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They took away her ‘C, but they didnt take away her heart. Yeezy Shoes Ireland . Hayley Wickenheiser, the greatest womens hockey player ever, stole the show as Canada defeated the United States 3-2 in a thrilling nail-biter preliminary game in Sochi Wednesday. Wickenheiser set up Canadas first goal of the game on a nifty pass to Meghan Agosta-Marciano and then scored her second goal of the 2014 Winter Olympics – the 18th of her Olympic career. Not only that, the 35-year-old Wickenheiser played a strong defensive game, too, shutting down Team USAs top scorers. It is no coincidence that in the dying seconds of the game, with the United States on the power play and its goalie on the bench in favour of an extra skater, Wickenheiser was one of the four Canadian skaters on the ice in pure defensive mode. The victory for Canada means it avoids a tough semifinal matchup against the pesky Finnish squad. Canada defeated Finland 3-0 earlier in the tournament, but didnt score until 9:27 of the third period. The Finns are capable of pulling off an upset in this years Olympics. Wickenheiser, a two-time Olympic MVP, had been the captain of the Canadas national team, but it was announced by Hockey Canada prior to the Olympics that Caroline Ouellette would be the captain in Sochi. Wickenheiser was named an alternate captain. There had even been some chatter leading up to the Games she might be cut from the team. Given how well she has played in Sochi, that would have been a dreadful mistake. Its a team game For Wickenheiser, it is all about the team. “Were so close,” she said of the bitter rivalry with the United States. “Sometimes it just comes down to the team that gets a break or has more energy. I liked the energy level and determination in our game [today].” On snapping the four-game losing streak to Team USA, Wickenheiser said, “Its a confidence booster. [Coach] Kevin Dineen has had some time to prepare for this game. He also needed time to get to know the players in our room; the strengths and weaknesses. We have all the confidence in him.” So, with the victory over the United States, is it advantage Canada moving into the medal round? Perhaps. Perhaps not. Bragging rights Certainly Canada has bragging rights following its win over Team USA. However, history has shown what happens leading up to the Games doesnt necessarily have anything to do with who wins the gold medal. In 2002, Team USA had beaten Canada 10 times in a row, but the Canadians shocked the Americans with a 3-2 victory in the gold-medal game at Salt Lake City. It is also worth noting prior to the last three Olympic Games, the United States won the world championship only to have Canada rebound to take gold at the Olympics. The United States certainly had a mental edge over Canada entering the game – the first time the teams had met in the preliminary round since 1998 – thanks to four straight victories over their rivals in a six-game exhibition series leading up to the Olympic Games. In 1998 in Nagano, Japan, Team USA beat Canada 7-4 in the preliminary round and 3-1 in the gold-medal game. At the very least, Canada now knows it can skate with and beat the powerful United States club. Doing it twice in a row will not be easy. “It felt so good,” said winning goalie Charline Labonte. “We have been struggling a bit the past couple of games against them. We have worked really hard to readjust and become a better team. They came out really strong, as expected, so I am really glad we came up with the win.” American scoring ace Amanda Kessel was understandably dissatisfied with the final result. "It hurts," Kessel said. "Every game matters. They didnt get to see how we can play." A lot has been made of the fact the two teams have an intense dislike for one another – as indicated by the two line brawls in the final few exhibition games leading up to the Olympics – and it was fully on display in Wednesdays preliminary match. Despite the fact bodychecking is illegal in womens hockey, players from both teams rode that fine line between handing out jarring hits, just hard and incidental enough so as not to cause Finnish referee Anna Eskola to penalize them. In that regard, Eskola did a fine job in allowing the game to be physical without getting goofy. "Both teams were aggressive," said American forward Hilary Knight. Youll get our top game when we play one another and thats a great thing. We are both good teams and we are competitive." Canada matched USAs speed and demonstrated a penchant for driving hard to the net from start to finish. If there was a concern for Canada it was the ineffectiveness of its power play. Canada entered the third period a mere 1-for-10 with the man advantage throughout the tournament. It was zero-for-three in the first 40 minutes. However, Agosta-Marciano accepted a perfectly-placed pass from Wickenheiser and scored with Americas Brianna Decker in the penalty box to tie the game 1-1 with a much-needed power-play marker. Decker had been sent off for tripping Wickenheiser. The quarter-finals will be played Saturday and Canada will play in the semifinal Monday. Yeezy Wholesale Authentic .J. -- The New Jersey Devils are so bad in shootouts, coach Pete DeBoer doesnt mind seeing his team take chances in the five-minute overtime. Yeezy Supply Ireland . LOUIS - The St. http://www.yeezysupplyireland.com/yeezy-boost-ireland-sale.html . Despite 11-1 records, theyre out and Big Ten winner Ohio State is into the national semifinals.Philadelphia, PA (SportsNetwork.com) - Claude Giroux scored the winning goal with 1:03 to play in overtime to give the Philadelphia Flyers a 3-2 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Flyers were skating on their second power play of overtime thanks to a too many men on the ice minor on the Pens. With time winding down in the man advantage, Jakub Voracek threw a shot on net from the slot that Thomas Greiss stopped, but he couldnt find the rebound. Eventually it wound up in the crease, where Giroux snapped it home for his 16th of the season and the win. Chris VandeVelde and Luke Schenn also scored for the Flyers, who have won two of their last three. Ray Emery stopped 33 shots in the win. Pitt brings out that in all of us, said Philadelphia head coach Craig Berube. You know there was a lot of emotion in the game, a lot of physical play. Guys were battling for each other, and we played a real good hockey game. Chris Kunitz and Beau Bennett scored for the Penguins, who have lost their past three games. Greiss allowed all three goals on 40 shots in the loss. Well we want some momentum heading into the All-Star Break, said Pittsburgh head coach Mike Johnston. So weve got to regroup, recover and get ready for a tough team in Chicaggo tomorrow. Adidas Yeezy Salt Ireland. The Flyers drew first blood, as Schenn picked off a bad clear in the high slot and wristed it in for his second goal of the season at 13:11 of the first. Just over two minutes later, Philadelphias Zac Rinaldo left his feet in a boarding of Kris Letang and was thrown out of the game. Letang was eventually helped into the locker room and never returned to the game. The Pens were unable to take advantage of the ensuing five-minute power play, but did get on the board while short-handed in the second period. A 2-on-1 was finished off by Kunitz on a wrister from the left wing for his 14th goal of the season. Pittsburgh took a 2-1 lead at 2:01 of the third with another short-handed goal, as another 2-on-1 break saw Evgeni Malkin get the puck over to the left side where Bennett wristed it in. The Flyers, though, tied the game two minutes later on the power play, as VandeVelde redirected a Michael Del Zotto shot for his sixth goal of the season. Game Notes The Flyers were 1-for-7 on the power play, while the Pens went 0-for-6 ... Pittsburgh hosts Chicago on Wednesday ... The Flyers host the Coyotes next Tuesday ... Philadelphia has won both meetings with Pittsburgh this season. ' ' '