau and Ryan Strome alongside top picks from the 2012 Drafty such as Griffin Reinhart and Morgan Rielly. Canada would put together a perfect opening round, despite being drawn into a tough group with arch-rivals Russia and the United States. After early wins over Slovakia and Germany, Canada would grind out a 2-1 victory over the U.S. before a convincing 4-1 win over the Russians earned Canada a bye into the semifinals. There, however, the Americans would have their revenge. Displaying superb speed and puck movement, the Americans jumped out to a 4-0 lead through the first two periods and would win the game by a 5-1 final. The loss would match a Canadian record for worst medal-round defeat, earning the Americans a berth in the gold medal match against the defending champions from Sweden. The Americans would build on their performance, beating Sweden 3-1 to win their second gold in four tournaments. Canada, meanwhile, would fall to the Russians 6-5 in the bronze medal game as Valeri Nichushkin netted the overtime winner. The loss snapped Canadas streak of medaling at 14 straight World Junior tournaments. Group A COUNTRY GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS Sweden 4 3 1 0 0 19 8 11 Czech Rep. 4 2 1 0 1 12 10 8 Switzerland 4 1 0 3 0 16 14 6 Finland 4 1 1 0 2 15 15 5 Latvia 4 0 0 0 4 6 21 0 Group B COUNTRY GP W OTW OTL L GF GA PTS Canada 4 4 0 0 0 21 8 12 Russia 4 2 1 0 1 13 7 8 United States 4 2 0 0 2 19 7 6 Slovakia 4 0 1 1 2 10 19 3 Germany 4 0 0 1 3 4 26 1 MEDAL GAMES Gold - United States 3, Sweden 1 Bronze - Russia 6, Canada 5 (OT) Team Canada Roster (GP - G - A - Pts) Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (6 - 4 - 11 - 15) Jonathan Huberdeau (6 - 3 - 6 - 9) Mark Scheifele (6 - 5 - 3 - 8) Ryan Strome (6 - 4 - 2 - 6) Jonathan Drouin (6 - 2 - 2 - 4) Brett Ritchie (6 - 1 - 3 - 4) Ty Rattie (6 - 3 - 0 - 3) Xavier Ouellet (6 - 1 - 2 - 3) Ryan Murphy (6 - 1 - 2 - 3) Morgan Rielly (6 - 1 - 2 - 3) Dougie Hamilton (6 - 1 - 1 - 2) Tyler Wotherspoon (6 - 1 - 1 - 2) Scott Harrington (6 - 0 - 2 - 2) Anthony Camara (6 - 0 - 2 - 2) Griffin Reinhart (5 - 0 - 1 - 1) Phillip Danault (6 - 0 - 1 - 1) Nathan MacKinnon (6 - 0 - 1 - 1) Mark McNeill (6 - 0 - 0 - 0) Mark Pysyk (6 - 0 - 0 - 0) J.C. Lipon (5 - 0 - 0 - 0) Boone Jenner (3 - 0 - 0 - 0) Team Canada Goaltending (W-L-OT - GAA - SO) Malcolm Subban (4-2-0 - 2.76 - 1) Jordan Binnington (0-0-0 - 6.82 - 0) Tournament All-Stars G - John Gibson (USA) F - Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (CAN) D - Jacob Trouba (USA) F - John Gaudreau (USA) D - Jake McCabe (USA) F - Filip Forsberg (SWE) Top Scorers PLAYER GP G A P Ryan Nugent-Hopkins (CAN) 6 4 11 15 Joel Armia (FIN) 6 6 6 12 Markus Granlund (FIN) 6 5 7 12 Teuvo Teravainen (FIN) 6 5 6 11 John Gaudreau (USA) 7 7 2 9 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 1989 | 1988 | 1987 | 1986 | 1985 | 1984 | 1983 | 1982 | 1977-1981 Discount Vans Australia . The Argentine midfielder made the announcement himself on Twitter on Tuesday and posted a picture of his swollen left foot. His message said he would be out "at least three weeks. Air Max 95 Australia . -- Rory McIlroy birdied his last two holes Thursday for a 7-under 63 to take the lead after one round of the Honda Classic.SESTOLA, Italy -- Pieter Weening of the Netherlands edged out Davide Malacarne to win the ninth stage of the Giro dItalia on Sunday, while Cadel Evans retained the overall lead. Weening had been part of a breakaway group and apologized to Malacarne as he sprinted past him at the end of the final climb of the 172-kilometre (107-mile) leg from Lugo to Sestola for his second individual victory. A final burst from Domenico Pozzovivo saw the Italian cyclist finish third, 42 seconds behind, with the peloton coming in 1 minute, 8 seconds after Weening. "The guys werent working perfect in the group and it went slightly uphill," Weening said. "At the roundabout I saw everybody going the wrong way around and I came full speed on the right side and I felt that this was the moment. Normally you wait for the climb but this climb is not so steep to attack, so I thought I would attack before the climb." The top three in the overall standings remained unchanged and Evans has a 57-second advantage over Rigoberto Uran. Rafal Majka is third, while Pozzovivo moved up into fourth, 1:20 behind Evans. "I think we have to be satisfied with our work so far," Evans said. "The team, they put me in the position Im in now. Im very proud of my guys and we will rest well tomorrow." Victorias Ryder Hesjedal finished the stage in 14th and is 17th overall. Svein Tuft of Langley, B.C., was well back iin 161st and is now last overall in the field at 181st. Discount New Balance . Despite a relatively flat opening half of the stage, the break took a while to form with the peloton holding the pace high. A group of 14 riders eventually escaped 50K (31 miles) in and swiftly built an advantage of more than seven minutes as the peloton seemed happy to let them go, with no threat to the overall lead among the escapees. However, with 35K (22 miles) remaining, BMC put its foot down and the peloton started slashing the gap which dropped to 3:19 at the top of the second and penultimate climb. Weening saw the danger and made his move, followed by Malacarne. The pair built up an advantage of more than 35 seconds with 12K (7.5 miles) remaining and that was up to a minute as they approached the steepest part of the final climb, with gradients of 14 per cent. The duo worked together before becoming more cagey in the final kilometre, each waiting for the other to start the sprint. Malacarne made his move with 250 metres to go, but Weening rounded him to take his second victory in this years race, after helping Orica-GreenEdge win the opening time trial. Pozzovivo jumped from the peloton with less than 5K (3 miles) remaining, catching and passing Enrico Barbin to finish third. Monday is a rest day before Tuesdays 10th stage, which is one for the sprinters -- a flat 173K (107.5-mile) leg from Modela to Salsomaggiore. ' ' '