Brodeur Benched: Roberto Luongo To Start In Goal For Canada Against Germany

Canadian coach Mike Babcock didn’t stop after announcing Roberto Luongo as the starting goaltender versus Germany. He took Rick Nash away from Sidney Crosby’s line which also includes Jarome Iginla and plugged him in alongside Ryan Getzlaf and Corey Perry.

Eric Staal will take Nash’s spot on Crosby’s line. The defense remains unaltered, but Babcock may tinker with the top pairings consisting of Chris Pronger and Dan Boyle, Scott Niedermayer and Shea Weber.

According to Greg Wyshynski over at Yahoo! Sports’ Olympic blog, Fourth Place Medal, the Canadians will start Roberto Luongo in net on Tuesday against the Germans.

Martin Brodeur minded the net in Canada’s 3-2 shooutout win over Switzerland, and was also the goalie in Sunday night’s 5-3 loss to the U.S. team, a loss during which he looked unusually shaky.