Olympic round up

So several teams of interest started their Olympic campaigns yesterday. A Quick look at the scores;

Team USA 3 – Switzerland 1

Team Canada 8 – Norway 0

Team Russia 8 – Latvia 2

All the Rangers involved on Tuesday were in the US game where Chris Drury and Ryan Callahan went scoreless for the US team and Andreas Ambuhl did the same for the Swiss. The goals scored for Team USA were by Bobby Ryan, David Backes (GWG) as well as a powerplay marker for Ryan Malone. Next up for the US is Norway on Thursday.

Team Canada looked impressive against the same Norwegians the US will face next. Dany Heatley got 2 goals, Jarome Iginla got a hatrick while the other scorers were Ryan ‘hows my ankle’ Getzlaf, Mike Richards and Corey Perry. Sid Crosby got 3 helpers for the Canadians but perhaps most pleasing for the home crowd was the shutout for Roberto Luongo on his home ice.  Next up for Canada is Switzerland…

Russia managed a big win over Latvia on Tuesday with Alex Ovechkin, Evgeni Malkin and Ilya Kovalchuk amongst the scorers. As befitting a side with AO in it, the Russians peppered the Baltic side with 45 shots. Next up for Russia in 2 days is Slovakia who have the ‘luxury’ of playing games on back to back days.  Slovakia, who start today against the Czech Republic are still expected to be without the Rangers very own Marian Gaborik for both games.

For those of you who watched the US game how did you feel Drury and Callahan played?