Canada Sportsbreak.

Resource News International, January, 2008

Byline: Resource News International

WINNIPEG, MB, Jan 03, 2008 (Resource News International via COMTEX) -- The following is a quick look at some of the sports headlines across Canada.

 
CANADA DREAMS OF GOLD 

PARDUBICE, CZECH REPUBLIC - Brad Marchand's game-winning goal that launched Canada to the semifinals of the world junior hockey championship on January 2 felt like vindication for the Halifax Mooseheads forward.

Marchand, who scored midway through the third period of a 4-2 quarter-final win against Finland, was once worried he wouldn't even be invited to try out for the Canadian junior team.

Even though the 19-year-old from Hammonds Plains, NS, had helped Canada win gold at last year's tournament, he wondered if he...

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