This one's for all the marbles. Canada faces Russia for Gold at the World Junior Hockey Championship in minutes. As promised, I'm blogging the game.

I want this one bad. Boys, it's time to kick ass. Bring it home.

20:09 - Yes! Ryan Getzlaf scores on a great drop pass from Jeff Carter. I love an early lead... Canada 1, Russia 0

20:12 - I say pound the puck at Anton Khudobin in the early going. He seems a little shaky. Lets see what he's made of. Damn...Perry's in the box. It's penalty kill time. Canada 1, Russia 0

20:17 - Phew! Down two men for a significant chunk of time, the good guys killed it off. Glass was sharp, no pun intended. Canada 1, Russia 0

20:21 - A Canadian bounce off the boards produces a smart goal by Danny Syvret. I hope we bury these guys. Ryan Getzlaf looks like he could score five goals himself tonight. Canada 2, Russia 0

20:28 - Quote of the day from Pierre McGuire: "They should start calling diving on these guys. They go down like free beer at a frat party". Canada 2, Russia 0

20:42 - Shit. I was watching the clock and waiting for that horn. We've got to stay out of the box, nobody can score on us even strength. Canada 2, Russia 1

20:44 - I thought we played a great period until that late power play marker by Russia. As I said two minutes ago, if we play five on five they can't touch us. Canada 2, Russia 1

20:45 - They just aired a commercial for the new Samuel L. Jackson movie "Coach Carter". Haven't I seen that movie before? Wasn't it called "Lean On Me"? Or was it "Dangerous Minds"? Either way, I'm glad to see Butch Carter get his dues. Canada 2, Russia 1

21:06 - I knew Anton Khudobin looked shaky. A quick shot by Jeff Carter puts us back up by two. Move over Mr. Lindros, Carter now has twelve. Canada 3, Russia 1

21:16 - What a goal! Great hit by Dion Phaneuf, great rush by Sidney Crosby, great pass by Corey Perry and great finish by Patrice Bergeron....and another goal by Anthony Stewart! Ca-na-da! Ca-na-da! Ca-na-da! Canada 5, Russia 1

21:26 - Blur said it best, didn't they? Whoo-Hooo! Dion Phaneuf gives Canada an overwhelming five goal lead. Another dominating performance by the greatest Canadian junior team of all time. Canada 6, Russia 1

21:38 - This Russian team is hateful. I no longer want to beat them, I want to pulverize them. Twenty minutes to go before we're crowned champions. Canada 6, Russia 1

22:08 - I just broke out the calculator and see that we've outscored our opponents in this tournament 41-7. We've never trailed. That's incredible. Canada 6, Russia 1

22:20 - Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye...Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey hey, goodbye... Canada 6, Russia 1

22:24 - Gold for Canada! At this moment, Canada is the Men and Women Olympic Champions, the Men and Women World Champions, the World Cup Champions and now the Junior Champions. I've never witnessed such pure domination. We are the champions! Canada 6, Russia 1

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As an experiment, I blogged Team Canada's 9-0 win over Germany in real time last week. It didn't detract from my enjoyment of the game and it provided an interesting account of the action, so I've deemed the experiment a complete success.

Tomorrow night our junior team faces Russia for gold. It's our fourth trip in a row to the finals but we haven't finished first since 1997. The NHL lockout has put a great deal more focus on this tournament than usual and this country is starving for a victory. Remember, we're the current World Champions, Olympic Champions and World Cup Champions. Winning the 2005 IIHF World Junior Championship would mean unprecedented dominance in our national sport. It's a huge game and to mark the occasion I will once again be Game Bloggin'.

Drop by tomorrow night during the game to read my instant reaction to the action.

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For the fourth year in a row, Canada has advanced to the finals of the World Junior Hockey Championship. The final score was rather deceiving as the game never seemed close. Canada once again completely dominated play and outshot the Czech Republic 42-11.

The finals take place at 19:30 EST on Tuesday night against either the USA or Russia. We're not playing for silver. It's time to end the drought and bring home the gold. I'm cautiously optimistic that's exactly what will transpire on Tuesday.

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Canada completely dominated the World Junior Hockey Championship round robin. Over four games Canada out scored their opponents 32-5, setting a record for most goals scored by one team while coasting to an easy 4-0 record.

Of course, we've yet to face Russia, the United States or the Czech Republic, so it's only going to be tougher from here. Our next game is the semifinal on Sunday. Go Canada Go!

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Canada faces Germany at the World Junior Hockey Championship in minutes. I've settled in my basement to watch the game, only I'm going to do something I've never done before. I'm going to blog the game.

