WORLD HOCKEY CHAMPIONSHIPS Canada's victorious goal is questionable

Anson Carter got credit for the game-winner over Sweden in overtime.
HELSINKI, Finland (AP) -- Few fans saw Anson Carter's game-winner for Canada cross the goal line in the World Hockey Championships final.
Swedish coach Hardy Nilsson and forward P.J. Axelson certainly weren't convinced that the goal was valid after Canada skated away with a 3-2 victory Sunday on Carter's controversial overtime score.
Seven replay angles
But Carter was. So were International Ice Hockey Federation officials, who watched the replay from seven angles. Officials said on the best frame, the puck was "barely but visibly" 2 centimeters inside the goal line.
"I saw the puck go in, but you know, at the same time, my opinion doesn't really count," Carter said. "It's the guys upstairs and the referee who make the decision.
"I was sure glad the puck went in because I twisted my knee in the celebration, and I wasn't sure if I'd be able to continue with the game. But yeah, I saw it cross the goal line. I was able to beat [Mikael] Tellqvist with my shot after he came across the goal crease for the initial shot."
The New York Rangers forward swooped in from behind the net to slip the puck under Tellqvist's pad 13:49 into overtime.
"I don't think it was a goal," Axelsson said. "I never saw the puck in. But they have cameras upstairs ...
"It took a long time to see if the goal was in. I've never seen that before, but obviously they took their time and they saw that the puck was in. It's a strange way to end a hockey game."
Third straight defeat
For Nilsson, it was another bitter loss. In 2001 and 2002, his Swedish teams lost after penalty shootouts in the semifinals.
"I haven't seen the replay yet," Nilsson said. "I'm still not sure the puck was 100 percent in and I want to see it before I feel 100 percent sure that we are the losers."
Andy Murray, Canada's coach, had some witnesses calling from Canada watching the final on television seven time zones away.
"We had people calling from Canada saying the puck was over the line," he said. "We also had people in the dressing room looking at a television monitor and they said the goal was in."
Tellqvist, who spent much of his rookie season with Toronto's American Hockey League farm team, thought Carter got a lucky bounce "because the puck came right back to his stick and he could go around the net and put it in the side."
"I'm really disappointed. It's always tough to lose a two-goal lead, but after 20 minutes, there's still 40 minutes of hockey left," Tellqvist said.
Canada overcame an early 2-0 deficit and tied the score nine minutes into the third period.
The overtime format was new to this tournament, with four-on-four playing a 20-minute extra period. A penalty shootout would have decided it following the overtime session.
Canada went undefeated during the tournament and added the world title to its Olympic gold medal last year in Salt Lake City. Olympic champs Eric Brewer and captain Ryan Smyth, both of the Edmonton Oilers, played on this team.