Who will be the starting GOALIE of the Canada Hockey Ice Team in the Olympics?

The NHL Vancouver Canucks Roberto Luongo was more likely away from seizing the victory but still, succeeded in turning all the attention towards his ice hockey skills; Luongo attracted the awareness of the NHL Detroit hockey ice Coach Mike Babcock despite losing to the Red Wings by 3 goals to 1 onto the final NHL score. Coach Babcock, who is also managing the Canada Hockey Team, was carefully setting his eyes onto the hockey goalie that looks like a winning bet on Canada hockey team.

Luongo was placed on the NHL injuries list since October 28^th; he made his 1^st NHL hockey ice center demonstration after recovering from a broken rib, keeping him away from playing any NHL games since the latter mentioned date.

By crafting a total of 28 saves during tonight’s hockey NHL game, the goalie Luongo had definitely made a huge impression; both Coach Babcock and the hockey magazines discussed that achievement that made the headlines on espn magazine, sports news and NHL live TV. These hockey magazines went furthermore in discussions, pointing at the possibility of watching Luongo running to grab an Olympics ticket to feature as a main goalie for the Canada hockey team, during the 2010 Vancouver Olympics.

Consequent to the NHL hockey game, Coach Babcock stated to the NHL live TV that: "He made 2 unbelievable saves. He's a big man. He's just got to get himself back playing and get healthy and he'll be fine. I thought he did a good job."

Note that Luongo was just faced to 5 NHL puck shots during the 1^st period of the NHL game, granting a power-play goal to Tomas Holmstrom, before having to endure from a mass pressure during the closing 2 frameworks of the hockey ice match.

Luongo, interviewed by the NHL hockey Magazine of ESPN, acknowledged that "I felt good, I didn't get much action in the first period but once the shots got going in the second I got into a rhythm and felt pretty good the rest of the way. I'm back now, I felt like my timing was good tonight. For me it's a major part of my game, the reading and timing, so I'm happy with my play tonight."

Based on the NHL hockey strategies, the goalkeeper of the Canadian hockey team will be responsible for one of the focal keys in the strategies of Coach Babcock; referring to the interview with the Coach in a hockey magazine, Mr Babcock confirmed that goalkeeping will form one of the advantages for the national team at the 2010 Olympic games especially that Canada hockey ice team is targeting Gold medals in the Olympics.

The goalie of the Canada team of hockey will be crucial, since it joins 2 of the best goalies in NHL; Luongo and the goalkeeper of New Jersey Devils Martin Brodeur will be continuously compared by NHL experts, NHL magazines and NHL votes of fans in order to pick the starter during the Olimpc games 2010.

Note that Marc-Andre Fleury of the NHL Pittsburgh Penguins hockey shirts is also featuring in this battle; the main contributor in the Penguins hockey team triumph in the Stanley Cup 2009 is also a potential pick not to mention that the goalkeepers of Carolina Hurricanes and of Columbus Blue Jackets, Cam Ward and Steve Mason, are also expected to spark the ice hockey centers. Steve Mason had previously grabbed the NHL rookie of the year award, which places him between the top NHL betting possibilities while crafting the national Canadian hockey squad for the Olympics 2010.

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