Reimer redeems himself in shootout
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KOSICE, Slovakia — At the end of a tough afternoon James Reimer was thankful for another opportunity to contribute to the Canadian cause.
The goaltender surrendered a couple shaky goals to the U.S. on Friday but made two important saves in the shootout as Canada survived another scare at the IIHF World Hockey Championship and pulled out a 4-3 victory.
Jordan Eberle and Rick Nash each beat Ty Conklin in the tiebreaker while Reimer denied Jack Johnson and Blake Wheeler to keep Canada perfect at the tournament. The goaltender faced just 20 shots during the game and found it tough to get in a groove.
“It was an interesting game,” said Reimer. “It was a heck of a tough game, one of the toughest I’ve played. I felt like I was on my angle and where I needed to be, but for some reason pucks were missing me…
“I just had to keep battling and when it went to a shootout it was kind of a time to redeem yourself a little bit.”
Reimer has started all four of Canada’s games here but will serve as Jonathan Bernier’s backup when the Canadians face Norway today (TSN, 9:15 a.m. CT).
With games on consecutive days, that was the plan all along. Canadian coach Ken Hitchcock hinted Reimer will continue to be his No. 1 man when the team wraps up the round-robin against Sweden on Monday before travelling to Bratislava for the medal round.
“We’re still focused on Reims right now, to be honest with you,” said Hitchcock. “He’s not going to have games like this for the rest of the tournament. He’s going to have to make a lot of saves later on.”
Canada carried the game offensively and directed 51 shots at Conklin, who made his first start of the tournament. Reimer couldn’t help but notice the performance his counterpart was delivering at the other end of the ice.
“It makes it even harder when your game isn’t quite up to par and the other guy is standing on his head,” said Reimer. “You’ve got to have mental toughness, you’ve got to be strong, you’ve got to be able to battle through that and come up big when you need to.
“Thankfully, I got another opportunity to make a few saves for my team.”
Brent Burns, John Tavares and Jason Spezza scored in regulation for Canada (4-0-0) while Johnson, Mike Komisarek and Derek Stepan replied for the U.S. (2-1-1).
— The Canadian Press
