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Kevin Prendergrast, Hockey Canada's Chief Scout, thinks Canada is producing less elite goalies due to overcoaching. Read this to find out just how wrong he is.

Games today at the Spengler Cup include Team Canada against Spartak Moscow, featuring former NHL legends Mark Messier (Team Canada coach) and Dominik Hasek (goaltender for Spartak). At the 2011 IIHF WJHCs, Slovakia takes on Germany and the Czechs debut against Norway.

During the offseason, SKA St. Petersburg dropped big money on Evgeni Nabokov, Denis Grebeshkov, and Maxim Afinogenov to go for a Gagarin Cup. The first game was yesterday against Dinamo Riga, and the results weren't ideal, to say the least.