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Alexander Semin powers Russia's gold win
Alexander Semin - W - Washington Capitals
May 20, 2012 - 4:30 PM ET

Alexander Semin came up huge for Russia against Slovakia in the gold medal game in a dominant 6-2 victory.

Semin scored two goals and one assist to help Russia improve its tournament record to 10-0 in 2012. Pavel Datsyuk was almost as good as he collected one tally and two helpers. Alex Ovechkin had two assists to round out some of the big-name scoring. Zdeno Chara scored both of Slovakia's goals, including a 1-0 tally 66 seconds in that seemed to indicate good things for Slovakia, who will settle for silver.

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