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Closing Ceremony

The closing ceremony becomes the second ...

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Photos: Pride, passion, music and fireworks at Paralympic...

The Games are over and the athletes and ...

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Canada wins hockey gold; sets new Olympic record

Canada captured its long-awaited gold medal and Roberto Luongo captured his long-awaited place in Olympic hockey history Sunday.

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With golden moment, Luongo erases all doubts

It turns out, you can’t create a legacy in a day. But you can make history.

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Canada and USA shake hands after Canada beat the USA in the men's Gold hockey medal match at Canada Hockey Place in Vancouver, BC during the 2010 Winter Olympics, February 28, 2010.

$6,000 hockey tickets 'definitely worth it' say fans

The fans that packed Canada Hockey Place had a lot in common with one another. Most were born in this country. Most grew up playing hockey. And most had gone into their closet yesterday morning and purposely picked out something that was red-and-white.

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Czech Repubulic's Tomas Plekanec celebrates his goal against Russia during first period action of their preliminary round match at Canada Hockey Place in Vancouver, BC during the 2010 Winter Olympics, February 21, 2010.

Olympic experience taught Habs’ Plekanec about team work

Tomas Plekanec couldn’t wait to get back to work.

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USA's Jamie Langenbrunner (L) and USA's Patrick Kane

Gold medal game is 'hottest ticket in history of Canadian sport'

Apparently, not everyone has their price. No amount of your money, some claim, could pry gold-medal hockey tickets from their hands on Sunday.

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Canada has hockey fever

Canadians have a love affair with hockey that crosses generations...

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Canada braces for pressure-packed Olympics

Steve Yzerman doesn't need to be reminded what an arduous journey...

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Switzerland's Katrin Nabholz takes a fall during a round one game against Kazakhstan at the IIHF Women's World Ice Hockey Championships in Hameenlinna, April 5, 2009.

Women's IIHF championship

Hameenlinna, Finland

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Sidney Crosby: Sidney Crosby #87 of the Pittsburgh Penguins skates against the New York Islanders on February 16, 2009 at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York. The Isles defeated the Pens 3-2 after a shootout.

Five to watch

Here are some possible difference makers.

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Steve Yzerman is executive director of Canada's national Olympic hockey team for the 2010 Olympic Games.

Hockey heroes

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Ups and downs

Canadians love hockey and have had mixed results recently in...

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Canada prepares for intense rematch with U.S.

In 2002 in Salt Lake City, Jarome Iginla was the young, 24-year-old forward tucked under the wing of players like Steve Yzerman and Joe Sakic when Canada last faced the U.S. for gold in Olympic hockey.

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Canadian men’s hockey stars have embraced team-first concept

If someone had forecast that Canada would reach the gold-medal game with seven players producing as many or more points than Sidney Crosby, that someone would have to be named Kreskin. It’s not as though Crosby has had a poor tournament.

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Oilers Lubomir Visnovsky reprimanded by the IOC for an anti-doping rules violation

Oilers defenceman Lubomir Visnovsky has been reprimanded by the International Olympic Committee for an anti-doping rules violation. While in Vancouver with the Slovakian Olympic team, he admitted to taking Advil Cold & Sinus medication to combat flu-like symptoms.