BEST Game... So Far

 

Brodeur makes a stop on Sandy Jeannin in tonight's Switzerland - Canada game

You missed a corker if you missed the Canada - Switzerland game tonight.  The game went to the first OT in the tournament and first shootout.  Canada escaped by the skin of their teeth... Crosby got the lone shoot-out goal for the win while Brodeur made four saves on Swiss shooters. It was a near-run thing for the powerhouse that is supposed to be Team Canada and nearly a replay for the giant-killing Swiss who beat the Canadians in the preliminaries during the 2006 Olympics.

If they gave out three stars for Olympic games then Jonas Hiller, the Swiss goalie who plays for the Anaheim Ducks, would be the hands-down choice for  first star.  The man was a veritable wall, making at least four highlight reel saves during regulation time.  That said, the whole Swiss team gets credit for playing the most intense hockey seen in the tournament so far.  The Swiss hit everything that moved and played with determination that must have shocked the Hell out of the Canadians.  I found myself rooting for the Swiss by the middle of the third period...

Speaking of the Canadians... they didn't look like the hockey super-power they're billed to be.  They need to raise their game about three notches if they hope to make the medal round.  Which, of course, they are quite capable of doing.  The only question is: will they?

Sunday's US - Canada game will be VERY interesting.