USA 2 - 3 CANADA

Canada couldn’t have planned it any better. The best level of competition in the sport hockey goes out with a giant bang, and who better to end it than the Canadian phenom Sidney Crosby. USA fans on the other hand, couldn’t have picked a more heart breaking way to end their gold medal hopes.

USA goaltender Ryan Miller was awarded the tournament’s MVP award for his amazing performance. The only thing it was missing from being perfect was the exclamation point of a gold medal.

The high fueled Gold Medal rematch of the 2002 Salt Lake City Final, featured many USA highlights, including New Jersey Devil’s Forward Zach Parise, who lit up the tournament with 8 points – 4 goals and 4 assists. One goal in particular, will be remembered in USA Olympic history – with an empty net and 24.5 seconds left on the clock in this gold medal matchup, Zach Parise netted what seemed as though – the goal that silenced an entire country.

Then, in overtime, the Canadian phenom, who has been quiet throughout the tournament, netted the winner and etched his name on the desk of Canadian history.

Other USA tournament highlights include New York Rangers Ryan Callahan and Chris Drury’s selfless play throughout every game, getting down and blocking shot after shot from some of the hardest shooting hockey sticks in the world. The 3-time Olympian Chris Drury was rewarded for his hard work with 2 goals in the 2010 Olympic Tournament.