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Karlstad, Sweden - The day is here. Team Canada is set to play for their first medal at the IIHF World Championships since 1998. Led by members of that '98 squad, Gerry St. Cyr and Victor Gervais, the 2010 National Team has overcome all odds to be in the position they are right now. Entering the tournament as the 7th seed out of 8 in the Top Division, Team Canada proved over and over that they are a determined, underestimated team. A shootout win against rival Germany and a massive upset against Finland has set up this fateful moment. Assistant Captain, Dave Hammond chatted today about what this game means to the National Team Program and to himself as he has been a member of the National Team since its return in 2008. Dave said watching Canada climb from 15th seed to 9th seed to 7th seed and now

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Karlstad, Sweden - Team Canada will be playing for the Bronze Medal tomorrow from Lofsberg Lila Arena, marking the first time that the National Team Program will have an opportunity to bring hardware home from the Top Division at the IIHF World Inline Hockey Championships. Coming into the event this year, Team Canada was ranked 7th in the world and faced a very strong Pool including USA, Germany and Czech Republic. After a see-saw round robin that saw teams battle for every point, Canada placed as the 3rd seed using a comeback shootout win against Germany to its maximum. The Canadian squad came into the Quarterfinals as an underdog, to everyone but themselves. The strongest outing of the event, led by Chris Terry's 4 goals and Jimmy Carter's 5 points, took Team Canada into the Semi's against the

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Karlstad, Sweden - A simple answer for a simple question from Thomas Woods when asked what it will take for Team Canada to beat the USA today in the semifinals of the IIHF World Inline Hockey Championships. This is the first time Team Canada has advanced to the Semi-Finals at this event, guaranteeing that they will play for a medal tomorrow. The goal is to make that the GOLD medal game. Team Canada faced the Americans in their first game as a team, losing 7-3. NIHA.ca took a minute with Chris Terry to chat about his heroic performance in the quarterfinals, what Team Canada learned from their first match against the US as well as the Revision Variant Gold wheels he rocked while netting 4 goals yesterday. Terry says Team Canada is ready for the US today Make sure to follow iihf.com or right here on

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Karlstad, Sweden - Team Canada showed their grit and determination once again today in the Quarter Final match against Finland. A see-saw first quarter saw Canada jump into an early lead with back to back goals pushing Canada up 3-1. In a 93 second span, the game turned dramatically. One power play goal and two regular strength goals in that time frame had Finland pushing back to take the lead at 4-3. The goal just kept on coming and the first half ended 6-6 with Canada scoring near the period. The second half was all Team Canada as the boys jumped out to a quick start scoring the first goal of the half and continuing strong after that. Jumping to a 9-6 lead, the Canadian squad slowed the game down and started fighting against the clock. The Finns were sending a 3-man fore check to smoke Canada out of their

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After a tough loss for the final round robin game against the Czechs on Wedensday, Team Canada finished 3rd in Pool A putting them through to the Quarterfinals later today. Thursday of the IIHF World Championships is either a team's easy day or the hardest one they'll have at the tournament. By avoiding the cross-over games and potential automatic relegation, Team Canada was able to use Thursday as a rest-day to focus on today's 2:00 PM puckdrop against Finland. Kyle Sheen took a minute to chat with NIHA.CA about the day off and the teams attitude going into this important match. Click here to listen to Kyle's thoughts A win against Finland will push Team Canada into the Semi-Finals tomorrow and a guarantee for a Medal game on Sunday. A loss this afternoon and Canada will play in the 5/6 seeding game

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