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by Paul on 05/18/08 at 11:32 AM ET
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from CBC,
Fans of a certain age may take a moment to look back in wonder on Sunday afternoon when Canada and Russia take to the ice for the gold medal game at the world hockey championship in Quebec City (1 p.m., ET).
Has it really been 36 years since the 1972 series pitting the NHL stars of Canada against the pros of the Soviet Union in the most famous series ever?
While everyone’s wondering where the time went, give a little thought to where that type of game has gone.
Update 3:58pm ET (alanah): Russia wins in OT on a goal by Ilya Kovalchuk.
From TSN:
The Championship title is the first for Russia since winning the Gold in Germany in 1993. Despite the losing effort, Canada’s Dany Heatley was named the tournament’s Most Valuable Player.
Canada appeared to be headed to their second consecutive Championship as they led 4-2 after two periods, however Russia stormed back to even the score at four apiece thanks to third period goals by Alexei Tereschenko and Kovalchuk.
Kovalchuk snapped his first goal of the tournament past a screened Cam Ward with just over five minutes remaining in the third period to send this one to the extra period.
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