Canada-Latvia notes, quotes, tweets

Canada 2, Latvia 1
-Re-watch the game here

BULLET POINTS: Shea Weber’s third period goal gave Canada a 2-1 win over Latvia on Wednesday. Patrick Sharp scored the other Canadian goal in the first period. Carey Price stopped 15-of-16 shots in net for Canada. Latvian netminder Kristers Gudlevskis turned aside 55-of-57 shots. Latvia’s lone goal came from Lauris Darzins after he jumped onto the ice as part of a trick play off of a faceoff win. With the win, Canada advances to face the United States on Friday.

DOUGHTY: Drew Doughty recorded the primary assist on Weber’s game-winning goal. The defenseman finished the game with three shots on goal with 19:55 of ice time over 27 shifts. Doughty now has four goals, two assists and a plus-three rating over four games in the tournament.

CARTER: Jeff Carter finished the game with a game-high six shots on goal with 17:23 of ice time over 22 shifts. Carter again skated on a line with Patrick Marleau and Jonathan Toews and had many memorable scoring chances that were turned away by Latvian goalie Kristers Gudlevskis.

NEXT GAME: United States vs Canada semifinal, Friday, February 21, 9:00 a.m. PT, NBCSN

LAKings.com recap
IIHF game sheet
Photos of the game

Ice Hockey - Winter Olympics Day 12 - Canada v Latvia

Tweets and Notes

 

 

 

 

Ice Hockey - Winter Olympics Day 12 - Canada v Latvia

Rules for Blog Commenting

  • No profanity, slurs or other offensive language. Replacing letters with symbols does not turn expletives into non-expletives.
  • Personal attacks against other blog commenters, and/or blatant attempts to antagonize other comments, are not tolerated. Respectful disagreement is encouraged. Posts that continually express the same singular opinion will be deleted.
  • Comments that incite political, religious or similar debates will be deleted.
  • Please do not discuss, or post links to websites that illegally stream NHL games.
  • Posting under multiple user names is not allowed. Do not type in all caps. All violations are subject to comment deletion and/or banning of commenters, per the discretion of the blog administrator.

Repeated violations of the blog rules will result in site bans, commensurate with the nature and number of offenses.

Please flag any comments that violate the site rules for moderation. For immediate problems regarding problematic posts, please email zdooley@lakings.com.