Vancouver 2010 – Dany Heatley and Jarome Iginla scored two goals apiece in Norway beat Canada 8-0 in their first game of the Olympic men’s ice hockey tournament on Tuesday.
Roberto Luongo recorded stop a shutout of 15 shots he made in Canada, which have won their first game (18) (19) Olympic tournaments.
After a goalless first half the second seeded Canada scored two goals two minutes before the start of the second period.
Iginla has taken the things with the first goal of the game within two and a half minutes into the second began with a shot of the top slot.
Chris Pronger, then Heatley deflected a shot from the Pointe-au Norwegian goalie Pal Grotnes at 4:27 in the second 2-0.
Iginla got his second of the third period to two end-to-one break with Heatley and Rick Nash fired a high slap shot into the corner.
Iginla is one of four Canadians on the winning team gold medal at the 2002 Olympic Games played in Salt Lake. The others are goalkeeper Martin Brodeur, Scott Niedermayer and Pronger Defender Defender.
Canada continued its dominance of Norway in the Olympic Games with a victory on Tuesday. They outscored Norway (37-3) in four games, including 10-0 drubbing in the 1992 winter Olympics in Albertville.
In Canada, with its list of stars of the NHL were the favorites heading into the game against Norway, which has only one NHL player Tollefsen Ole Kristian. Most Norwegians have full time jobs outside of hockey.
The goalie Luongo withstood five against three in the middle of the second period, when Norway had some of his best opportunities.
Luongo played to his audience, because it is the guardian of the Vancouver Canucks in the NHL
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