Multi-coloured Medals for Canada

Team Canada came up a goal short in the final game of the 2008 IIHF World Women's Hockey Championship and will have to settle for a silver medal. After falling behind 4-1 after two periods to the United States, the Canadians battled back to within a goal in the third but could not complete the comeback and suffered their second loss of the tournament to the Americans. Canada allowed only one goal against in the round robin but their defence and goaltending couldn't repeat in the qualifying round and allowed as many goals against as goals scored (6). Finland defeated Switzerland 4-1 for the bronze medal. Below are the final standings:

1. United States
2. Canada
3. Finland
4. Switzerland
5. Sweden
6. Russia
7. Japan
8. China
9. Germany

Kevin Martin's statistics in the world curling championship now includes a gold medal to go along with the silver he won in 1991. After finishing on top of the round robin at 10-1, they were forced into the semi-final game when Scotland stole the page playoff game from them 7-6. In the semi-final game, Norway stole a single point in the tenth end but it was one point too little and Canada won 5-4. The final game saw team Canada to get on the board first by stealing a single point in the second end. The lead was extended to 3-1 by the fifth end break and after a steal in the seventh end and another deuce in the ninth, Canada ran Scotland out of stones in the final end to take the 2008 World Men's Curling Championship on a 6-3 victory.