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Originally Posted by getbak
Gillies only had 20 minutes of ice time (during which, he didn't allow a goal), but he goes home with a gold medal, and this year's experience should make him a front-runner to be the starter for Team USA next year.
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I'm glad he got some ice time. Ahead of the tournament, some reports suggested that Sparks would be the #2 in net, but as it turned out, Gillies played while Sparks goes home without ice time. Surely a great experience for Gillies and I have no doubt that he'll have a bigger role next year. Sieloff too ... I was happy that he even made the team (I expected Skiej or Grzelcyk make it ahead of Sieloff), but he really earned more trust and ice time in the later stages of the tournament.
The tournament couldn't have been a lot better from the Flames' perspective.