Canada's Gold Rush

             It is Sunday, February 24th, 2002 that Canadian hockey witnessed the glory and pride of a gold medal in their national sport.Canadian man hockey teams had never one a gold since 1962 which made this one so special to us.Canadian players such as Mario Lemieux and Joe Sakic played well and were a big influence in canada's gold medal.Joe Sakic scored 2 goals in the game against U.S.A and Mario Lemieux took part of Kariya's goal in the first.
             In Nagano, 1998, The Canadian's men hockey team finished 4th instead of the expected gold medal. They lost against Finland to lose any chance of medals but still walked out with their heads up. Wayne Gretzky was disappointed because he was playing his last Olympics. Canadian fans were also disappointed because they had lost 50 years in a row and wanted gold really bad.
             In Salt-Lake city, they stunned the Americans to win the gold medal finals 5-2. Febuary 24th was a glorious day in canadian hockey."They needed this win bad, they played like it too,"American foward Jeremy Roanick said. Americans took the lead early in the first but Canadians replied with too quick goals.The first goal was scored by Paul Kariya on a great pass from Pronger. Pronger accually passed it to Lemieux but Lemieux wisely let the puck go on Kariya's stick to out-play the goalie completely. "It was a beautiful play, a play you have to honor as a goalie." said American goaler Mike Richter. Jarome Igilna scored two goals and so did Sakic. Canada played with 50 years of emotions stacked in one another and they were rewarded gold.
             The Canadians used an NHL like defense to slow down Americans in their zone. Brodeur was forced to make some acrobatic saves and very little rebounds were aloud. The Canadians kept the puck out of the goaler's area and beat American's number one line. Canadian Defensman, Adam Foot said, "It sho
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