Martin Brodeur may arguably be the best goaltender on the planet, but for some reason GM Place (Now named Canada Hockey Place for the Olympics) has not been one of his lucky rinks during his 17 NHL seasons. It proved pivotal in the vital game against USA when Ryan Miller clearly outperformed Brodeur to win the game for Team USA. But on the other hand, backup goalie Roberto Luongo has made the GM Place one of his luckiest places. And it's the home rink for the Vancouver Canucks captain. The place where he had enormous success so far this NHL season. But Luongo was not thought to be getting a chance after that first game against Norway, since Brodeur's wealth of experience at previous Olympics made him the no.1 choice for critical games.
Canada may not be happy that they have to go with no.2 goalie in the knockout phase, but Vancouver fans won't mind. They always wanted their star goalie Luongo to be the start up goalie for their home Olympics. And it's the destiny of Luongo and Vancouver, that Canucks goalie and only Canuck in Team Canada is going get a chance at leading Team Canada to Gold medal. Now it's up to Luongo to get the job done and make Vancouver and Canada proud."You've got a gold standard goaltender in Marty Brodeur, a gold standard goaltender in Fleury, but I think the best goalie in the NHL over the last two years has been Roberto Luongo." - Team USA GM Brian Burke
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