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The Goal. Gold for Canada

It will sim­ply be remem­bered as the goal. A goal that put an end to one of the great hockey games of all time, as young Cana­dian star Sid­ney Crosby put a quick shot between the pads of Amer­i­can goal­tender Ryan Miller at 7:40 of over­time to lift Canada to a 3–2 win and the Olympic gold medal. The goal was quickly fol­lowed by a mas­sive erup­tion of not only the over­whelm­ingly Cana­dian crowd at Hockey Canada Place but an entire hockey mad nation from coast to coast. As the Cana­di­ans cel­e­brated, a heart­bro­ken Ryan Miller, who was with­out ques­tion was the... 

South Korean Ice Queen Wins Gold

On Thurs­day night South Korea’s Kim Yu-na won the Olympic gold medal as well as scor­ing a world record of 228.56 points. Her per­for­mance will pos­si­bly be the great­est ever seen in fig­ure skat­ing history. The 19 year-old Korean is rein­ing world cham­pion and had the weight of her small nation bear­ing down on her. In South Korea she is known sim­ply as Queen Yu-na and her pop­u­lar­ity is so immense she always trav­els with body­guards.  The pres­sure did not affect her flaw­less per­for­mance, hurtling into jumps at full speed but touch­ing down with beau­ti­ful... 

Things Heat Up in Olympic Hockey

After the USA beat Switzer­land the men’s Olympic hockey, the final four teams will be the USA v. Fin­land and Canada v. Slo­va­kia. The poten­tial exists to make up one of the most excit­ing hockey finals ever with pos­si­bil­ity of a Canada v. USA matchup. Switzer­land lost 2–0 to the US yes­ter­day in Van­cou­ver. Zach Parise scored for the USA and goalie Ryan Miller stopped 19 shots from Switzer­land. Swiss goalie Jonas Hiller was an asset to his team stop­ping 42 of 43 shots in the first two peri­ods alone. The US moves on to play Fin­land in Friday’s first semi-final.... 

USA Hockey Wins Shocker Over Canada

On Sun­day Team USA stunned Team Canada and a hockey mad nation. It was no mir­a­cle on ice but it still ranks as one of the biggest upsets in Olympic hockey history. The US hockey team proved they were a skilled and deter­mined team beat­ing Canada 5 –3 on Sun­day. They have now earned not only their place in the quar­ter finals, but Sweden’s 3–0 vic­tory over Fin­land also gave the US hockey team the No. 1 seed in the tour­na­ment – a result that has amazed so called experts and fans alike. Brian Rafal­ski scored two goals and Ryan Miller was spec­tac­u­lar as he defended... 

Betting on Team Canada to Secure Gold?

NHL may be tak­ing a break but the great­est hockey tour­na­ment has begun at the Olympics and Team Canada is the favorite to win the Gold Medal in Van­cou­ver. Cana­di­ans will be bank­ing on their team to prove to the rest of the world that they can win gold at their national sport. Some might say they owe it to Canada after hor­rific per­for­mance at the Torino Games. There’s a lot of pres­sure on the Cana­dian ath­letes sim­ply because los­ing at home is not an option.  Steve Yzer­man has put together a stel­lar team but there are a few wor­ry­ing issues dog­ging... 

Team Canada Goes for Hockey Gold

The NHL may be tak­ing a break but per­haps the great­est hockey tour­na­ment is about to begin at the Van­cou­ver Olympics. Team Canada is the favorite to win the gold medal but the high pow­ered Rus­sians not to men­tion the Amer­i­cans and the Swedes are sure to make it a tough bat­tle. Cana­di­ans will be bank­ing on their team to prove to the rest of the world that they can score a gold at their national sport. Some might sug­gest the team owes it to the nation after an embarass­ing per­for­mance in Torino four years ago. There’s a lot of pres­sure on the Cana­dian...