While Canada faced few moments of adversity during the group stage of the World Cup of Hockey, the semi-final figured to be the first real test of the tournament for them. Russia had looked very dangerous heading into the game, and it figured to be a much closer contest than most of Canada's games to date.
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The first few minutes of the game were a bit of a feeling out process, until Russia got themselves a power play after a hooking call against Jay Bouwmeester. They couldn't get anything going though, and shortly after it expired, Canada's captain Sidney Crosby went to work.