world junior hockey championships new years eve preliminary round game. canada vs usa showdown.  Winner automatically advances to semi finals.

live feed 1

http://watch.tsn.ca/live-on-tsnca/clip122104#clip122104

can (5) and us (4) after 40.

Good, another fan of great hockey out there. Im watching it right now, canada up 5-4! yeah! beats those evil americans!

Man, I thought it was over, when they went down 3-0. Good comeback by the boys. I'm surprised their bodies are still intact after all the hitting!

What a save by Tokarski!

simply stunning. guaranteed highlight reel.

Almost makes up for giving up 3 easy goals to start the game. The american forwards have a good shot, but he needed to step up to the pressure but didnt. The americans will pull their goaley if its tied because of goal differential, so canada just needs to hang on and have tokarski step up.

When I saw that, I thought "tie game." And then the American goalie (McCollum?) made a great save at the other end, when the play went the other way.

This game's been very enjoyable so far: lots of hitting, end-to-end action, and lots of scoring. I expected the first two things, but not the last one. I expected a much tighter game.

Back to the game.

I hope Boychuk's all right. That was a hard hit he took.

Edit: He's back out, and seems all right.

Edit2: He's being checked out again.

And Tavares seals it, with his hat-trick goal. He ties the record, which he should break in the(se) next game(s).

And a very exciting game to watch comes to a close.

Canada Wins!!!!

7 to 4