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Slovakians Close But No Cigar: Canada-USA Play for Olympic Hockey Gold

Posted: 27th February 2010 by Martin Avery in NHL
  The day after the Canadian women's hockey team got in trouble for smoking cigars and drinking champagne and beer on the ice, the men had a close call at the end of their game against Slovakia. Newspapers across Canada carried pictures of the national women's hockey team celebrating its 2-0 win over the United States. The International Olympic Committee was not pleased when their party spilled out of their locker room and back onto ...

World Juniors: Canada Beats Switzerland, Ready for Rematch with USA

Posted: 3rd January 2010 by Martin Avery in NHL
á Team Canada ended the Cinderella story for Switzerland in Saskatoon, beating them 6 to 1 in front of over 15,000 hockey fans. á á á The Swiss upset the heavily favoured team from Russia to get into the semi-finals. Canada is favoured to win gold in the 2010 IIHF tournament but the USA could upset them if the two North American teams have a re-match in the final. á á Canada beat Switzerland in the semi-finals ...

Crosby Leads Canada’s Olympic Hockey Team

Posted: 30th December 2009 by Martin Avery in NHL
Sidney Crosby, one of the best hockey players in history, will lead Canada's Olympic hockey team this year. He led the Pittsburgh Penguins to the Stanley Cup last season in the NHL. His teammate, Marc Andre-Fleury, will share goal with two other greats: Martin Brodeur and Robert Luongo. Crosby will be joined up front by NHL stars Rick Nash, Rick Thornton, Ryan Getzlaf, Corey Perry, Jarome Iginla, Dany Heatley, Mike ...