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Chris Osgood

Age: 35
Team: Detroit Red Wings
Born: Alberta, Canada

Osgood has shut out the high-powered Penguins twice in the Stanley Cup final and had the best GAA in the playoffs following Game 4 as the Red Wings look to put the finishing touches on their fourth Stanley Cup in 11 years.

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Finland shuts down Sweden to win World Hockey Championship bronze

Posted: 63 days 10 hours 29 minutes ago.

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QUEBEC - Even when playing for a consolation prize, beating the Swedes is sweet for Finland.

Antti Pihlstrom and Janne Niskala staked Finland to an early lead and Niklas Backstrom made 36 saves for the shutout in a 4-0 victory over Sweden on Saturday to take the bronze medal at the IIHF World Hockey Championship.

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Team Canada's Dany Heatley, right, celebrates his goal with Mike Green (52) and Brent Burns. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz

Canada to take on Russia for gold at IIHF World Hockey Championship

Posted: 64 days 9 hours 23 minutes ago.

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QUEBEC - Team Canada is on the verge of something very special.

The Russians are now the only team that stands in the way of Canada becoming the first country to win the IIHF World Hockey Championship on home soil since 1986.

It's been a dazzling run to the gold medal game for a Canadian squad that is arguably as skilled as any that has ever been sent to this tounrnament.

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Team Canada goalie Pascal Leclaire stretches at the end of a practice session. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

Nothing but respect among Canadians and Swedes ahead of semifinal

Posted: 65 days 11 hours 11 minutes ago.

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QUEBEC - Canada and Sweden haven't had a chance to develop much of a rivalry at this year's IIHF World Hockey Championship.

The two teams were separated by 1,000 kilometres for the first two weeks of the tournament and could only find nice things to say about each other after finally skating on the same ice surface here Thursday.

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Team Czech Republic goalkeeper Milan Hnilicka looks at the puck fly into the net as team Sweden scores their second goal of the afternoon in third period action at the IIHF world hockey championship Wednesday May 14, 2008 in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Francis Vachon

Weinhandl scores in OT to lift Swedes over Czechs in world hockey quarter-final

Posted: 66 days 11 hours 47 minutes ago.

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QUEBEC - The no-name Swedes are starting to look familiar at the IIHF World Hockey Championships.

Mattias Weinhandl scored 3:15 into overtime Wednesday to give Sweden a 3-2 victory over the Czech Republic and a berth in the semifinals, where it will face Canada on Friday.

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Lundqvist solid as Sweden skates to 8-1 win over Denmark

Posted: 72 days 9 hours 9 minutes ago.

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QUEBEC - Henrik Lundqvist was solid in his first game of the tournament and Sweden bounced back from a disappointing loss to hammer Denmark 8-1 Thursday afternoon.

The Swedes had been the subject of criticism in the Swedish press after their 4-2 loss to Switzerland on Wednesday in their final round-robin game.

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