LAPEENRANTA, Finland - Canadian head coach Kevin Dineen knew it would be a stiff challenge to get his team back on track after a crushing semifinal loss at the world under-18 hockey championship.
Adrian Gonzalez Jersey . His team rose to the occasion Sunday with a 3-1 victory over Sweden in the bronze-medal game. "The sting from yesterday is not something we hid from or pretend didnt happen," Dineen said. "We accepted it and moved on. I think we take satisfaction that we worked hard and that things worked out today." A day earlier, Canada erased a three-goal deficit before dropping a 4-3 overtime decision to the Czech Republic. The loss prevented the 2013 champions from returning to the gold-medal game. Determined to come home with a medal, the Canadians started off slowly Sunday before finding their form in the third-place game. Brendan Perlini, Lawson Crouse and Travis Konecny scored and goalie Mason McDonald made 38 saves. "We were not going to miss an opportunity to represent our country well," Dineen said. "The unity that this group has shown to come together in this short little timeframe, I think there was a lot of encouragement within our group and a lot of very quick chemistry that made yesterday very disappointing. "But even so, I think we got great satisfaction from todays win." Swedens Henrik Tornqvist opened the scoring with a short-handed goal midway through the first period. Perlini answered with a power-play goal at the 17:02 mark. Crouse put Canada ahead at 11:57 of the second period and Konecny provided an insurance goal with less than five minutes to play in the third. "Weve spent five weeks together and weve done a lot of work," Dineen said. "Things didnt end the way we wanted to but on the flip side of that, that time could come down to the game today. They played extremely hard. "Theres one thing that we certainly wont fault them (for) — we had great effort throughout this whole tournament." Linus Soderstrom made 23 saves as Sweden settled for a fourth-place finish. "There was no guarantee how it was going to end," Dineen said. "But in saying that, I think we all walk out of here — and I hope the boys do as well — (feeling) that theyre a little wiser about the game and a little better for the experience." The United States won gold later in the day with a 5-2 victory over the Czechs.
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Scott Kazmir Jersey. At the tender age of 34 Ive got enough experience to get back into match-mode quite quickly; its not always easy without having any games under your belt but I think Im able to do that. This week will be key to see where Im at, especially with the heat.Andersons earlier-than-expected arrival in India enabled him to witness Stuart Broad, his long-term opening partner, receive his 100th Test cap from England and Wales Cricket Board Director Andrew Strauss. Stuart Broad looks back on his England Test career In total Anderson has played 89 of his 119 Tests with Broad, the pair taking a combined tally of 823 wickets across their careers, and he paid tribute to his team-mates amazing achievement.I thought I was going to miss it with the injury and stuff but it was great that I could make it out here in time and see him get his cap this morning off Straussy, said Anderson.Hes been a fantastic bowler for years and Ive been fortunate to play in the majority of his 100 Tests as well. Weve created a great friendship both on and off the field and Im delighted that I could be here.Off the field we talk a lot about the game - we know each others game inside out; we talk a lot on the field. But I think we are slightly different as bowlers so we complement each other as well, which works. Weve got a good connection; we get each other. We kind of know when its going to be one guys day and the other guy just tries to sit in and help him out.Live coverage of the first Test between India and England continues on Sky Sports 2 and across selected mobile devices. Watch the complete Test for £10.99 with no contract, with a Week Pass from NOW TV. Also See: First Test scorecard Highlights Commentary Beefys India memories
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