Coutts,
David LeNeveu starting in net tonight, tough to lay that much against a team that was expected to give Canada a challenge this year.
From TSN...The Canadian team will come up against their toughest opponent to date, as star Finnish goaltender Kari Lehtonen will start in net for the Finns. The Atlanta Thrashers made Lehtonen the second overall pick in the NHL draft in June.
(Another part) But the edge in goal goes to Finland, who has one of the best junior goalies in the world in Kari Lehtonen. He was the second overall pick last year by the Atlanta Thrashers, just behind Rick Nash in the NHL Entry Draft. He is the highest European goalie ever taken and earned plenty of fame at the Under-18 championships in 2000. His domination of the heavily favored Russian squad led to a shocking 2-1 victory for the underdog Finns.
Canada beat Finland 6-3 in an exhibition game before the tournament began but the Finns had Tuomas Nissinen in net instead of Lehtonen. Finland was outshot 35-19 in their most recent game against the Czech Republic but Lehtonen was the star in goal who salvaged a tie.
I'll be rooting for you.......and Team Canada!!!!!! 3-2 Canada final /infopop/emoticons/icon_smile.gif
GO CANADA GO!!!
GL