Canada-U.S. rivalry continues at Rendezvous tournament
After Sidney Crosby's gold-medal winning goal in Sunday's Olympic final, the puck dropped at another battle in the never-ending U.S.-Canada hockey rivalry – on Whitehorse ice.
By Annalee Grant on March 1, 2010
After Sidney Crosby's gold-medal winning goal in Sunday's Olympic final, the puck dropped at another battle in the never-ending U.S.-Canada hockey rivalry – on Whitehorse ice.
It seems the sting of a silver medal was still fresh in the minds of Kluane-Fairbanks, as they downed the Whitehorse Midget Mustangs 4-3 for a little bit of redemption during the Rendezvous Rec Hockey Tournament final Sunday.
Kluane-Fairbanks kicked things off late in the first at 8:07 with a goal from Mike Slater.
Two minutes later the Mustangs replied with a goal from Zack Moses to get on the board.
The final three minutes of the game were owned by Kluane-Fairbanks, who scored two goals, the first from Travis Doan, the second by Ed Sanford.
The first ended with Kluane-Fairbanks up by two goals.
The second and final period of the tournament the Mustangs played catch up, and things got rough with both teams earning a number of penalties.
At 10:23, Kluane-Fairbanks scored their fourth and final goal of the tournament to push them over the Mustangs 4-1.
It seemed the game was in the bag for the Alaskan team, but the Mustangs had more in the tank.
After a time out called by the Mustangs, the Whitehorse team came out with a bang on a comeback.
At 3:19, Bryden Cook scored a goal to loud cheers from the crowd.
The point revived the team once more, and another goal was scored less than a minute later at 2:21 by Morris Morrison.
The final push to make up the deficit ended with Morrison's goal, but the late-game heroics were not lost on the crowd as time ran out.
Kluane-Fairbanks won 4-3 to finish up the tournament.
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