As EricEngels reports, Nick Suzuki was named to Canada’s long list for the Beijing Games submitted in October. On Thursday, Suzuki offered another performance to reinforce why he was included.
losses by a cumulative score of 7-2. The 22-year-old is just four days removed from signing an eight-year, $63-million contract and the pressure has already ratcheted up a notch or two before his phone rings and sends it into a full spike.
“It means a lot that I got a call from Luongo,” he said. “That was pretty cool. Just being on a list with a lot of great players -- obviously, Team Canada is very deep, and it’s was an honour just to be even on the long list.” How did Suzuki respond? With five shots on net, seven attempts and a dominant performance that saw him score the game-winner on a great individual effort that he finished from behind Jacob Markstrom’s net.But as they say, try and try again.
“I think it’s just his patience,” said teammate David Savard, who had lots of praise for the London, Ont., native after playing against him in last year’s Stanley Cup Final as a member of the Tampa Bay Lightning.
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