Here is the 2010 Winter Olympics Men's Hockey Finals Result as team Canada Defeats team USA. In a fitting conclusion to the high hockey drama at these Olympic Games in Vancouver, Canada's greatest player of this generation led the way to gold for the host country.Sidney Crosby's goal past Ryan Miller at 7:40 of overtime earned Team Canada the gold medal in a 3-2 victory over the United States. With Crosby and Jarome Iginla perfecting a give-and-go, the Pittsburgh Penguins superstar beat defender Brian Rafalski to the net, accepted the pass and scored past Miller from the right side as Canada Hockey Place erupted in deafening cheers.
"This is a dream come true," said Crosby. "I always dreamed of playing for Team Canada and winning the gold medal. It was a lot closer than we would have liked it, but it's an unbelievable feeling."
"It's not quite what we wanted, but we gained a lot of respect," said Miller, who was the best goaltender throughout the Olympics. "We came here kind of as an afterthought to some people. We've started a new trend at USA Hockey."
With 25 seconds left in regulation and their goaltender pulled for an extra attacker, the U.S. tied the game on a goal by Zach Parise. A turnaround shot by Patrick Kane bounced off teammate Jamie Langenbrunner and on to the stick of Parise, who dunked it past Roberto Luongo from just outside the crease.
"We weren't happy we gave up that goal," said Crosby. "But going into the locker room before the overtime, we knew we still had an opportunity. We wanted to go after it and make sure we didn't regret anything in overtime."
Goals by young veterans Jonathan Toews and Corey Perry gave Canada a 2-0 lead midway through the game.
Toews scored the crucial first goal of the game at 12:45 of the first period. The U.S. won a faceoff deep in its own end, but then everything went wrong. Erik Johnson pushed the puck to defense mate Brian Rafalski, who was stripped of the puck by Canada's Mike Richards. Ryan Miller made a kick save on Richards' shot, but Toews scored on the rebound at the side of the net.
At 7:13 of the second period, Perry gave Canada a 2-0 lead. On a 3-on-2, Perry's Anaheim teammate Ryan Getzlaf backhanded the puck toward the USA goal. It caromed off the skate of U.S. defenseman Ryan Whitney (also with the Ducks) and Perry banged the loose puck past Miller from 10 feet out.
Ryan Kesler cut Canada's lead in half five minutes later when he deflected Patrick Kane's shot by Luongo, his Vancouver goaltender. Play was fairly even the rest of the way before Parise scored the equalizer for Team USA.
Luongo made 34 saves for Canada, Miller 36 saves for the U.S.
"The Americans played a great, great game," said Canada captain Scott Niedermayer. "They kept coming at us, but we kept our composure and we're obviously very happy to win the gold."
Said Crosby: "Whether we won or somebody else, everyone saw the last couple of weeks a pretty amazing display of skill and how the game should be played."