I have no idea how this will turn out, so consider yourself witness to an experiment. Here goes nothing.

20:08 - The puck has dropped. TSN has just shown that we're 8-0 against Germany all-time having outscored them something like a million to three. I'm not too worried. Canada 0, Germany 0

20:14 - It's still scoreless, but Sidney Crosby just feathered a great little pass in front for Corey Perry. I love watching Crosby play. He's something special and I've been writing about him since October 2003. The future of Canadian hockey is very, very bright. Canada 0, Germany 0

20:24 - German goaltender Youri Ziffzer must be a Gerry Cheevers fan. I see a few stitches on his mask. Canada 0, Germany 0

20:28 - That's one two. Andrew Ladd finished a nice play by Mike Richards giving Pierre McGuire another chance to jump on his "no redline" soapbox before Clarke Macarthur followed that up less than a minute later. It begins. Canada 2, Germany 0

20:38 - Crosby was just high sticked which means we'll be up two men. We've got four powerplay goals thus far in the tournament and all four have been scored by Crosby. Canada 2, Germany 0

20:39 - Speaking of the devil... Sidney Crosby has his fifth powerplay goal of the tournament and we're up by three. Canada 3, Germany 0

20:41 - It's not really fair, is it? Every player on our team has been drafted by an NHL team or will be. Only one player on the German squad has been drafted. Cam Barker just scored the first powerplay goal by a Canadian not named Sidney. Canada 4, Germany 0

20:43 - The first period has come to a close and we're up by four. Lets hope Mike Richards isn't too badly hurt. I just did some quick math and see we've outscored our opponents 19-4 after seven periods of play. Canada 4, Germany 0

21:10 - That was a nifty little goal by Ryan Getzlaf. With the assist, Patrice Bergeron extends his point lead. Rejean Beauchemin is having an easy night, isn't he? Canada 5, Germany 0

21:21 - Anthony Stewart scores through the five hole as the onslaught continues. We're outshooting Germany 35-8 and I half expect them to start waving a white flag from the bench at any moment now. Canada 6, Germany 0

21:57 - Gord Miller just mentioned it and it's been on my mind as well. Considering how untested we are through two exhibition games and now three first round games, how do we know how we'll perform against a decent team like Russia or the USA? I've watched every minute of the past two games, and I'm still not sure how good either goalie is. Squashing our opponents with ease is a good thing, but I want the gold and I'm not interested in being surprised by one of the other contenders. Canada 6, Germany 0

22:05 - Anthony Stewart just scored his second goal of the game on a nice pass in front by Ryan Getzlaf. The offense has clearly shown up again, lets secure the shutout. Canada 7, Germany 0

22:18 - Another goal for Sidney Crosby has Canada up by eight. It's actually his first even strength goal of the tournament, believe it or not. Hey boys, save some goals for Finland on Thursday! Canada 8, Germany 0

22:24 - Colin Fraser just used Sidney Crosby as a nice decoy before scoring on our 51st shot of the game. Canada 9, Germany 0

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I enjoyed Game Bloggin' this lop-sided 9-0 victory over Germany. Everybody did their part and played a very disciplined game. In three games thus far, we're out scoring our opponents 24-4. Next up is Finland, Thursday at 16:35 EST.

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James and I thoroughly enjoyed cheering Canada's junior team on this afternoon. We overwhelmed Sweden, outshooting them 45-17 on the way to an 8-1 walloping. Sidney Crosby scored another two goals and now has four for the tournament. Next up is Germany, tomorrow night at 20:00 EST.

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Canada overwhelmed Slovakia in today's opening match up of the World Junior Championships. It was The Crosby Show as Sidney Crosby scored two and added an assist. Next up is Sweden, Monday at 16:00 EST.

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Every year around this time I get excited about the World Junior Championship tournament. It's fantastic hockey and great fun watching future stars play for national pride.

This year I'll be focused on our National Junior Team like never before. Without the NHL, this is the first chance we've had to get up about a hockey game since Our team looks awesome this year with phenom Sidney Crosby leading the charge. It gets under way for real Christmas Day in Grand Forks, North Dakota.

Go Canada Go! I'm ever so sick of silver.

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On February 15, 2006, defending gold medalist Canada will play Italy to open the 2006 Turin Olympics hockey tournament. It just feels nice to see an important hockey game on the schedule that won't be threatened by labour strife.

Whether NHL players will participate or not isn't yet known because of the lockout, but I'll be watching either way. Hopefully the NHL will have resumed by then and the world's best will gather in Turin. We'll see how our Canadians fare against Italy's Canadians.

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