Canadian juniors capture 4th straight gold

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Canadian juniors capture 4th straight gold

Forward Matt Halischuk scored at 3:36 of overtime to lift Canada to a 3-2 win over Sweden in the gold-medal game at the world junior hockey championship on Saturday.

Brad Marchand and Claude Giroux added first-period goals in Pardubice, Czech Republic, to help the Canadians win their fourth consecutive gold and 14th overall.

"Our kids just grabbed the rope and said 'You know what? We'll find a way to get this thing done,'" Canadian coach Craig Hartsburg said.

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http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/story/2008/01/05/canada-sweden-goldgame.html

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