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Originally Posted by Textcritic
In their round-robin win against Canada, they were outshot 45–22, and only won on the back of some unreal goaltending reciprocated by a marginal performance from Martin Brodeur.
Miller posted a shutout against Suiss in the Quarterfinal.
Team USA caught Kiprusoff on an uncharacteristically off night and scored four goals on seven shots inside of the first 11 minutes of their semifinal game.
The gold medal game only gets to OT compliments of a bad goal allowed by Luongo in the second period.
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Wouldn't the round-robin win against Canada and Finland show that the Americans are just able to exploit good goalies? Both Kipper and Brodeur, two of the best goaltenders at the time, just happened to have bad nights against the US?
Your last point, Canada only wins the OT compliments of a bad goal allowed by Miller.