They wanted to play Russia and they got it! What was supposed to become the quarter final of dream, in fact, turned into a one team show and that team's name was Canada.

It took barely two minutes for Canada to stamp its authority in the game as Dan Boyle tip-toed through Russia's defense to set up an easy tap in for Ryan Getzlaf.

Ten minutes in, Dan Boyle was at it again, this time unloading a monster shot from the blue line, which benefited nicely from a sweet screen by Patrick Marleau on the power play.

And then, a minute later, Jonathan Toews took to the wing, drew in defenders and offloaded a goal chance on a platter to Rick Nash, who made no mistake slotting it past Evgeny Nabokov's outstretched leg.

Russia shot back through Dmitry Kalinin's effort, but soon the differense was again restarted by Brenden Morrow stuffing the puck at the right post two minutes before the break.

In the second, the Canadian assault continued. They chased Russian starting goal tender Evgeny Nabokov from the net when defenceman Shea Weber ripped a shot through him at 4:07 of the second to make it 6-1. Nabokov was replaced by Ilya Bryzgalov.

Shortly after that, Maxim Afinogenov made it 6-2, but again Canada had no intention to let the Russians take a breath of fresh air – Corry Perry upset Bryzgalov fixing the score at a frightening 7-2.

Also in the second, Sergey Gonchar, on the power play, beat Canadian goal tender Roberto Luongo, but that was all the Russian offense could manage to do this evening.

The nightmare continued in the third period, when the Canadians quite capably 'dried' the game, underlining Russia's impotence this evening.

7-3 was the final score there. Canada rush into the semifinals, while the only consolation for the Russians might be the fact that not many Russian fans witnessed the nightmare live due to time difference.